The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 1: The Roots of Western Civilization

True or False Quiz

1
Western civilization developed most of its defining characteristics in isolation from other societies and peoples.
A)True
B)False
2
During the Stone Age, the earliest hunters and gatherers used bronze tips for their spearheads, arrowheads, and other cutting tools.
A)True
B)False
3
Sumerian law protected and promoted the family as the primary social and economic unit.
A)True
B)False
4
When writing first emerged in Sumerian society, both men and women could study it, but later, women were excluded from the profession of scribe.
A)True
B)False
5
The Indo-Europeans spoke a Semitic language, which they spread as they migrated south into modern-day Turkey and Iran and eastward toward India.
A)True
B)False
6
The agricultural and mineral wealth of the Nile Valley allowed Egyptians to trade for the goods that they lacked, such as wood and textiles.
A)True
B)False
7
Egyptian ideas about the afterlife were based upon their experiences in the Nile Valley.
A)True
B)False
8
During the Middle Kingdom, Egyptian kings pursued isolationist policies, going so far as to prohibit profitable trade with Nubia and other neighboring realms.
A)True
B)False
9
Akhenaten's imposition of a monotheistic religion caused turmoil in his kingdom and did not long outlive him.
A)True
B)False
10
The Phoenicians, renowned for their sea-faring skills, ventured as far as Spain and the African coast, where they established trading colonies.
A)True
B)False
11
After the change in leadership that the Hebrews experienced in the period 1200 – 1050 B.C.E., the first kings encouraged nomadic lifestyles to counter the threats of their neighbors.
A)True
B)False
12
Solomon violated certain commandments by marrying foreign women and allowing them to worship their own deities even though they resided in Jerusalem.
A)True
B)False
13
The Persians' intolerance of the Jews resulted in the destruction of the Second Temple in 515 B.C.E.
A)True
B)False
14
Once people discovered the techniques for forging iron, the use of iron for weapons, tools, and utensils spread rapidly throughout the Mediterranean world.
A)True
B)False
15
The Assyrians forbade the use of a common language among their conquered peoples as part of their policy of ruling by terror.
A)True
B)False
16
The Babylonians learned the effectiveness of terror from their predecessors, the Assyrians, and also continued the tradition of constructing an architecturally advanced urban center.
A)True
B)False
17
Some of the astrological and mathematical innovations of the Babylonians, including divisions of time, are still with us today.
A)True
B)False
18
Cyrus the Great created an administration that promoted loyalty to his rule and limited the possibilities for corruption and abuses of power.
A)True
B)False
19
The Persian Empire successfully ruled its diverse subjects by following a policy of tolerance.
A)True
B)False
20
When the Akkadian ruler Sargon (2350 B.C.E.) conquered Sumer, he used religion as the key to uniting his Akkadian people with the vanquished Sumerians.
A)True
B)False
21
The Phoenicians created a purely phonetic alphabet (letters which correspond to spoken sounds as opposed to characters that represent actual objects).
A)True
B)False
22
The earliest cities in the Middle East had slaves, but the slave culture of this era was not based on racial distinctions.
A)True
B)False
Sherman: The West in the World, Fourth Edition
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