[SOLVED] HIEU 201 / HIEU201 Chapter 1 Quiz (LATEST 2020)
Liberty University HIEU 201 / HIEU201 Chapter 1 Quiz (LATEST 2020) Paleolithic religious beliefs
... [Show More] a. made a clear distinction between nature and the supernatural. b. centered around the idea that forces of nature had been created to serve human beings. c. did not include belief in life after death. d. centered around the idea that human beings needed to appease the forces of nature. Hide Feedback Correct Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Neolithic Age? a. Human beings established villages. b. Human beings domesticated animals. c. Human beings discovered farming. d. Human beings started using iron tools. Hide Feedback Correct The first civilizations a. abandoned the monumental architecture of prehistoric cultures. b. did not yet possess specialization of labor. c. lacked organized governments. d. developed systems for administration, cooperation, and record-keeping. Hide Feedback Correct Sargon the Great a. was known for his policy of pursuing peace at any cost. b. contributed to the spread of Sumerian culture beyond the boundaries of Mesopotamia. c. was the leader of an important Sumerian city-state. d. conquered territories, plundered their resources, and then left to find new opportunities for conquest. Hide Feedback Correct The Sumerians erected their religious temples atop huge multilevel mounds called a. cuneiform. b. stele. c. ziggurats. d. Nammu. Hide Feedback Correct The kings in ancient Mesopotamia a. were viewed as being above the law and absolute in their power. b. were replaced by democracies governed by elders and assemblies of citizens. c. were rulers thought to have been selected by the gods to represent them on earth. d. were believed to be living gods. Hide Feedback Correct The economy of Mesopotamian cities a. was conducted by a state bureaucracy. b. depended heavily on foreign and domestic trade. c. was largely unregulated. d. was entirely self-sufficient. Hide Feedback Correct Which of the following describes the Egyptians' relationship with their environment? a. The unpredictability of the Nile made Egyptian life precarious. b. The challenges of nature were designed to punish human beings. c. Nature served as a source of security. d. The lack of natural boundaries subjected Egyptians to constant invasion and change. Hide Feedback Correct The pharaohs a. had little impact on the lives of peasants and workers. b. were elected by a noble class. c. technically owned no earthly possessions. d. communicated the gods' will to the Egyptian people. Hide Feedback Correct The Hittites a. were absorbed into Babylonian civilization. b. ruled Asia Minor and northern Syria. c. rejected all aspects of foreign culture. d. achieved no substantial technological progression. Hide Feedback Correct Which of the following is NOT true of the Persian empire? a. It was ruled by a council thought to represent the people. b. It allowed local elites a large measure of self-rule. c. It developed an effective administrative system of twenty provinces. d. It was bound together by a uniform language, Aramaic. Hide Feedback Correct Compared to a rational or scientific view of the world, a mythopoeic view a. appeals primarily to the emotions rather than reason and tends to be more subjective than objective. b. is more logically consistent than the rational view developed by the Greeks. c. shows little imagination or emotion in interpreting nature. d. sees the world of nature as an entity, like a machine, rather than a living being. Hide Feedback Correct The ________ Age is also known as the Old Stone Age. a. Classical b. Neolithic c. Archaic d. Paleolithic Hide Feedback Correct Which of the following civilizations rose first? a. Hittite b. Assyrian c. Sumerian d. Phoenician Hide Feedback Correct The Epic of Gligamesh depicts the Mesopotamians' mood of a. sensuality and emotionality. b. optimism and hope. c. pessimism and despair. d. stoicism and tranquility. Hide Feedback Correct In Paleolithic societies, human beings a. were unable to communicate with one another by language. b. obtained the necessities of life by gathering food and hunting. c. had not yet acquired the ability to make tools. d. lived in large permanent settlements of several thousand people. Hide Feedback Correct The central force in the first civilizations was a. religion. b. popularly-selected governance. c. iron technology. d. science. Hide Feedback Correct In Hammurabi's code of law a. crimes against nobles were punished more severely than crimes against commoners. b. women enjoyed a legal status equal to that of men. c. the king was not bound by the law, but might legally do whatever he wished to do. d. women and children had no legal protection. Hide Feedback Correct The religious teachings of the prophet Zoroaster a. are dualistic, asserting the existence of both a good god and an evil god. b. are a complex set of polytheistic beliefs based on magic and blood sacrifice. c. reject the need for ethics in human life. d. represent the earliest known examples of monotheistic faith. Hide Feedback Correct The Egyptian New Kingdom began with the war of liberation against the a. Babylonians. b. Nubians. c. Assyrians. d. Hyksos. Hide Feedback Correct [Show Less]