Western Civilization Final Exam Questions and Correct Answers
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Western Civilization
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Western Civilization
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the Great ordered that the serfs be emancipated and freed from their boyar lords.
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Western Civilization Final Exam
Questions and Correct Answers
Sumerian kings derived their authority from
✓✓~~ the gods
The physical environment of the Mesopotamians generally led to
✓✓~~ a pessimistic outlook with an emphasis on satisfying their angry gods
Growing appreciation of astronomy among European peoples after 4000 B.C.E. is
best seen in
✓✓~~ megalithic observatories
The destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. and the Babylonian Captivity of the
people of Judah occurred at the hands of the
✓✓~~ Chaldeans
The most prominent structure in a Sumerian city was a temple called a ziggurat.
✓✓~~ True
Punishments for crimes under the Code of Hammurabi
,✓✓~~ were more severe for the lower classes
All of the following helped make Assyria an efficient military machine except for
✓✓~~ humane treatment of prisoners
In general, during the imperialistic New Kingdom, Egyptian government changed by
✓✓~~ a gradual lessening in the power of pharaohs over their neighbors
After the death of Solomon, tensions between the northern and southern tribes led to
the establishment of two kingdoms, the kingdom of ____ and the kingdom of ___
✓✓~~ Israel and Judah
The Hebrew bible describes the conquest of the Philistines, the Moabites, and
Jerusalem as the achievements of
✓✓~~ David
The Hittites played an important role in the history of the Middle East because they
✓✓~~ transmitted Mesopotamian culture to the west, especially to the Mycenaean Greeks
According to the biblical account, Solomon's most revered contribution to the Hebrew
society was to
✓✓~~ construct the Temple, the symbolic center of the Hebrew religion and society
, All of the following are believed to be developments of the Paleolithic Age excep
✓✓~~ the regular production of food through agriculture
The neighbors of the Spartans who were free inhabitants and required to pay taxes
and perform military service but who were not citizens of Sparta were
✓✓~~ perioikoi
Alexander the Great's troops rebelled when he made the decision to invade and
capture
✓✓~~ India
By the 1st century B.C.E., which of the following was the largest city in the
Mediterranean?
✓✓~~ Alexandria
Shortly after taking the throne, Alexander dealt swiftly and harshly with a Greek
rebellion by sacking the city of
✓✓~~ Thebes
The economic life of the Hellenistic world was characterized by
✓✓~~ a significant shift in industry and manufacturing from Greece to the east
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