WOH EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

WOH EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. Paleolithic era
Answer:
10,000 BCE. Characteristics of Era: Hunting and gathering co-operation lessons of survival language
weapons, fire

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2. Neolithic era
Answer:
New Stone Age. Shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture. Alteration of environment to suit human
needs. Abundance of food = Diversification of human skills

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3. Mesopotamia
Answer:
land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

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4. Sumerian civilization
Answer:
12 city states circa 3000 BCE

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5. Cuneiform
Answer:
literacy hard to understand restricted to a few elites who could afford education

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6. Code of Hammurabi
Answer:
1750 BCE. Kings were not regarded as divine labor codes-everyone had a certain role, and if not
completed correctly subject to death Women were given certain rights such as the right to get out of an
unhealthy marriage

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7. Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten)
Answer:
1353-1336 BCE King of Egypt

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8. Hieroglyphics

, Answer:
form of communication in Egypt

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9. Ramses II
Answer:
1303-1213 BCE Exodus of Hebrews

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10. Hatshepsut
Answer:
CA 1500 BCE First Pharaoh of Egypt Ruled as a man would rule Son did not want her to be in power

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11. Sinai Covenant
Answer:
1800 BCE First covenant or mutual pact with God Serve only God, the God will bless Abraham's
descendants Expansion of the Covenant- the ten commandments

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12. King Solomon of Israel
Answer:
The temple in Jerusalem Division of the kingdom Israel & Judah Fall of Israel in 722 BCE

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13. Babylonian Captivity 586 BCE
Answer:
580-530 BCE Foreign domination & destruction of the Jewish state by 132 BCE

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14. Diaspora of the Jews after 70CE
Answer:
scattering without a homeland, political community, national or religious center

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15. Hebrew prophets
Answer:
Purify yourself and then others bind all to God universalist monotheis: the god of all God is concerned
with human actions ethical monotheism

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16. Aryan invasion of Indus Valley civilization
Answer:
1600 BCE

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17. Caste system