Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 2: EARLY SOCIETIES IN SOUTHWEST ASIA AND THE INDO-EUROPEAN MIGRATIONS

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1			Gilgamesh was
			A)	a king of the city-state of Uruk.
			B)	hero in a popular Mesopotamian epic.
			C)	a warrior in conflict with the city of Kish.
			D)	legendary loyal friend of Enkidu.
			E)	all of the answers are correct.
2			Which of the following is not true of the land called Mesopotamia?
			A)	It lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
			B)	It is a land of abundant rainfall and fertile plains.
			C)	It is located in modern-day Iraq.
			D)	It was the home of the Sumerians.
3			Which of the following did Sumerian cities and their governments do?
			A)	organize work on building projects.
			B)	rule over the area surrounding the city.
			C)	oversee the construction and maintenance of irrigation systems.
			D)	organize the defense of the city against attacks.
			E)	all of the answers are correct.
4			Sargon of Akkad
			A)	was a Sumerian ruler.
			B)	built the capital city of Babylon.
			C)	inherited the kingship from his father.
			D)	was a gifted administrator and warrior.
			E)	All of the answers are correct.
5			In Hammurabi's code you would be unlikely to find
			A)	laws with punishments that differ according to social class.
			B)	laws that prescribe the death penalty.
			C)	laws that indicate a suspect is innocent until proven guilty.
			D)	laws regulating commercial transactions, wages, and prices.
			E)	laws relying the on the principle of retaliation.
6			Which of the following peoples did not rule a Mesopotamian empire?
			A)	the Assyrians
			B)	the Hittites
			C)	the Jews
			D)	the Chaldeans
			E)	the Akkadians
7			Which of the following was the latest invention?
			A)	bronze metallurgy
			B)	the wheel
			C)	ships
			D)	iron metallurgy
			E)	the chariot
8			Which of the following is true of the social classes of ancient Mesopotamia?
			A)	People became kings by winning battles.
			B)	The nobility were continually fighting with the kings for power.
			C)	Priests and priestesses were powerful rulers over temple communities.
			D)	There was no slavery.
			E)	All of the answers are correct.
9			Cuneiform writing
			A)	evolved from Egyptian hieroglyphics.
			B)	was usually written on papyrus.
			C)	did not last for the duration of the Sumerian culture.
			D)	involved wedge-shaped symbols pressed onto clay with a reed.
			E)	All of the answers are correct.
10			Which of the following was not a form of written documentation from Mesopotamia?
			A)	commercial and taxation documents
			B)	instructions on mummification of bodies
			C)	documents on astronomy and mathematics
			D)	epic literature
			E)	All of these were Mesopotamian documents
11			The Epic of Gilgamesh
			A)	recounts the adventures of Gilgamesh and his friend.
			B)	describes the hero's efforts to attain immortality.
			C)	explored relations between humans and the gods.
			D)	contemplates the meaning of life and death.
			E)	All of the answers are correct.
12			The Hebrews
			A)	were settled agriculturalists.
			B)	were led out of Palestine by Abraham.
			C)	were always monotheists.
			D)	were the first Indo-Europeans to settle in southwest Asia.
			E)	None of the answers are correct.
13			The religious beliefs of the Israelites after Moses included
			A)	the worship of Mesopotamian gods.
			B)	monotheism.
			C)	the worship of Allah.
			D)	the building of ziggurats.
			E)	None of the answers are correct.
14			After the tenth century B.C.E., the Israelites experienced
			A)	the division of the kingdom of Israel.
			B)	conquest by the Assyrians.
			C)	the destruction of Jerusalem by the New Babylonian empire.
			D)	the return of deportees to Judea where they became known as Jews
			E)	All of the answers are correct.
15			The Phoenicians
			A)	were prosperous based on their sea trade and commercial networks.
			B)	built a large empire through conquest.
			C)	were an Indo-European people.
			D)	first settled in the Mediterranean in the tenth century.
			E)	All of the answers are correct.
16			According to the excerpt "Israelites" Relations with Neighboring Peoples,"
			A)	the Israelites conquered the Phoenician city of Tyre.
			B)	Solomon gave cedar trees to Hiram for his temple.
			C)	Solomon sent laborers to Hiram.
			D)	the Lord punished Solomon for dealing with Hiram.
			E)	All of the answers are correct.
17			Which of the following is not associated with the Phoenicians?
			A)	agriculture
			B)	alphabetic script
			C)	Astarte
			D)	city-states
			E)	shipbuilding
18			Who first deduced the existence of an Indo-European culture?
			A)	nineteenth-century linguists
			B)	twentieth-century archeologists
			C)	Jewish scholars
			D)	cuneiform translators
			E)	None of the answers are correct
19			The key element in the expansion of the Indo-Europeans from their homeland was
			A)	iron weapons.
			B)	monotheism.
			C)	trade.
			D)	horses.
			E)	writing.
20			Which of the following was not an area to which the Indo-Europeans migrated?
			A)	east and southeast Asia
			B)	western Europe and the British Isles
			C)	India and Iran
			D)	Anatolia (modern Turkey)
			E)	They migrated from all of these places

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