CSTU 101 TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Ancient sumerian temple/altar - Correct Answers -zigrat
Arch - Correct Answers -Rome
What is the Enuma elish? - Correct Answers -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 Answers
-Sumerians; Cuneiform
Which two major texts were found from Sumerian culture? - Correct Answers -The Epic
of Gilgamesh and the Deluge Tablet (story of the great flood)
Why did the Sumerian gods send a flood? - Correct Answers -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 Answers -Ideal person
Character traits of Odysseus - Correct Answers -wise, cunning, prideful
Fatalism is - Correct Answers -Greek theology centering on fundamental injustice (can't
control what the gods are gonna do)
The Odyssey was written by __________________ and passed on
__________________. - Correct Answers -Homer
Orally
ANSWERS
Ancient sumerian temple/altar - Correct Answers -zigrat
Arch - Correct Answers -Rome
What is the Enuma elish? - Correct Answers -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 Answers
-Sumerians; Cuneiform
Which two major texts were found from Sumerian culture? - Correct Answers -The Epic
of Gilgamesh and the Deluge Tablet (story of the great flood)
Why did the Sumerian gods send a flood? - Correct Answers -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 Answers -Ideal person
Character traits of Odysseus - Correct Answers -wise, cunning, prideful
Fatalism is - Correct Answers -Greek theology centering on fundamental injustice (can't
control what the gods are gonna do)
The Odyssey was written by __________________ and passed on
__________________. - Correct Answers -Homer
Orally