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Prehistoric refers to the period of time when there was no...

cave painting
political system
tool elaboration
writing

Question 21 pts
The term paleolithic comes from the combination of two Greek words "palaios" and "lithos" meaning...

royal system
old and men
old and stone
palace writings
A civilization is a social, economic and political entity distinguished by the ability to express itself through..

music and writing

hierarchical social structure
images and written language
song and dance

Question 51 pts
Paintings, sculptures and the like that were created to exert some sort of authority over the world of those
who came into contact with them are said to contain...

magic
sacred art
agency
shaman

Question 71 pts
In the upper paleolithic era in what is now Austria, human beings (homo sapiens) carved a small figuring
of a voluptuous woman called the Venus of Willendorf. She was carved around....

13,000 to 10,000 bce

100,000 to 150,000 bce

50,000 to 48,000 bce
24,000 to 21,000 bce

Question 61 pts
Around _______________________ in southern France and the North coast of Spain, different cultures
of humans existed and manifested their agency through rock art (cave paintings).

250 years ago

9,000 years ago
30,000 years ago
50,000 years ago

Question 91 pts
Along with the rise of agriculture, humans also domesticated animals (dogs, goats, cows, sheep) and
started creating...

stone tools
animal pelts
pottery
stone vessels

Question 101 pts

Evidence of the first new world civilization can be seen in...

New York City

the pyramids at Caral, Peru
stonehenge
the cave
paintings in
France

Question 111 pts

The interesting thing about the pyramids at Caral is that...

the Polynesians built them

they were built before the oldest pyramid in egypt
they evidence a more advanced civilization than in Egypt
they were built at the same time as the oldest pyramids in egypt

Question 121 ptsSkip to question text.

At Caral in Peru, located in the Supe valley, one piece of evidence that there was an
organized society lies in the ____________. This system of communication was not a
writing system, but rather a system of communication created by making knots in
different colored strings.

maka
puchu
thinksu
qhipu
One interesting fact about Caral is that the archaeologists found...

etched bones signifying torture rituals

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more musical instruments and no weapons
large caches of weapons

Question 141 pts

Art from the Andes in South America has been preserved from before..

1,000 ce
8,000 bce
600 ce
2,000 bce

Question 151 pts

The practice of mumification is evidenced in..

Peru, Egypt and North America

Peru
both Peru and Egypt
Egypt

Question 171 pts

In Andean art the main focus of a piece of art is the artist, not the image itself.

True
False

Question 181 pts

The main focus of Andean art from even further back than 2,500 bce is..

snake mother
fair exchange
collaboration
animation and animal essence

Question 191 pts

Another incredible structure, suggesting early civilization is ___________ at Ur in Sumeria.

great pyramid
Stonehenge
Ziggurat
petrified tree scroll

Question 201 pts

We know that the god that was being worshipped from atop the Ziggurat at ur was called...

Tell Asmar
Tarsirsir
Nanna or sin
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Question 211 pts

Most of the civilizations from around the world from before 1,000 bce were...

No answer text provided.

polytheistic (believed in more than one god)
monotheistic (believed in only one god)
No answer text provided.

Question 221 pts

In the convention known as social perspective or hieratic scale...

No answer text provided.

No answer text provided.
the most important figures stand on top of other figures.
the most important figures are represented as larger than the others.

Question 231 pts

The original "narrative" of a boy who went from "rags to riches" most likely comes from...

King Sargon of the Akkadians

King Tut of Egypt
Moses from the Hebrew Bible
Barak Obama

Question 241 pts

The people of ancient Sumeria, first wrote in..

cuneform
pictographs
heiroglyphs
alphabetic script

Question 251 pts

The Akkadians dominated Mesopotamia for just 150 years, their rule collapsing not long after 2200
bce. No one in Mesopotamia matched the Akkadians' power until the first decades of the
eighteenth century bce when.....

King Tutankhamen of Egypt took control.

Hammurabi of Babylon gained control of most of the region.
Queen Nebenhah of Persia conquered with her army.
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261 pts

The new Law code of Hammurabi from 1760 bce in Mesopotamia introduced the idea of "talion"
meaning...

fair trial if accused of a crime

property rights
equal justice for women
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

Question 271 pts

The idea that women are her husband's property was introduced by...

The Hebrew Bible

The Egyptian Stila
The Sacred Pre-Incan Qhipu
The Law Code of Hammurabi

Question 281 pts

The most common consequence for committing a crime under the Law Code of Hammurabi was...

torture
prison
death
exile

Question 291 pts

The Law Code of Hammurabi was the first example of...

No answer text provided.

standardized torture
equitable justice
a standardized code of law

Question 311 pts

The oldest known author and compositor of the epic of Gilgamesh is...

Homer
Ishtar
Sinleqqiunninni
Enkdu

Question 301 pts

An epic poem consists of..

an incredibly moving poetic piece

a poem that is longer than a page
passed down oral stories combined into a poem
a poem that contains metaphor

Question 321 pts

The Hebrews were the first monotheistic culture in Mesopotamia.

True
False

Question 331 pts

The body of laws outlined in the Hebrew Torah is quite different from the code of Hammurabi in that it
was...

based on monotheism
doesn't include guidance for the treatment of slaves
a simple and concise code
an ethical code and not a code for punishment of offenses

Question 341 pts

Hebrew culture would have a profound impact on Western civilization. The Jews provided the essential
ethical and moral foundation for religion in the West, including...

Christianity and Islam

Christianity and Reformation
Christianity and Judaism
Islam and Buddism

Question 351 pts

At around 510 bce, Kind Darius of Persia soon ruled a vast empire (that the Greeks called Persepolis) that
stretched from Egypt to the south, around Asia Minor to the Ukraine in the north. The meaning of
Persepolis in Greek is...

Persian city
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End points
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Question 361 pts

Whenever Egypt was united, it was by an army and through force, not through the free will of a people
striving for a common good.

True
False

Question 371 pts

Egypt's continuous cultural tradition, lasting over 3,000 years, is history's clearest example of how peace
and prosperity go hand in hand.

True
False

Question 381 pts

Egypt's government was indistinguishable from its religion and the king (or queen) ruled as the
representative of Re (the moon god).

True
False

Question 391 pts

Egyptian culture, religion and thought is based on a truly cyclical conceptualization of destruction and
renewal that closely mirrors the flooding and waning of the river Nile.

True
False
The Egyptian religion was monotheistic due to the influence of the Jews.

True
False

Question 411 pts

Egyptians had only gods (no goddesses).

True

False

Question 421 pts

In ancient Egypt, the ka (one's personality) and the ba (life force) were recognized and interconnected
with death rituals.

True
False