CLEP WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1 EXAM FULL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
◉ Neolithic Revolution.
Answer: "new stone" change in living patters of early humanity
◉ Civilization.
Answer: complex culture where large numbers of people share a
variety of common elements.
◉ Empire.
Answer: a group of nations ruled over by an emperor or empress,
larger than a kingdom, usually formed by conquering other nations
or kingdoms
◉ Mesopotamia.
Answer: "land between the rivers"-a fertile land between the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers
◉ Sumerians.
,Answer: an early people group that settled in Samaria and they
invented the earliest form of writing
◉ Cuneiform.
Answer: "wedge form writing" the earliest form of writing made by
impression in clay
◉ Ziggurats.
Answer: temple towers, usually pyramid-like used for Sumerian
worship
◉ Akkadians.
Answer: The first empire
◉ Sargon I.
Answer: the ruler over the Akkadian Empire who encouraged people
to view him as a god
◉ Amorites.
Answer: an empire that conquered the Sumerians and established
the "Old Babylonian" Empire
◉ Hammurabi.
, Answer: 6th king of the Amorites who united under is rule with the
"Code of Laws" or "Hammurabi's Code"
◉ Epic of Gilgamesh.
Answer: An epic poem( long poem about a hero) written by Homer.
It recounts a flood and a character being saved by building a large
boat; told to take "the seed of all living things."
◉ Upper Egypt.
Answer: The southern region of Egypt where the Nile flows upward
◉ Lower Egypt.
Answer: northern region of Egypt near the delta
◉ Nile River.
Answer: a "highway" in Egypt that served as a unifier for the country
◉ Old Kingdom.
Answer: "Age of Pharaohs"-Earliest Egyptian period where pharaohs
were considered gods
◉ Middle Kingdom.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
◉ Neolithic Revolution.
Answer: "new stone" change in living patters of early humanity
◉ Civilization.
Answer: complex culture where large numbers of people share a
variety of common elements.
◉ Empire.
Answer: a group of nations ruled over by an emperor or empress,
larger than a kingdom, usually formed by conquering other nations
or kingdoms
◉ Mesopotamia.
Answer: "land between the rivers"-a fertile land between the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers
◉ Sumerians.
,Answer: an early people group that settled in Samaria and they
invented the earliest form of writing
◉ Cuneiform.
Answer: "wedge form writing" the earliest form of writing made by
impression in clay
◉ Ziggurats.
Answer: temple towers, usually pyramid-like used for Sumerian
worship
◉ Akkadians.
Answer: The first empire
◉ Sargon I.
Answer: the ruler over the Akkadian Empire who encouraged people
to view him as a god
◉ Amorites.
Answer: an empire that conquered the Sumerians and established
the "Old Babylonian" Empire
◉ Hammurabi.
, Answer: 6th king of the Amorites who united under is rule with the
"Code of Laws" or "Hammurabi's Code"
◉ Epic of Gilgamesh.
Answer: An epic poem( long poem about a hero) written by Homer.
It recounts a flood and a character being saved by building a large
boat; told to take "the seed of all living things."
◉ Upper Egypt.
Answer: The southern region of Egypt where the Nile flows upward
◉ Lower Egypt.
Answer: northern region of Egypt near the delta
◉ Nile River.
Answer: a "highway" in Egypt that served as a unifier for the country
◉ Old Kingdom.
Answer: "Age of Pharaohs"-Earliest Egyptian period where pharaohs
were considered gods
◉ Middle Kingdom.
