CSTU 101 CHAPTER 2 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What region was called the "cradle of human civilization"? - Correct Answers -
Mesopotamia
Who were the first people to use writing and construct monumental buildings? - Correct
Answers -the Sumerians
What was Sumerian writing called? - Correct Answers -cuneiform
The myths and art of the ancient Near East reflected - Correct Answers -the succession
of conquerors and empires that governed the region
Rulers were regarded as ______, sons of _____ or
________________________________. - Correct Answers -gods, sons of gods, or
agents of the sacred realm
What is the world's oldest heroic story? - Correct Answers -Gilgamesh
On one of the panels of the Standard of Ur, one side depicts ____. - Correct Answers -
war
On the other panel of the Standard of Ur, the other side depicts _____. - Correct
Answers -peace
The division of each of the 2 panels of the Standard of Ur into three registers
underscored the depiction of - Correct Answers -social stratification
What is the name of the Sumerian creation myth? - Correct Answers -Enuma elish
What were ziggurats? - Correct Answers -Sumerian stepped pyramids
gigantic altar
What was the last greatest Near Eastern empire? - Correct Answers -the Persians
What king established a written legal code addressing the orderly resolution of disputes
and uniform punishments for crime? What was this code called? - Correct Answers -
Hammurabi, Hammurabi's code
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What region was called the "cradle of human civilization"? - Correct Answers -
Mesopotamia
Who were the first people to use writing and construct monumental buildings? - Correct
Answers -the Sumerians
What was Sumerian writing called? - Correct Answers -cuneiform
The myths and art of the ancient Near East reflected - Correct Answers -the succession
of conquerors and empires that governed the region
Rulers were regarded as ______, sons of _____ or
________________________________. - Correct Answers -gods, sons of gods, or
agents of the sacred realm
What is the world's oldest heroic story? - Correct Answers -Gilgamesh
On one of the panels of the Standard of Ur, one side depicts ____. - Correct Answers -
war
On the other panel of the Standard of Ur, the other side depicts _____. - Correct
Answers -peace
The division of each of the 2 panels of the Standard of Ur into three registers
underscored the depiction of - Correct Answers -social stratification
What is the name of the Sumerian creation myth? - Correct Answers -Enuma elish
What were ziggurats? - Correct Answers -Sumerian stepped pyramids
gigantic altar
What was the last greatest Near Eastern empire? - Correct Answers -the Persians
What king established a written legal code addressing the orderly resolution of disputes
and uniform punishments for crime? What was this code called? - Correct Answers -
Hammurabi, Hammurabi's code