HIEU 201 Test 1 Questions and Answers
(LU)
5 reasons to study history (Stearns article) - Answer-1) History helps us understand peoples & societies
2) Importance of History in our own lives
3) Contributes to Moral Understanding
4) History Provides Identity
5) Essential for Good Citizenship
4 reasons to care about History (Solomon's article) - Answer-1) Because the Bible Contains History
2) Because Jesus took history seriously
3) Because Christian beliefs are based on history
4) because history touches our lives
The 3 traditions of Western Civilization (Kurth article) - Answer-1) The classical culture of Greece &
Rome
2) Christianity
, 3) Modern Enlightenment
Definition of Civilization: - Answer-the intellectual, material, and cultural development of organized
humane society
the central force of the first civilizations was - Answer-religion
the first civilizations struggled with 3 main things: - Answer-1) surplus food
2) population
3) specialization
Ancient Near East is now called - Answer-Modern Middle East
Mesopotamia - Answer-greek word meaning "land between the rivers", this was where the first
civilization began between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Sumerians - Answer-first to settle in Mesopotamia in 3000 B.C.
Cuneiform - Answer-created by the Sumerians, they were pictographs or signs for numbers that were
engraved on clay tablets to represent ideas
Ziggurats - Answer-huge multi-leveled mounds on which temples were built
Geography of Mesopotamia vs. Egypt - Answer-Mesopotamia had NO natural barriers to invade unlike
Egypt who were protected by deserts
Civilization MUST include these 5 factors: - Answer-1) organized government
(LU)
5 reasons to study history (Stearns article) - Answer-1) History helps us understand peoples & societies
2) Importance of History in our own lives
3) Contributes to Moral Understanding
4) History Provides Identity
5) Essential for Good Citizenship
4 reasons to care about History (Solomon's article) - Answer-1) Because the Bible Contains History
2) Because Jesus took history seriously
3) Because Christian beliefs are based on history
4) because history touches our lives
The 3 traditions of Western Civilization (Kurth article) - Answer-1) The classical culture of Greece &
Rome
2) Christianity
, 3) Modern Enlightenment
Definition of Civilization: - Answer-the intellectual, material, and cultural development of organized
humane society
the central force of the first civilizations was - Answer-religion
the first civilizations struggled with 3 main things: - Answer-1) surplus food
2) population
3) specialization
Ancient Near East is now called - Answer-Modern Middle East
Mesopotamia - Answer-greek word meaning "land between the rivers", this was where the first
civilization began between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Sumerians - Answer-first to settle in Mesopotamia in 3000 B.C.
Cuneiform - Answer-created by the Sumerians, they were pictographs or signs for numbers that were
engraved on clay tablets to represent ideas
Ziggurats - Answer-huge multi-leveled mounds on which temples were built
Geography of Mesopotamia vs. Egypt - Answer-Mesopotamia had NO natural barriers to invade unlike
Egypt who were protected by deserts
Civilization MUST include these 5 factors: - Answer-1) organized government
