HIEU 201 Exam 1 Questions and Correct
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Ziggurats - Answer-Sumerian temples made of sun-dried brick
Cuneiform - Answer-A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and
clay tablets.
Nile River - Answer-The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were centered around.
Lower Egypt - Answer-The northern part of ancient Egypt
Upper Egypt - Answer-the southern part of ancient Egypt
Pyramid of Giza - Answer-Is the largest man made pyramid in Egypt. 450 ft
Sea Peoples - Answer-Unknown group of strong warriors who crushed the Hittites and destroyed cities
in southwest Asia, who fought the Egyptians for 50 years.
, Hortensian Law - Answer-said that all the plebians laws were binding to the patricians as well, Created
the Republic, 287 BC
Veto - Answer-only power given to tribune of the plebs
the covenant and the law - Answer-established at Mt. Sinai, produces an earthly Jerusalem which is
identified with Hagar the slave
Code of Hammurabi - Answer-A collection of 282 laws. One of the first (but not THE first) examples of
written law in the ancient world.
Mycenaeans - Answer-first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans; dominated Greek world 1400 B.C.
to 1200 B.C.; sea traders; lived in separate city-states; invovled in Trojan War against Troy
School of Athens - Answer-academy of thought that dominated greece based on platos ideas
Punic Wars - Answer-A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the
destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean.
Tribal Assembly - Answer-assembly organized by plebeians that elected tribunes and made laws for
common people
patricians - Answer-Powerful landowners who controlled Roman government and society
Consul - Answer-Under the Roman Republic, one of the two magistrates holding supreme civil and
military authority. Nominated by the Senate and elected by citizens in the Comitia Centuriata, the
consuls held office for one year and each had power of veto over the other.
Answers
Ziggurats - Answer-Sumerian temples made of sun-dried brick
Cuneiform - Answer-A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and
clay tablets.
Nile River - Answer-The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were centered around.
Lower Egypt - Answer-The northern part of ancient Egypt
Upper Egypt - Answer-the southern part of ancient Egypt
Pyramid of Giza - Answer-Is the largest man made pyramid in Egypt. 450 ft
Sea Peoples - Answer-Unknown group of strong warriors who crushed the Hittites and destroyed cities
in southwest Asia, who fought the Egyptians for 50 years.
, Hortensian Law - Answer-said that all the plebians laws were binding to the patricians as well, Created
the Republic, 287 BC
Veto - Answer-only power given to tribune of the plebs
the covenant and the law - Answer-established at Mt. Sinai, produces an earthly Jerusalem which is
identified with Hagar the slave
Code of Hammurabi - Answer-A collection of 282 laws. One of the first (but not THE first) examples of
written law in the ancient world.
Mycenaeans - Answer-first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans; dominated Greek world 1400 B.C.
to 1200 B.C.; sea traders; lived in separate city-states; invovled in Trojan War against Troy
School of Athens - Answer-academy of thought that dominated greece based on platos ideas
Punic Wars - Answer-A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the
destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean.
Tribal Assembly - Answer-assembly organized by plebeians that elected tribunes and made laws for
common people
patricians - Answer-Powerful landowners who controlled Roman government and society
Consul - Answer-Under the Roman Republic, one of the two magistrates holding supreme civil and
military authority. Nominated by the Senate and elected by citizens in the Comitia Centuriata, the
consuls held office for one year and each had power of veto over the other.
