Test 1

Question 1

The bottle neck effect refers to the lack of diversity in human?

Answer 1

DNA

Question 2

According to the recent studies by scientists, the FOXP2 gene related to speech development is ONLY found in modern human beings. T/F

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The Lascaux Caves typically show how prehistoric people used caves for their daily life such as sleeping and cooking. T/F

Answer 3

False

Question 4

. According to the relics of Catal Huyuk, more expandable square houses replaced circular houses because the community developed toward an ownership-centered family system. T/F

Answer 4

true

Question 5

. At the beginning of the Bronze Age, most metal working was undertaken by slaves T/F

Answer 5

false

Question 6

The Euphrates River was diverted to supply water to the city, Nippur. T/F

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Beer was available in the ancient Sumerian city, Ur. T/F

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Biblical texts of Western civilization include some myths of the Mesopotamian world. T/F

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Among the following items, which was NOT found in Merit of Deir el Medina’s “beauty box”?

Answer 9

Shaving Equiptment

Question 10

In ancient Egypt, for a man to bring a woman a bundle of his property meant his desire to move in with her, usually being the first step toward marriage. T/F

Answer 10

true

Question 11

. Although Harappa enjoyed a highly sophisticated urban life, it did not have any drains or sewers. T/F

Answer 11

False

Question 12

No female Goddess was worshiped in ancient Indian societies.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Among the following, which served as the ancient Athenians’ gathering place, the hub of their commercial, political, and social activities?

Answer 13

Agora

Question 14

Hippodamus of Miletus’s city-planning theory of orderly, regular cities spread to the Romans. T/F

Answer 14

True

Question 15

As a place of shame, a bordello (“house of assignation”) was never advertised in public in Ephesus. T/F

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Australopithecus- (Lucy)

Answer 16

Southern Ape
 4 million years ago
two legs, brain size ape, 3'7''
discovered in awash valley of ethiopia.
Used but did not make tools

Question 17

Homo erectus- “Turkana boy”

Answer 17

Upright human
Turkana, Kenya
5’3’’ by age of 8 complete skeleton, brain between human and chimp. 900cc

Question 18

What were some thing that homo erectus could do-

Answer 18

could run more sustainable with less body hair,
hunters.
Use diverse stone tools, could make tools.
used fire.
Social networks- took care of old.( empathy and cooperation)

Question 19

Homo heidelberg-

Answer 19

Neanderthals 50,000 years ago

Question 20

Homo sapiens-

Answer 20

modern human, 50,000 years ago.

Question 21

Paleolithic era-

Answer 21

stone tools: spears, arrows, harpoons,
lived in groups of 20-30 based on kinship
women were gathers men hunters.
rituals and artistic activities.

Question 22

Venue Figurines / Jomon Venus-

Answer 22

showed feminine figures as sacred objects, showed reproduction

Question 23

Neolithic Ear-

Answer 23

New stone age
Polished stone tools
Start of agriculture
gradual transformation from hunting/ gathering to agriculture. domestication of animals
specializations in crafts and start of trade

Question 24

Catalhoyuk in Turkey-

Answer 24

Neolithic Era, Largest human community

12 cultivated products

Question 25

Copper/Bronze-

Answer 25

Copper-first metal used in producing tools and weapons, | Bronze -combination of copper and tin,

Question 26

Chalcolithic period-

Answer 26

transition period between neolithic and bronze age.

Question 27

The First Civilizations

Answer 27

river valley civilizations, | mespotamia, egypt, india, china

Question 28

5 traits of the first civilizations-

Answer 28

1. Urban revolution 2. political and military structures 3. Social structure 4. economic specialization 5. Development of Writing

Question 29

Mesopotamian Civilization-

Answer 29

Iraq and Syria the Tigris and Euphraties River Sumerian city states: Ur, uruk, Girsu, Nipper Agriculture: einkhorn wheat Conflicts over land and water invasions from Arkadians

Question 30

Babylonian Empire-

Answer 30

``` The Amorites(old babylonians) Hammurabi. ```

Question 31

Hammurabi-

Answer 31

king who made the 4 quarters of the world subservient. created the code of hammurabi, set of laws.

Question 32

Egyptian Civilization (=the Nile Valley Civilization)

Answer 32

Nile flows 4000 miles, ruled by pharroh capital was memphis. had canals, dams, irrigation ditches. Opotimistic view on the world.

Question 33

Cuneiform-

Answer 33

Wedge shaped system of writing

Question 34

Upper southern egypt- | lower northern -

Answer 34

narrow valley of the nile Nile delta first dynasty make up the two

Question 35

Pharaoh-

Answer 35

King of Egypt, commands vast wealth,chosen by the gods. mediator between the gods and people

Question 36

Pyramids-

Answer 36

tomb for kings and queens, means "Great House" showed power and wealth

Question 37

The 18th Dynasty (Egypt)

Answer 37

renewed the vigor, foreign expansion. Era of the new kingdom- height of power. Held the tomb of Tutankhamun.

Question 38

Deir el Medina

Answer 38

village of artisans working on tombs in the valley of the kings.

Question 39

Indus Valley Civilization-

Answer 39

India as a continent, hymilian mountains, ganges river (holy river) Major cities: Harappa, Monhenjo-Daro, had abundant rainfall, writing system was pictographic symbols

Question 40

Oracle Bones-

Answer 40

divinatory records inscribed on turtle shells, the earlist known form of chinese writing. Ancestral worship in Shang religion and political culture.

Question 41

The Persian Empire

Answer 41

the classical era, originally Iran, Nomadic organised into tribes, unified by Cyrus the great starting the Achaemenid dynasty.

Question 42

yellow river civilization-

Answer 42

early agriculture, xia dynasty and shang dynsaty, yellow river and southern coast.

Question 43

Cyrus the Great-

Answer 43

persians viewed him as father, known for wisdom and compassion in conquest- allowed people to keep their religion. unified the tribes of persia conquered media, western asia and babylon.

Question 44

Persepolis-

Answer 44

City of persians, the closest city to the identity of the persians. destroyed in 330 BCE. one of 5 royal capitals

Question 45

Zoroastrianism-

Answer 45

Religion zoroaster- a semi legendary figure, Emphasis on a struggle between good and evil, final judgement on souls. impact on christianity.

Question 46

Ahuramazada-

Answer 46

supreme being- goodness, light, truth

Question 47

Ahriman

Answer 47

darkness,evil

Question 48

The ancient Greek Civilization-

Answer 48

mostly settled by non greeks, The dark"middle" age on the Aegean. colonization of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Evolution of the Polis

Question 49

The polis-

Answer 49

an autonomous unit of political, social, and religious activities. "city state" many were towns or villages. the largest was Athens

Question 50

The Greco-Persian War (5th century BCE)

Answer 50

conflict with the persian empire, beginning of the classical period. persia invaded greece, led by zerxes.

Question 51

Zerxes-

Answer 51

King of the Persians who invaded greece.

Question 52

Herodotus-

Answer 52

greek historian who wrote about the persians

Question 53

Sparta-

Answer 53

Authoritarian military state, with slaves led my leonitis .

Question 54

Democracy of Athens-

Answer 54

Alliance of greece under the leadership of athens. | Development of democratic system.

Question 55

4 things in the Athenian democratic system-

Answer 55

lowerclass could hold office city magestrates a board of 10 officials preventing dictatorship of generals.

Question 56

The Great Peloponnesian Wars

Answer 56

war between Sparta and Athens, basically destroyed each other but Athens was defeated. Destroyed the possibility of cooperation among greek states.

Question 57

The Olympic Games

Answer 57

religious and athletic festivals every 4 years. Suspension of conflicts. only males competed.

Question 58

Macedonia-

Answer 58

a buffer between the greek states and barbarian tribes. Same as greeks but semi barabric. Lacked money, constantly warring, internal strife.

Question 59

Alexander the Great-

Answer 59

Conqueror who led the greeks against the persians and conquered all the way to india. Became king of the persians. Died of posin from white hellebore.

Question 60

Hellenistic world-

Answer 60

Mixture of greek and non greek culture. Development of urban cities. cultural and intellectual accomplishments by seperation of science from philosophy, development in math and astronomy.

Question 61

The Aryans-

Answer 61

Noble or freeborn, indo-european speaking people