What are the 6 characteristics of civilized societies and of "civilization"? correct answers 1. Urban life--cities.
2. System of government
3. Social classes, wealth, and occupation.
4. Tools and specialized skills for the production of goods, leads to the rise of trade and manufacturing.
5. ...
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What are the 6 characteristics of civilized societies and of "civilization"? correct answers 1.
Urban life--cities.
2. System of government
3. Social classes, wealth, and occupation.
4. Tools and specialized skills for the production of goods, leads to the rise of trade and
manufacturing.
5. Some from of written communication.
6. A shared system of religious beliefs.
Which of these can be found also in lesser-developed human societies? correct answers
Mesopotamia--a story of a succession of ruling peoples, each with their own language, religion,
customs, and arts.
What practices of the Neanderthal people are considered an indication of the existence of
religious beliefs? correct answers Art and music may have taken place in the deepest parts of
caves as religious ceremonial rituals.
Where can the oldest paintings (15,000-13,000 B.C.) be found? correct answers Northern Spain
and Western France, "Hall of the Bulls"--most famous Old Stone Age art found in the Lascaux a
cave in France.
What visual are is even older (c. 28,000-23,000 B.C.) than the cave paintings at Lascaux and
Altamira? correct answers Small figurines, called Venus'--most famous is the Venus of
Willendorf.
What was the subject matter of the oldest statues and statuettes? correct answers Stone, Ivory,
and Bone.
What development during the Neolithic period made possible the growth of communities and
villages? correct answers Improved farming techniques made it possible for a community to
accumulate stores of grain, less dependent on a good harvest.
Why is it more difficult to generalize about ancient Mesopotamian culture than about ancient
Egyptian? correct answers Ancient Mesopotamian culture is less documented.
In which civilization did the earliest form of writing develop? What was the name of this
writing? correct answers Mesopotamian civilization the Sumerian culture created Cuneiform.
What was the first great literary work of ancient Mesopotamia? correct answers The Epic of
Gilgamesh.
What was the goal of the journey of Gilgamesh? correct answers Fame and Immortality
, What was the subject of the story told by Utnapishtim in the Epic of Gilgamesh? correct answers
A Flood; to help save his relatives, craftsmen, and all the beasts of the field by building an ark.
What three universal question are touched upon in the Epic of Gilgamesh? correct answers 1.
The elevations of some human beings over others; the disregard for nature and the natural order
of things.
2. The fear of death.
3. The desire for fame and glory.
What type of building was the most important structure of the towns and cities of ancient
Mesopotamia? correct answers The White Temple at Uruk and other temples; known as
ziggurats.
What was the subject of the cuneiform inscribed on the "Steele of Hammurabi"? correct answers
The physical embodiment of the law--The Hammurabic Code.
What were the subjects of the wall reliefs of the Assyrian palaces of Nimrud and Nineveh?
correct answers Scenes of violence--battles, hunts, dying soldiers, and suffering animals.
What last great Mesopotamia civilization did the Persians conquer? How far east did the Persian
Empire extend? How far west? Who conquered the Persians around 330 B.C.? correct answers
The Babylonians; the Persians conquered Egypt and the Persian Empire stretched from southern
Asia to northeastern Europe. The Persians were defeated in 330 B.C. by Alexander the Great.
What was the influence of the Egyptian god Aton-Ra on the chaos of the primeval universe?
correct answers He was the sun god who created the world by imposing order on the primeval
chaos of the universe.
Who was the first great architect known to history? What did he build? correct answers Imhotep;
the first ever stepped pyramid (King Djosers palace of the underworld.)
What was the purpose of the pyramids of the Old Kingdom? What colossal statue stood next to
the pyramids at Giza? correct answers Tombs of Kings and Pharaohs; to be used as resting places
for eternity and as monuments. The Great Sphinx stood as a guardian for the pyramid of Khafra.
What was the most important religious idea of the New Kingdom? What pharaoh is most
associated with the concept? correct answers Amenhotep IV; abandoned most all of the gods of
Egypt and pronounced Aton the one true god and worshiped this deity--symbolized by a sun
disk.
What new capital city was established by Akhenaton? correct answers Tel El Amarha
What is the significance in the change of the name (AMEN)hotep IV to Akhen(ATON)? correct
answers Amenhotep declared himself the son of Aton and removed all worship of Amen-Ra;
therefore he changed his name to Akhenaton.
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