Unit 1 Test: Ancient Near East

Identify the two key ideas behind Western Civilization.

• Revelation

• Equality

• Freedom

• Reason

• Tolerance

Pyramid-shaped temples that were the center of Sumerian worship.

• ziggurats

• Parthenon

• tabernacles

• pyramids at Giza

Adam & Eve were

• meant to rule

• the creation of God in His image

• the first sinners

• the first murderers

Which are accomplishments of Western Civilization?

• Free enterprise (capitalism)

• Equality of outcome

• Freedom of thought & expression

• Rights from government

• Rule of law

Which of the following are part of the Babylon view of creation?

• mankind was corrupt from the very beginning

• mankind was created in the image of God

• the earth was created through great divine conflict

• the earth was created as an act of divine sovereignty

• mankind was created to have dominion and rule

What is the belief that no way of life is better than any other way of life, and therefore all values are relative?

• scientific materialism

• communism

• multiculturalism

• colonialism

• democracy

Earliest form of writing with words designated by crescent-shaped pictographs.

• Hebrew

• hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

• cuneiform

Which of the following is NOT correctly associated?

• Menes; pharaoh who united Egypt

• Akhenaten; most powerful Egyptian pharaoh

• Hyksos; invaded Egypt and ended the Middle Kingdom

• Pyramids at Giza; Old Kingdom

• Cleopatra; brought Egypt under Roman control

Which two cities can be viewed as the dual birthplaces of Western Civilization?

• Athens

• Rome

• Jerusalem

• Paris

• Babylon

How did ancient Egyptians hope to pass the weighing of their heart?

• living a morally upright life

• sacrificial atonement

• using a spell to conceal their sins

• memorizing a list of ritual confessions