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Western Civilization 1CLEP Exam Questions
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paleolithic - Answer: second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and
lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC
neolithic - Answer: latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later
elsewhere)
bronze age - Answer: (archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron ages, characterized by the
manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons
sumer - Answer: A group of ancient city-states in southern Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in
Mesopotamia.
gilgamesh - Answer: the epic story of the king, Gilgamesh, who searched for immortality. This is a
Sumerian legend and is believed to be the first story
cuneiform - Answer: an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
sexagesimal - Answer: Is a numeral system the people of Sumer used that has a numeral base of 60
Akkadians - Answer: this civilization included Semitic people living north of Sumeria; united city-states of
Mesopotamia; first empire in history; established by Sargon the Great
, Ur - Answer: A city of ancient Sumer in southern Mesopotamia on a site in present-day southeast Iraq.
One of the oldest cities in Mesopotamia, it was an important center of Sumerian culture after c. 3000
B.C. and the birthplace of Abraham.
Amorites - Answer: the Sumerian civilization fell to this civilization
Hittites - Answer: Groups like the ______ in Anatolia gained control over iron weapons and were able to
subjugate their less powerful neighbors.
Kassites - Answer: a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1520 and 1170 BC
Egyptians - Answer: we are the people who built great pyramids and were ruled by monarchs called
pharaohs
Giza - Answer: An ancient city capital of Upper Egypt; site of the Great Pyramids
Hyksos - Answer: The people who invaded Egypt thus beginning the second Intermediate period during
which the ______ ( a word meaning "foreigner) ruled as pharaohs in Lower Egypt and exacted tribute
from the royal families in Thebes.
Ra - Answer: ancient hawk-headed Egyptian sun god
Akhenaton - Answer: early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship
(died in 1358 BC)
Hieroglyphics - Answer: an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent
ideas and sounds
Mycenaeans - Answer: first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans; dominated Greek world 1400 B.C.
to 1200 B.C.; sea traders; lived in separate city-states; invovled in Trojan War against Troy
Iliad - Answer: a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy
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