World History first half of chapter 1 quiz

Question 1

an ambiguous term often used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologists to describe any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits.

Answer 1

civilization

Question 2

the people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium BCE

Answer 2

Sumerians

Question 3

family of related languages long spoken across parts of Western Asia and northern Africa. in antiquity these languages included Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician. the most widespread modern member of the Semitic family is Arabic.

Answer 3

Semitic

Question 4

the first Mesopotamian ruler to gain control of multiple city-states, as the Semitic-speaking peoples began to dominate the region

Answer 4

Sargon

Question 5

the largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. it achieved particular eminence as the capital of the Amorite king Hammurabi in the eighteenth century BCE.

Answer 5

Babylon

Question 6

the capitol of Old Kingdom Egypt, near the head of Nile Delta. early rulers were interred in the nearby pyramids.

Answer 6

Memphis

Question 7

historians’ term for the period during which iron was the primary metal for for tools and weapons . the advent of iron technology began at different times in different parts of the world.

Answer 7

Iron Age

Question 8

a people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. with wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces, they vied with New Kingdom Egypt for control of Syria-Palestine before falling to unidentified attackers ca. 1200 BCE

Answer 8

Hittites

Question 9

Queen of Egypt (r. 1473-1458 BCE) she dispatched a naval expedition to Punt (possibly northeast Sudan or Eritrea) the faraway source of myrrh. there is evidence of opposition to a woman as ruler, and after her death her name and image were frequently defaced.

Answer 9

Hatshepsut

Question 10

Egyptian pharaoh (r. 1353-1335 BCE) he built a new capital at Amarna, fostered a new style of naturalistic art and created a religious revolution by imposing worship of the sun-disk.

Answer 10

Akhenaten

Question 11

Semitic-speaking Canaanites living on the coast of modern Lebanon and Syria in the first millennium BCE. from major cities such as Tyre and Sidon, Phoenician merchants and sailors explored the Mediterranean, engaged in widespread commerce, and founded Carthage and other colonies in the western Mediterranean.

Answer 11

Phoenicians

Question 12

the people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in north China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule. thisera particularly the vigorous early period (1045-771 BCE) was remembered in Chinese tradition as a time of prosperity and benevolent rule.

Answer 12

Zhou

Question 13

peoples sharing common linguistic and cultural features that originated in central Europe in the first half of the first millennium BCE.

Answer 13

Celts

Question 14

the class of religious experts who conducted rituals and preserved sacred lore among some ancient Celtic peoples

Answer 14

Druids

Question 15

the period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans

Answer 15

Paleolithic

Question 16

a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles, or more strictly Al Dabbah

Answer 16

Nubia

Question 17

a people of mixed Semitic and Asian descent who invaded Egypt and settled in the Nile delta c. 1640 BC. they formed the 15th and 16th dynasties of Egypt and ruled a large part of the country until driven out c. 1532 BC

Answer 17

Hyksos