Western Civ Exam 1 (Kahoot Questions and Answers)

What is the world's oldest continuously inhabited community?

a.) Jerusalem

b.) Jericho

c.) Assur

d.) Salem

b

What metal replaced copper for tools in this Neolithic period?

a.) Tin

b.) Steel

c.) Bronze

d.) Gold

c

Scholars now think that irrigation systems developed after cities.

a.) True

b.) False

a

Who was Enmebaragesi?

a.) First Documented King

b.) Gilgamesh's wife

c.) First know pirate

d.) God who developed cities

a

A dynasty was a family with a hereditary right to rule.

a.) True

b.) False

a

Women in ancient Mesopotamia could own, buy, and sell land as well as well get divorced.

a.) True

b.) False

a

Layered, terraced temples in Mesopotamia were known as...

a.) Pyramids

b.) En

c.) Mastaba

d.) Ziggurats

d

Which of the following was NOT one of the major Mesopotamian gods?

a.) Anu

b.) Hestia

c.) Enlil

d.) Enki

b

Neolithic means?

a.) Next

b.) Start of writing

c.) New Stone

d.) New Humans

c

Gilgamesh was a lugal in his city, which means...

a.) General

b.) Priest

c.) Top dog

d.) Big man

d

The great king Sargon was found...

a.) Floating in a basket in the river

b.) In a cave in the woods

c.) As the child of peasants

d.) Raised by wolves

a

In Egypt, black land was the rich, good land while red land was the dry, desert area.

a.) True

b.) False

a

Hammurabi's law code was completely unfair to women.

a.) True

b.) False

b

The Near East (Sumer) had abundant rain and that allowed it to be successful at farming.

a.) True

b.) False

b

What mineral build up might have spelled doom for Sumer?

a.) Iron

b.) Salt

c.) Copper

d.) Manure

b

The ancient Near East had their own version of the flood story.

a.) True

b.) False

a

Unlike the Near East, Egypt did not really develop big cities.

a.) True

b.) False

a

In a patriarchal society, men limited women's freedom to make sure that their kids were their own.

a.) True

b.) False

a

In the ancient world, once a slave, always a slave.

a.) True

b.) False

b

With their beautiful hieroglyphs, Egypt spent a lot of time recording their history.

a.) True

b.) False

b

The pharaoh's main task was to preserve __________, otherwise known as the natural balance of things.

a.) Memphis

b.) Ammut

c.) Ma'at

d.) Ankh

c

Early, flat burial buildings for pharaohs (before the pyramids were invented) were known as...

a.) Papyrus

b.) Mastabas

c.) Ziggurats

d.) Hieroglyphs

b

The administrative divisions of Egypt were known as...

a.) States

b.) Countries

c.) Nomes

d.) Cadets

c

What technology helped the Hyksos defeat the Egyptians?

a.) Swords

b.) Catapaults

c.) Chariots

d.) Fortresses

c

The New Kingdom pharaohs shifted to safer burials in...

a.) The Valley of the Kings

b.) The Shadow of the Sphinx

c.) The Hidden Sanctuary

d.) The Royal Ridge

a

Hatshepsut was the only female pharaoh of Egypt.

a.) True

b.) False

b

As rich as it was, King Tut's tomb was likely a small example of what most pharaohs had in their tombs.

a.) True

b.) False

a

How many children did Ramses II likely have?

a.) None

b.) 300

c.) 7

d.) 160

d

Egyptian men liked to talk about what on their tombs?

a.) Their Pets

b.) Their Moms

c.) Their Children

d.) Their Property

b

Water was so precious to Egyptians that they didn't want to waste it keeping clean.

a.) True

b.) False

b

The Fertile area that Egyptians connected through canals was known as the...

a.) Fayum

b.) Negev

c.) Cartouche

d.) Oasis

a

The Hebrews were unusual in the ancient world because they believed time had a beginning and an end.

a.) True

b.) False

a

What pharaoh's stele records the first known, extra-biblical mention of Israel?

a.) Tutanhamun

b.) Narmer

c.) Hatshepsut

d.) Merneptah

d

The era that saw the first Greek philosophers, Zoroaster, Confucius, and the Buddha is often known as the...

a.) Axial Age

b.) Antwerp Age

c.) Atomic Age

Antipodal Age

a

What King allowed the Jews to return home and rebuild the temple?

a.) Alfred the Great

b.) Akhenaten

c.) Cyrus the Great

d.) Sargon II

c

Apiru means...

a.) Figs

b.) Band of nomads

c.) Governor

d.) Cadre of priest

b

The monumental buildings of the Minoans were...

a.) Temples

b.) Tombs

c.) Palaces

c

We are able to read the Minoan language, Linear A.

a.) True

b.) False

b

Greece lacked many of the resources that aided Mesopotamia and Egypt.

a.) True

b.) False

a

The Minoans were named after...

a.) Minimumus

b.) Nostradamus

c.) Queen Minerva

d.) King Minos

d

The great palace at the Minoans was at...

a.) Athens

b.) Sparta

c.)Knossos

d.) Andalusia

c

What animal were the Minoans obsessed with?

a.) Bull

b.) Birds

c.) Dolphins

d.) Lions

a

What new metal helped to change the Assyrian military?

a.) Copper

b.) Iron

c.) Bronze

d.) Tin

b

The Assyrians relied on the love of the conquered people to keep them in line.

a.) True

b.) False

b

The poor treatment of women in Assyrian was a result of ______?

a.) Patriarchy

b.) Matriarchy

c.) Hyper-Masculinization

d.) Religious Changes

c

Ashurbanipal was famous for his...

a.) Library

b.) Chariots

c.) Seige Engines

d.) Palace

a

What group in the Anatolian peninsula (Turkey) proved to be a major opponent of Egypt?

a.) Nubians

b.) Third Dynasty of Ur

c.) Hittites

d.) Ottomans

c

Being a Mediterranean society, the Egyptians were good sailors who were ready to take on the Sea People.

a.) True

b.) False

b

The Greek Dark Age was named that because...

a.) It was an era without fire

b.) It was an era without literacy

c.) It was an era without Kings

d.) It was an era without people

b

The Iliad is about a war in...

a.) Homer

b.) Knossos

c.) Troy

d.) Athens

c

Homer's world was far wealthier than its Mycenaean Predecessors...

a.) True

b.) False

b

Greek Men were seldom at home and so didn't really care if their home was comfortable or impressive.

a.) True

b.) False

a

What word represented the Ancient Greek family?

a.) Oikos

b.) Symposia

c.) Agora

d.) Hetairae

a

Greek women of the Archaic period were never considered to be autonomous adults.

a.) True

b.) False

a

What archaic era Greek Poet wrote about regular people?

a.) Homer

b.) Antigone

c.) Odysseus

d.) Hesiod

d

What was the name of the Greek fighting formation?

a.) Polis

b.) Phalanx

c.) Hoplon

d.) Basileus

b