In the Prehistoric period (500,000 to 9,200 BC), effective hunting and gathering resulted in an increase in population, thus carrying capacity of the landscape was reached and resulted in movement of humans into more severe environments.
A) True
B) False correct answers True
History of human s...
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In the Prehistoric period (500,000 to 9,200 BC), effective hunting and gathering resulted in an
increase in population, thus carrying capacity of the landscape was reached and resulted in
movement of humans into more severe environments.
A) True
B) False correct answers True
History of human settlement began 10,000 BC.
A) True
B) False correct answers True
During the agricultural period of Mesopotamia, which began with small upland communities,
humans:
A) developed from agriculturalist to hunters
B) developed from a figure in the landscape to a shaper of the landscape
C) domesticated goats, pigs, and sheep
D) Both A) and B)
E) Both B) and C) correct answers Both B) and C)
Which is the proper order of civilizations (periods) in Mesopotamia?
A) Sumerian then Assyrian then Neo-Babylonian
B) Assyrian then Neo-Babylonian then Summerian
C) Assyrian then Sumerian then Neo-Babylonian
D) Sumerian then Neo-Babylonian then Assyrian correct answers Sumerian then Assyrian then
Neo-Babylonian
Which period of Mesopotamian history introduced the concept of private parks with the
establishment of hunting parks?
A) Sumerian
B) Assyrian
C) Neo-Babylonian
D) Persian correct answers Assyrian
Paleolithic Man (500,000 BC - 9,200 BC) lived in permanent shelters.
A) True
B) False correct answers False
In Egypt which is the order of evolution of burial complexes?
A) mastabas to great pyramids to step pyramids
B) mastabas to step pyramids to great pyramids
C) great pyramids to step pyramids to mastabas
D) step pyramids to mastabas to great pyramids correct answers mastabas to step pyramids to
great pyramids
Which is the oldest (2650 BC) pyramid complex in Egypt ?
,A) Giza
B) Saqqara
C) Luxor
D) Karnak correct answers Saqqara
What types of temples existed in the New Kingdom (1567-1085 BC) of Egypt?
A) cult
B) funeary
C) mortuary
D) all of the above correct answers All of the above
Changes in the floods made it possible for the Dzozer, the 2nd King of the Old Kingdom (2686-
2181 BC), to:
A) Organize Egypt into a productive agricultural society
B) Institute the creation of monumental architecture
C) Eliminate royal bureaucracy
D) Both A) and B)
E) All of the above correct answers Both A) and B)
Upper and Lower Egypt were divided in to subdivisions called:
A) Salibas
B) Nomes
C) Mastabas
D) Shadoof correct answers Nomes
The pyramid of Cheops was the highest structure at 450' until 1889 when the Eifel Tower
surpassed it.
A) True
B) False correct answers True
An agora is a private place for contemplation and walking.
A) True
B) False correct answers False
The Greeks were known for their:
A) Domination over the landscape
B) Formal design
C) Integration with the physical environment
D) Megaliths
E) All of the above correct answers Integration with the physical environment
The Greek landscape contains:
A) hills and mountains
B) ravines
C) Indented coastlines
D) Alluvial valleys
, E) All of the above correct answers All of the above
In the Eastern Mediterranean, during the 3rd and 4th century BC the islands were:
A) Not easily defensible
B) Provided a year round source of water
C) Offered protection from floods
D) A and B
E) B and C correct answers B and C
Genius Loci refers to:
A) spirit of the site and was attributed to Greek sensitivity to the landscape
B) the central square of Egyptian temples
C) the intersection of decumanus and cardo in Roman city planning
D) The spiritual focus of a Monastery's cloister garden
E) None of the above correct answers spirit of the site and was attributed to Greek sensitivity to
the landscape
Greek temples contained:
A) Megaron
B) Temenos
C) Sanctuary
D) Naos
E) All of the above correct answers All of the above
The civilization that preceded the Roman Empire was that of the:
A) Hellenic
B) Etruscan
C) Latin tribes
D) Doric correct answers Etruscan
The intersections of the Roman network that ran along the cardinal points(compass
directions)were called _____.
A) Maximus
B) Cardii
C) Decumanii
D) Arx correct answers Maximus
Etruscans occupied slopes of hills and mountains because they offered a natural defense.
A) True
B) False correct answers True
In Roman Latin colonies the settlers were Romans.
A) True
B) False correct answers False
Roman roads typically followed construction of the colony.
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