CSTU 101 Test 1 well answered to pass

CSTU 101 Test 1Ancient Sumerian temple/altar - correct answer zigrat Arch - correct answer Rome What is the Enuma elish? - correct answer Sumerian creation Myth - reflects the violence in the world (Tiamat the mother goddess is slain by Marduk, forming the mountains and rivers) Which civilization had the first written language and what is it called? - correct answer Sumerians; Cuneiform Which two major texts were found from Sumerian culture? - correct answer The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Deluge Tablet (story of the great flood) Why did the Sumerian gods send a flood? - correct answer The humans were too loud and out of control and they couldn't sleep. (This shows their gods are selfish, angry, and not fully authoritative) An epic hero is what to a culture? - correct answer Ideal person Character traits of Odysseus - correct answer wise, cunning, prideful Fatalism is - correct answer Greek theology centering on fundamental injustice (can't control what the gods are gonna do) The Odyssey was written by __________________ and passed on __________________. - correct answer Homer Orally