WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1

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WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1

STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL EXAM

150 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT

ANSWERS

Question 1: The major cities of Phoenaicia were

Select one:

• Uruk, Akkad, and Ur.
• Sidon, Tyre, and Byblos.
• Memphis, Cairo, and Thebes.
• Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.

CORRECT ANSWER: b. Sidon, Tyre, and Byblos.

Question 2: Hammurabi of Babylon was known for

Select one:

• being the first ruler of Sumer and Akkad.
• his irrigation projects.
• authoring The Epic of Gilgamesh.
• his law code.

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CORRECT ANSWER: d. his law code.

Question 3: During the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages,

human tools were made primarily of

Select one:

• stone.
• iron.
• bronze.
• copper.

CORRECT ANSWER: a. stone.

Question 4: Zoroaster's religious beliefs had a similarity

to Jewish ideas in all the following areas EXCEPT the

Select one:

• need to live an ethical life.
• need to observe strict dietary laws.

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• ultimate prevalence of the forces of good over the

forces of evil.

• revelation of the will of God to man.

CORRECT ANSWER: b. need to observe strict dietary

laws.

Question 5: The Greek political disciplinary Cleisthenes

Select one:

• wrote epic poetry.
• established an Athenian constitution with many

democratic features.

• preached equal rights for Athenian women.
• became a tutor to Alexander the Great.

CORRECT ANSWER: b. established an Athenian

constitution with many democratic features.

Question 6: The great historian of the Persian Wars,

justifiably know as the "father of Western history," was

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Select one:

• Homer.
• Archimedes.
• Herodotus.
• Sargon.

CORRECT ANSWER: c. Herodotus.

Question 7: The Minoan civilization

Select one:

• was centered in Mesopotamia.
• had artists who often painted frescoes featuring

religious rituals.

• was destroyed by the Middle Kingdom of Egypt.
• produced, as its greatest military leader, Alexander the

Great.

CORRECT ANSWER: b. had artists who often painted

frescoes featuring religious rituals.