test 1

Question 1

what is an institution that has both authority and power to
control, direct, and to rule in the actions and affairs of others

Answer 1

governement

Question 2

what is a fabled process of progressive change dependent on chance and time, with the origin of live on earth.

Answer 2

evolution

Question 3

the worship of man

Answer 3

humanism

Question 4

another name for the flood

Answer 4

deluge

Question 5

the governmental punishment for murder

Answer 5

capital punishment

Question 6

main point of mesopotamia/ babylon

Answer 6

plain of shinar

Question 7

post-flood

Answer 7

postdiluvian

Question 8

the builder of the first world empire and descendant from ham, noha’s son

Answer 8

nimrod

Question 9

in power of nimrod, what city was built

Answer 9

babel/babylon

Question 10

what is a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a single unit

Answer 10

nation

Question 11

mankind can be divided into several large groups, what are they called

Answer 11

races

Question 12

whow was called the person who was born when the earth was divided

Answer 12

peleg

Question 13

how is the fertile cresent often called

Answer 13

the cradle of civilization

Question 14

name of the two important rivers in the fertile cresent

Answer 14

tigris and euphrates

Question 15

what is called the land between the rivers

Answer 15

mesopotamia

Question 16

what was the site of the first postdiluvian civilization

Answer 16

sumer

Question 17

what are the three oldest sumerian settlements

Answer 17

eridu, uruk, ur

Question 18

what was the sumerians greatest contribution to civilization

Answer 18

writing

Question 19

what type of writing did the sumerians create

Answer 19

cuneiform

Question 20

what are symbols that represent particular objects

Answer 20

pictograms

Question 21

what are symbols of things thst cannot be pictured and of action and ideas

Answer 21

ideograms

Question 22

what are signs representing syllables

Answer 22

syllabary

Question 23

whom is the history second great empire builder

Answer 23

sargon of akkad

Question 24

what is called the time of reign of akkad

Answer 24

old akkadian age

Question 25

what governor came to the throne of ur in 2100 bc

Answer 25

ur nammu

Question 26

who created the most ancient law code

Answer 26

ur nammu

Question 27

how has called the age of reign of ur nammu

Answer 27

golden age of ur

Question 28

what is the way of life of a group of people

Answer 28

culture

Question 29

what is a specialized division of labor, a written language, a written code of laws, an organized form of civil government, and the developement of the arts and sciences

Answer 29

civilization

Question 30

what is the process of transmitting the cultural heritage of a people from one generation to the next

Answer 30

education

Question 31

how was called the sumerian school

Answer 31

edubba

Question 32

the most important sumerian industry in terms of commercial activity

Answer 32

textiles

Question 33

sumerian huge temple towers

Answer 33

ziggurats

Question 34

what civilization was the first astronomers

Answer 34

sumerians

Question 35

how the summerians divided the years

Answer 35

lunar months

Question 36

what was called the pseudoscience that the sumerians belief that says that heavenly bodies influence human affairs and destinies

Answer 36

astrology

Question 37

spreading of cultural traits and patterns is known as how

Answer 37

cultural diffusion

Question 38

how is it called the sumerian king

Answer 38

lugal

Question 39

what were the four classes of people in sumer

Answer 39

nobles, commoners, clients, slaves

Question 40

what is the belief in one God

Answer 40

monotheism

Question 41

what is the worshiping of nature

Answer 41

naturalism

Question 42

what is the worshiping of human gods

Answer 42

humanism

Question 43

what is the belief of many gods

Answer 43

polytheism

Question 44

what is the worlds oldest work of literature outside of the bible

Answer 44

Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 45

what is a long poem written in a dignified form which tells the story of a great fictitous or historical hero

Answer 45

epic

Question 46

in what years abraham lived in ur

Answer 46

2000

Question 47

the first empire to rule the middle east after sumer

Answer 47

Babylon

Question 48

what was the king that brought the most of mesopotamia under the control of babylon

Answer 48

Hammurabi

Question 49

what was composed during the reign if hammurabi ib order to exalt babylon and its chief god, marduk

Answer 49

enuma elish/ babylonian genesis

Question 50

what was the greatest mathematical achievement of babylonians

Answer 50

place-value notation

Question 51

what is the use of authority and power to uphold what is right

Answer 51

justice

Question 52

how are called the indo-european people from anatolia in asia minor

Answer 52

hittites

Question 53

how was called turkey

Answer 53

asia minor

Question 54

for what were the hitties known for

Answer 54

being the first to use iron extensively

Question 55

whom was the first assyrian monarch and the one who established the assyrian empire

Answer 55

tiglathpileser 1

Question 56

what was called the capital of assyria

Answer 56

niniveh

Question 57

who was the last great monarch of assyria

Answer 57

ashurbanipal

Question 58

what monarch created the worlds first library

Answer 58

ashurbanipal

Question 59

what were called the semitic people from arabia the made a coalition with the medes and scythians

Answer 59

chaldeans

Question 60

what king established the neo-babylonian empire

Answer 60

nabopolassar

Question 61

son of nabopolassar

Answer 61

nebuchadnesar

Question 62

what were called the terraced roof gardens

Answer 62

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Question 63

what was the prophet taken captive by the babylonians

Answer 63

Daniel

Question 64

the monarch who build the empire which streched from egypt to india

Answer 64

cyrus the great

Question 65

the section of modern iran bordering the persian gul in the south west

Answer 65

Persia

Question 66

another name for provinces

Answer 66

satrapies

Question 67

another name for governor

Answer 67

satrap

Question 68

the ruler who created the first postal service

Answer 68

darius 1

Question 69

another name for xerxes in the bible

Answer 69

ahasuerus

Question 70

the succesor of xerxes

Answer 70

artaxerxes

Question 71

meaning of abraham

Answer 71

father of a great nation

Question 72

whom are the fathers of the nation of israel

Answer 72

the patriarchs/ abraham, isaac, jacob

Question 73

what is a solemn agreement

Answer 73

covenant

Question 74

another name for the ten commandments

Answer 74

decalogue

Question 75

a phonetic system of writing

Answer 75

alphabet

Question 76

thanks to whom israel was the greatest nation in the world

Answer 76

david and solomon

Question 77

whom birth was in the age of the roman empire

Answer 77

Jesus Christ

Question 78

in what langauge was the most of the bible written

Answer 78

biblical hebrew

Question 79

the founder of islam

Answer 79

mohhamed

Question 80

from were was mohammed

Answer 80

mecca

Question 81

the holy book of islam

Answer 81

koran