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Culture and Values A Survey of the Humanities Volume I & II, 9e Lawrence Cunningham, John Reich, Lois Fichner Rathus

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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

• What artifacts from Jericho are considered an indication that they practiced ancestor worship?
• fertility figures
• burial statues
• restored skulls
• stone shrines

• Where are some of the oldest paintings of humankind found?
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Lascaux
• Amarna
• Egypt

• During the Neolithic period, a major development in agriculture was the ability to:
• accumulate and store grain
• feed large numbers of livestock
• build larger architectural structures
• control bodies of water

• According to the text, what have archaeologists posited that Stonehenge was?
• an ancient temple
• a storage facility for weapons
• a monument to a great leader
• a solar calendar and observatory

• What do archaeologists believe the Venus of Willendorf depicts?
• a Greek goddess
• a female fertility figure
• a famous queen
• a child

• Where did the Sumerians first settle?
• The Upper Nile
• The Fertile Crescent
• The Mediterranean Islands
• Western Africa

• What are two Semitic languages?
• Arabic and Hebrew
• Urdu and Hindi
• Persian and Arabic
• Greek and Maltese

• What was Sumerian religion based upon? 2 / 4

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• animal worship
• spirits of ancestors
• natural phenomena
• monotheism

• What was the first great literary work of ancient Mesopotamia?
• Ashurbanipal
• Book of the Dead
• Epic of Gilgamesh
• Tutankhamen’s autobiography

• According to legend, who dictated to King Hammurabi the laws that he would later include in the Law Code of

Hammurabi?

• Enlil
• Shamash
• Aton
• Osiris

• Which civilization succeeded in uniting Mesopotamia in about 1800 B.C.E.?
• Assyrians
• Kassites
• Babylonians
• Sumerians

• How have modern scholars typically divided the history of ancient Egypt?
• into two major periods
• into three major periods
• into four major periods
• into six major periods

• In general terms, what is most striking about the long history of Egyptian culture?
• The evolution of its writing system
• Its unity and consistency
• Its ever-changing, highly diverse nature
• Its isolation from all surrounding cultures

• Who was the earliest great architect to appear in historical record?
• Khafre
• Djoser
• Babur
• Imhotep

• Who became the most important deity during the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt?
• Aton 3 / 4

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• Isis
• Minos
• Knossos

• How did the art of Amarna differ from conventional Egyptian art?
• It employed a stylized, artificial quality.
• It was highly formal, apparently intended only for somber occasions.
• It had greater lightness and naturalism.
• It depicted female figures exclusively.

• What civilization conquered the Babylonian Empire?
• The Semites
• The Persians
• The Kassites
• The Sumerians

• Which art form is particularly characteristic of the Cyclades islands?
• Marble figurines
• Pottery
• Frescoes
• Wood sculptures

• Who discovered the civilization that predated the Mycenaeans?
• Sir Arthur Evans
• Lord Wilton Spiel
• Heinrich Schliemann
• Howard Carter

• Who was the central deity in Minoan religion?
• a being that is half-man and half-wolf
• a river god
• a sun god
• there is not enough evidence to know

• Who succeeded the Minoans?
• the Sumerians
• the Persians
• the Mycenaeans
• the Kassites

• Which war provided the background for Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey?
• the Peloponnesian War
• the Trojan War
• the Persian War
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