CSTU 101 Test1 Questions and Answers
Ancient sumerian temple/altar - Answer-zigrat
Arch - Answer-Rome
What is the Enuma elish? - 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? - Answer-Sumerians; Cuneiform
Which two major texts were found from Sumerian culture? - Answer-The Epic of Gilgamesh and the
Deluge Tablet (story of the great flood)
Why did the Sumerian gods send a flood? - 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? - Answer-Ideal person
Character traits of Odysseus - Answer-wise, cunning, prideful
Ancient sumerian temple/altar - Answer-zigrat
Arch - Answer-Rome
What is the Enuma elish? - 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? - Answer-Sumerians; Cuneiform
Which two major texts were found from Sumerian culture? - Answer-The Epic of Gilgamesh and the
Deluge Tablet (story of the great flood)
Why did the Sumerian gods send a flood? - 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? - Answer-Ideal person
Character traits of Odysseus - Answer-wise, cunning, prideful
