WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1 CLEP LATEST QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS| ALREADY GRADED A| ACE YOUR
GRADES.
1. Paleolithic Age - Correct Answer-"old stone" age of humanity
2. Neolithic Revolution - Correct Answer-"new stone" change in living
patters of early humanity
3. Civilization - Correct Answer-complex culture where large numbers of
people share a variety of common elements.
4. Empire - Correct Answer-a group of nations ruled over by an emperor or
empress, larger than a kingdom, usually formed by conquering other
nations or kingdoms
5. Mesopotamia - Correct Answer-"land between the rivers"-a fertile land
between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
,6. Sumerians - Correct Answer-an early people group that settled in
Samaria and they invented the earliest form of writing
7. Cuneiform - Correct Answer-"wedge form writing" the earliest form of
writing made by impression in clay
8. Ziggurats - Correct Answer-temple towers, usually pyramid-like used for
Sumerian worship
9. Akkadians - Correct Answer-The first empire
10. Sargon I - Correct Answer-the ruler over the Akkadian Empire who
encouraged people to view him as a god
11. Amorites - Correct Answer-an empire that conquered the Sumerians
and established the "Old Babylonian" Empire
12. Hammurabi - Correct Answer-6th king of the Amorites who united
under is rule with the "Code of Laws" or "Hammurabi's Code"
, 13. Epic of Gilgamesh - Correct Answer-An epic poem( long poem about
a hero) written by Homer. It recounts a flood and a character being
saved by building a large boat; told to take "the seed of all living things."
14. Upper Egypt - Correct Answer-The southern region of Egypt where
the Nile flows upward
15. Lower Egypt - Correct Answer-northern region of Egypt near the delta
16. Nile River - Correct Answer-a "highway" in Egypt that served as a
unifier for the country
17. Old Kingdom - Correct Answer-"Age of Pharaohs"-Earliest Egyptian
period where pharaohs were considered gods
18. Middle Kingdom - Correct Answer-"Age of People"-An Egyptian
period of rule where the pharaohs began to elevate their people's needs
19. Hyksos - Correct Answer-an Asian people who overthrew Egypt
during the Middle Kingdom and they taught them their customs to
change their society
CORRECT SOLUTIONS| ALREADY GRADED A| ACE YOUR
GRADES.
1. Paleolithic Age - Correct Answer-"old stone" age of humanity
2. Neolithic Revolution - Correct Answer-"new stone" change in living
patters of early humanity
3. Civilization - Correct Answer-complex culture where large numbers of
people share a variety of common elements.
4. Empire - Correct Answer-a group of nations ruled over by an emperor or
empress, larger than a kingdom, usually formed by conquering other
nations or kingdoms
5. Mesopotamia - Correct Answer-"land between the rivers"-a fertile land
between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
,6. Sumerians - Correct Answer-an early people group that settled in
Samaria and they invented the earliest form of writing
7. Cuneiform - Correct Answer-"wedge form writing" the earliest form of
writing made by impression in clay
8. Ziggurats - Correct Answer-temple towers, usually pyramid-like used for
Sumerian worship
9. Akkadians - Correct Answer-The first empire
10. Sargon I - Correct Answer-the ruler over the Akkadian Empire who
encouraged people to view him as a god
11. Amorites - Correct Answer-an empire that conquered the Sumerians
and established the "Old Babylonian" Empire
12. Hammurabi - Correct Answer-6th king of the Amorites who united
under is rule with the "Code of Laws" or "Hammurabi's Code"
, 13. Epic of Gilgamesh - Correct Answer-An epic poem( long poem about
a hero) written by Homer. It recounts a flood and a character being
saved by building a large boat; told to take "the seed of all living things."
14. Upper Egypt - Correct Answer-The southern region of Egypt where
the Nile flows upward
15. Lower Egypt - Correct Answer-northern region of Egypt near the delta
16. Nile River - Correct Answer-a "highway" in Egypt that served as a
unifier for the country
17. Old Kingdom - Correct Answer-"Age of Pharaohs"-Earliest Egyptian
period where pharaohs were considered gods
18. Middle Kingdom - Correct Answer-"Age of People"-An Egyptian
period of rule where the pharaohs began to elevate their people's needs
19. Hyksos - Correct Answer-an Asian people who overthrew Egypt
during the Middle Kingdom and they taught them their customs to
change their society
