Western Civilization I (Chapters 1-4) UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Western Civilization I (Chapters 1-4)
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Prehistory - CORRECT ANSWER- human history in the period before recorded events
known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research
Paleolithic Age - CORRECT ANSWER- the period of human histo...
Western Civilization I (Chapters 1-4)
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Prehistory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- human history in the period before recorded events
known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research
Paleolithic Age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the period of human history when humans used
simple stone tools (c. 2,500,000-10,000 b.c.)
Neolithic Age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- latest part of the stone-age beginning about
10,000 BC in the middle-east (but later elsewhere)
Civilization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an advanced level of human society, in which a
high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached
Agricultural (Neolithic) Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the shift from hunting and
gathering to planting and growing
Bronze Age - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- between the Stone Age and the Iron Age,
characterized by the use of weapons and implements made of bronze
Mesopotamia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an ancient region in west Asia between the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers, now part of Iraq
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The land between these two rivers
contained the early civilizations of Mesopotamia
Ziggurat - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a massive stepped tower upon which a temple
dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a Sumerian city was built
, Theocracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a form of government where God or a deity is
recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the
ecclesiastical authorities
Code of Hammurabi - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A collection of 282 laws which were
enforced under Hammurabi's Rule. One of the first examples of written law in the ancient
civilizations.
Polytheistic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Belief in more than one god
Cuneiform - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- "wedge-shaped." A system of writing developed by
the Sumerians that consisted of wedge-shaped impressions made by a reed stylus on clay
tablets
Epic of Gilgamesh - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an epic poem from Mesopotamia, and
among the earliest known works of literary writing.
Egypt: Old Kingdom - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Encompassed the 3rd through the 6th
dynasties of Egyptian kings, when the largest pyramids of Egypt's history where built.
Egypt: Middle Kingdom - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A new period of stability lasting from
2055-1650 B.C. Characterized by a new concern on part of the pharaohs for the people.
Pyramids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply
sloping sides, meeting at an apex, used as a tomb
Mummification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- making a dead body into a mummy by
embalming and drying
Hyksos - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient
Egypt between the 13th and 18th dynasties; believed to have been a Semitic people that
originally migrated into Egypt from Asia
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