Jensen World History Exam #1
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2090 - correct answer ✔✔ Abram (Abraham) enters Canaan
1446 - correct answer ✔✔ Exodus from Egypt
612-539 - correct answer ✔✔ Chaldean or Babylonian Empire
605-536 - correct answer ✔✔ Judah's 70-year captivity in Babylon
550-331 - correct answer ✔✔ Persian Empire (began by Cyrus the Great, ended by Alexander)
Howard Carter - correct answer ✔✔ Discovered King Tut's tomb
Zoroastrianism - correct answer ✔✔ would become the de-facto state religion of Persia (Iran)
[dualistic, worship Ahura Mazda]
Regnal Dating - correct answer ✔✔ based off the reign of kings
Mesopotamia - correct answer ✔✔ "land between the rivers" + located in present-day Iraq &
Syria
Fertile Crescent - correct answer ✔✔ includes: Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Palestine
,Far East - correct answer ✔✔ designates India & China
Mesopotamia - correct answer ✔✔ cradle of civilization
civilization - correct answer ✔✔ has high degree of complexity, characterized by urban life
disease and warfare - correct answer ✔✔ the "dark-side" of early civilizations
Early Mesopotamian Home - correct answer ✔✔ swampy flood land (subject to irregular
flooding)
invasion and warfare - correct answer ✔✔ Tigris/Euphrates area subject to ____ & _____
city state - correct answer ✔✔ Urban region and agricultural land under city control (exs. Ur)
Imperial State - correct answer ✔✔ a more extensive, politially centered, poly-ethnic region
supported by a military organization (exs. Akkadians)
Cuneiform - correct answer ✔✔ early Mesopotamian writing system
widespread - correct answer ✔✔ in early Mesopotamia, slavery was _____
polytheism and uncertain - correct answer ✔✔ early Mesopotamian religion _____,afterlife was
______
Akkad - correct answer ✔✔ undiscovered city founded by Sargon the Great
, Sargon I - correct answer ✔✔ built the world's first substantial empire from the Persian Gulf to
the Mediterranean
Babylon - correct answer ✔✔ a city prominent under Hammurabi
Hammurabi - correct answer ✔✔ best known for his "law code"
Egypt - correct answer ✔✔ "the gift of the Nile"
Nile - correct answer ✔✔ rose and fell with precision
black silt - correct answer ✔✔ the Nile left _____ behind
Egyptians - correct answer ✔✔ had one of the longest lasting civilizations in history, functioned
as a "national" government
Pharaoh - correct answer ✔✔ believed to be both man & god
Pyramid - correct answer ✔✔ burial chamber for pharaohs
mummified - correct answer ✔✔ who was _______? At first, Pharaohs
Rosetta Stone - correct answer ✔✔ contained inscriptions in Greek, Egyptian demotic, and
Egyptian hieroglyphics
solar calendar - correct answer ✔✔ Egyptians devised the first ______
questions with verified answers rated
A+
2090 - correct answer ✔✔ Abram (Abraham) enters Canaan
1446 - correct answer ✔✔ Exodus from Egypt
612-539 - correct answer ✔✔ Chaldean or Babylonian Empire
605-536 - correct answer ✔✔ Judah's 70-year captivity in Babylon
550-331 - correct answer ✔✔ Persian Empire (began by Cyrus the Great, ended by Alexander)
Howard Carter - correct answer ✔✔ Discovered King Tut's tomb
Zoroastrianism - correct answer ✔✔ would become the de-facto state religion of Persia (Iran)
[dualistic, worship Ahura Mazda]
Regnal Dating - correct answer ✔✔ based off the reign of kings
Mesopotamia - correct answer ✔✔ "land between the rivers" + located in present-day Iraq &
Syria
Fertile Crescent - correct answer ✔✔ includes: Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Palestine
,Far East - correct answer ✔✔ designates India & China
Mesopotamia - correct answer ✔✔ cradle of civilization
civilization - correct answer ✔✔ has high degree of complexity, characterized by urban life
disease and warfare - correct answer ✔✔ the "dark-side" of early civilizations
Early Mesopotamian Home - correct answer ✔✔ swampy flood land (subject to irregular
flooding)
invasion and warfare - correct answer ✔✔ Tigris/Euphrates area subject to ____ & _____
city state - correct answer ✔✔ Urban region and agricultural land under city control (exs. Ur)
Imperial State - correct answer ✔✔ a more extensive, politially centered, poly-ethnic region
supported by a military organization (exs. Akkadians)
Cuneiform - correct answer ✔✔ early Mesopotamian writing system
widespread - correct answer ✔✔ in early Mesopotamia, slavery was _____
polytheism and uncertain - correct answer ✔✔ early Mesopotamian religion _____,afterlife was
______
Akkad - correct answer ✔✔ undiscovered city founded by Sargon the Great
, Sargon I - correct answer ✔✔ built the world's first substantial empire from the Persian Gulf to
the Mediterranean
Babylon - correct answer ✔✔ a city prominent under Hammurabi
Hammurabi - correct answer ✔✔ best known for his "law code"
Egypt - correct answer ✔✔ "the gift of the Nile"
Nile - correct answer ✔✔ rose and fell with precision
black silt - correct answer ✔✔ the Nile left _____ behind
Egyptians - correct answer ✔✔ had one of the longest lasting civilizations in history, functioned
as a "national" government
Pharaoh - correct answer ✔✔ believed to be both man & god
Pyramid - correct answer ✔✔ burial chamber for pharaohs
mummified - correct answer ✔✔ who was _______? At first, Pharaohs
Rosetta Stone - correct answer ✔✔ contained inscriptions in Greek, Egyptian demotic, and
Egyptian hieroglyphics
solar calendar - correct answer ✔✔ Egyptians devised the first ______
