2 Written Questions

1. True
2. False

2 Matching Questions

1. Darius became Great King of Persia be killing Cyrus's son.
2. Neolithic communities engaged in the trade of turquoise to make tools such as arrowheads, spear points, and sickles for harvesting crops.

1. a False
2. b True

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. True
   1. The prophetic movement emphasized ritual as the path to God.
   2. THe plow was invented in Mesopotamia around the end of the fifth century BCE.
   3. Egypt played a central role in the economic, diplomatic, and cultural networks that shaped the International Bronze Age.
   4. Sumerian cultural unity was based on political unification.
2. True
   1. The Hittites spoke a Semitic language.
   2. Sumerian cultural unity was based on political unification.
   3. Hammurabi's law code ignored family law.
   4. Slave accounted for one-third of the population of Athens.
3. True
   1. The Canaanite gods El and Ba'al were linked with the goddesses Asherah and Ashtart/Astarte.
   2. The Iliad and the Odyssey are factual accounts of the city of Troy and the Trojan War.
   3. Akhenaten's religion is best described as monotheistic.
   4. The Epic of Gilgamesh helped spread the idea of a reward in the afterlife.
4. False
   1. The Epic of Gilgamesh helped spread the idea of a reward in the afterlife.
   2. Shared religious beliefs formed part of the Greek identity.
   3. Slave accounted for one-third of the population of Athens.
   4. New Kingdom Egypt extended north beyond the Euphrates River.
5. False
   1. The Late Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Uluburun revealed a prosperous world of international trade and cultural exchange.
   2. The most important contribution of the Sumerians was their development of writing.
   3. The first great civilizations of Europe were those of the Minoans and Mycenaeans.
   4. The death and resurrection of the Egyptian god Seth symbolizes the natural cycles of regeneration and rebirth.

5 True/False Questions

1. Hammurabi's law code ignored family law. → False

   True        False

2. Sumerian cultural unity was based on political unification. → True

   True        False

3. The prophetic movement emphasized ritual as the path to God. → False

   True        False

4. The first great civilizations of Europe were those of the Minoans and Mycenaeans. → True

   True        False

5. Iron smelting led to new weapons, which led to larger empires. → False

   True        False