What was the name of the famous "Female Pharaoh" who ruled egypt in the 18th dynasty? - answer-Hatshepsut
Who was the Assyrian King who lost a large army to a plague during the reign of Hezekiah? - answer-Sennacherib
What part of a sacrificed animal did the Sumerians look at to tell the futur...
History of Western Civilization Exam 1
What was the name of the famous "Female Pharaoh" who ruled egypt in the 18th
dynasty? - answer-Hatshepsut
Who was the Assyrian King who lost a large army to a plague during the reign of
Hezekiah? - answer-Sennacherib
What part of a sacrificed animal did the Sumerians look at to tell the future? What was
the practice called? - answer-They looked at the liver of the animal (no two livers are
alike). This practice was called augury.
When did the Neolithic Period begin in the Fertile Crescent? - answer-8,000-7,000 BC
Which famous Akkadian King conquered the Sumerians in 2350 BC? - answer-Sargon
I. He also ended up conquering the rest of Mesopotamia.
Howard Carter found a gold-filled tomb in 1922, what Egyptian Pharaoh did it belong to?
- answer-Tutankhamun. Ruled from age 9-19. Loved to ride his chariot. 3 chambers in
his coffin.
When were the Great Pyramids built in Egypt? - answer-2800-2200 (Old Kingdom)
What people group invented the first true alphabet? - answer-The
Canaanites/Phoenicians. It eventually became the Latin alphabet.
Who was the most important king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire? - answer-
Nebuchadnezzer II
What was the most important development in the Neolithic Period ("New Stone Age")? -
answer-The Neolithic Revolution: significant change in living patterns. Biggest change
was from hunting and gathering to producing food by systematic agriculture. Taming of
animals. Led to more permanent civilizations, began to engage in trade.
Who caused the end of the Hittite Empire in 1200 BC? - answer-Sea-People coalition.
AKA the Philistines.
Who lived in the ancient city of Carthage? - answer-Phoenicians from Tyre.
According to the "early date" (1446 BC) theory, who was the Pharaoh during the
Exodus? - answer-Amenhotep II
According to the "late date" (1260 BC) theory, who was the Pharaoh during the
Exodus? - answer-Ramses II
, In the Law Code of Hammurabi, how was the adulterous woman to be executed? -
answer-Blind her (and the man she had sex with) and throw them both into the water.
What did the Greeks call the Canaanites of the Old Testament? - answer-They called
them the Phoenicians.
When was Zoroaster born? - answer-660 BC. The religion (Zoroastrianism) was put into
place by Darius I (Darius the Great-Persian King)
What was the capital of the Assyrian Empire? - answer-Ninevah
What were satraps? - answer-a provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire. a
"sub-king".
Who was the Egyptian King that united Upper and Lower Egypt into one nation in 3100
BC and founded the First Dynasty in Egypt? - answer-Narmer. AKA Menes.
What was the capital city of the Hittite Empire? - answer-Hattasus.
What is the Kingdom of Urartu known as in the Old Testament? - answer-Called in the
bible Kingdom of Ararati. The place where Noah's Arc landed.
What Indo-Aryan people group worshipped the same dieties as the Indo-Aryan rulers of
the Kingdom of Mitanni? - answer-India/Hindus.
Who was the Babylonian king who left his son Belshazzar to rule for him? - answer-
Nabonidus
What is a stela (or stele)? - answer-It looks like a tombstone with writing on it, usually a
commemoration of a person. Famous example: Rosetta Stone.
Which Assyrian king carried the Ten Northern Tribes of Israel into captivity? - answer-
Tiglath-Pileser III
Where is the ancient Babylonian flood story found? - answer-The Epic of Gilgamesh by
the Sumerians.
Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were? - answer-The ancient people groups that lived in the
Indus Civilization. (those are their modern names).
What was a ziggurat? Who made them? - answer-massive, rectangular, stepped tower
atop the temple in the city. Made by ancient Sumerians. Famous example: Tower of
Babel
Which Jewish King is shown paying tribute to the Assyrian King Shalmaneser III on the
Black Obelisk? - answer-Jehu, King of Israel, or "Yaw"
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