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West In the World: HIST150- Exam One

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Question 1

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In prehistoric times, the people were known as 'survivalists' and relied on what practice to sustain them?
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  • Cooperation and Language
  • Hunting and Gathering
  • Small Numbers
  • Community 'Job' Placement

Question 2

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The time period where domestication of animals and growing crops, also known as farming and agriculture, were important factors in their civilization was called:
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  • Prehistory
  • Neolithic Revolution
  • Paleolithic Revolution
  • Specialization

Question 3

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What was a characteristic of the Neolithic Revolution?
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  • Domestication of Animals
  • Staying in the Same Place
  • Population Increase
  • Specialization
  • All Answers are Correct

Question 4

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What was Mesopotamia?
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  • Region made of City States
  • A River
  • A Single City
  • A War Town

Question 5

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What were two difficulties created by the Tigris/Euphrates?
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  • Difficult to navigate and flooding
  • Two many water creatures trying to attack and kids died swimming in the river
  • Hard to wash your clothes and no fresh water
  • Too easy for enemies to attack and had to have a navy

Question 6

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Name three benefits that Mesopotamia had because of the River flowing through it:
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  • Access to fresh water, method of travel, fishing
  • Fishing, boating, water sports
  • Navy base, method of protection from enemies, method of travel
  • Place to wash your clothes, could go for a swim, fishing

Question 7

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The Mesopotamian outlook on the "Afterlife" could be described as:
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  • Optimistic
  • Pessimistic
  • There is no after life
  • Anything you want it to be

Question 8

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Which river in Egypt was easy to travel, flowed consistently, and flooded to the same point for 1,000's of years?
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  • Nile
  • Euphrates
  • Tigris
  • Amazon

Question 9

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Because of the consistent flooding of the Nile River, the people living along it decided to build their houses up to the line of flooding and were never harmed by it.
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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The soil along the Nile River was rocky and hard to use for farming.
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  • True
  • False

Question 11

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What was the process called where Egyptians would go to the river, gather mud, use a stylus to write on the mud, and let the mud dry and turn into stone tablets?
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  • Written Language
  • Cunneiform
  • Bibliotecha
  • Sumerian Symbols

Question 12

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People who lived in the city of Sumer and developed a written language using symbols were known as Sumerians.
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  • True
  • False

Question 13

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The "Code of Hammurabi" was a system of written laws.
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  • True
  • False

Question 14

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With written law, the "little guy" is more likely to resort to violence because of unfair trials.
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  • True
  • False

Question 15

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To what does the phrase, "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," refer to?
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  • Cuneiform
  • Getting what you deserve
  • The Code of Hammurabi
  • Violence

Question 16

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What were the four main topics of the Code of Hammurabi?
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  • Justice, Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence
  • Faith, Hope, Love, Charity
  • Severity, Class, Gender, Trade

Question 17

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In the Code of Hammurabi, everyone was treated equally and given the same punishments.
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  • True
  • False

Question 18

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In the Code of Hammurabi men and women were treated differently: If a woman cheated on her husband she was put to death. If a man cheated on his wife then he had to pay a fine.
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  • True
  • False

Question 19

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When a wealthy or important man dies, his widow inherits his rights.
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  • True
  • False

Question 20

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The Hebrew were ancient Jews enslaved by the French in Mesopotamia.
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  • True
  • False

Question 21

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Monotheistic means:
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  • Many gods
  • Demigods
  • Single minded
  • One God

Question 22

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What was a characteristic of Yahweh?
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  • Sovereign
  • Transcendent
  • Good
  • All of the Choices are Correct

Question 23

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A transcendent God is one that is above nature because he created all parts of it.
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  • True
  • False

Question 24

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To be sovereign means to share your power with all.
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  • True
  • False

Question 25

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Lying is an important part of Judeo-Christianity.
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  • True
  • False

Question 26

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Define rational humanism.
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  • A human is able to think clearly when not under the influence.
  • Human beings cause their own problems, so they can solve their own problems.
  • If you believe in the gods, then they will fix all of your problems.
  • No human knows how to fix a problem on their own and they need help from those around them.

Question 27

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Who was Homer?
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  • A poet of ancient Greece
  • A troublemaker of ancient Rome
  • A writer from Mesopotamia
  • The person who developed the rational humanism theory

Question 28

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The Iliad was an instruction manual and holy book for Ancient Greeks written by Homer.
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  • True
  • False

Question 29

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What did King Agamemnon do during the Battle of Troy?
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  • Get some booty.
  • Watch over the preceedings but not participate.
  • Steal the other Kings woman.
  • Fight alongside his men.

Question 30

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Why was Achilles important?
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  • He was a great soldier
  • He killed the King
  • His mother loved him
  • He killed his father

Question 31

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King Agamemnon gave his wife to Achilles as a reward.
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  • True
  • False

Question 32

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What significant thing happens to Achilles when he sits out of a battle?
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  • His side loses
  • His side wins
  • His best friend dies
  • The King dies

Question 33

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When Achilles sits out during a battle and his friend dies, it is a result of the universal order.
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  • True
  • False

Question 34

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What is arete?
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  • A fruit used for wine making in Ancient Greece
  • A type of sandal worn by wealthy land owners
  • The idea that every human being is supposed to embrace their mind and body in the pursuit of perfection
  • The idea that every human being should be as athletically fit as they can be

Question 35

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A polis is an independent city state government. Who were the most important examples of polis in Ancient Greece?
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  • Troy and Athens
  • Athens and Sparta
  • Sparta and Persia
  • Greece and Gaul

Question 36

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What was a large downfall in the city of Sparta?
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  • Rocky Soil
  • Not having enough slaves
  • Weak in times of battle
  • Not enough people

Question 37

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Sparta struggled to have enough food for their entire history.
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  • True
  • False

Question 38

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Who were the Helots?
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  • Farmers
  • People who were captured from other cities and turned into slaves
  • Lawmakers in the city of Sparta
  • Spartan Soldiers

Question 39

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To avoid a possible slave rebellion, the Spartans gave them free food.
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  • True
  • False

Question 40

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The winner of the "Helot Olympics" received the price of their freedom and no longer had to be a slave to the Spartans.
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  • True
  • False

Question 41

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Athens represented the epitome of ancient Greece for what reasons?
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  • Navy, Trade, Cosmopolitan, Crops
  • Great in Battle and Grew lots of Crops
  • Stole from other cities and took their people as their slaves
  • They made great wine and sold it to the surrounding cities

Question 42

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Solon was known as what?
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  • The Town Fool
  • The Reformer
  • The Farmer
  • The Philosopher

Question 43

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What were the two cash crops of Ancient Greece?
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  • Olives and Grapes
  • Corn and Beans
  • Rice and Potatoes
  • Grapes and Beans

Question 44

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Grapes and olives were important because they could be used as food sources.
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  • True
  • False

Question 45

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What concept did Thespis introduce to the theater?
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  • Dance
  • Song
  • Dialogue
  • Costumes

Question 46

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What does important work Sophocles write?
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  • Iliad
  • Odyssey
  • Oedipus Rex
  • Ophelia

Question 47

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In Oedipus Rex, the main character kills his uncle and marries his aunt.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 48

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Who was Socrates?
Answer
  • The writer of the Apology
  • The main character in the Apology
  • Plato's brother
  • An important law maker

Question 49

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Socrates says that he does not have the slightest skill as being a [blank_start]skillful speaker[blank_end], unless they mean a speaker of truth.
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  • skillful speaker

Question 50

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Socrates is [blank_start]70[blank_end] years old at the trial.
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  • 70

Question 51

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The person indicting Socrates is [blank_start]Meletus[blank_end].
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  • Meletus

Question 52

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Socrates charges nothing to teach people.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 53

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The god at Delphi tells Caerephon that he has magical powers.
Answer
  • True
  • False
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