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Humanities Chp 1-3

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Paleolithic cave paintings may have been intended to do all of the following EXCEPT
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commemorate the dead buried in the caves.
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Which of the following statements reflects the changed thinking regarding prehistoric art due to the discovery of Chauvet Cave?
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Art did not necessarily evolve in a linear progression from its early days in prehistory.
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Why do Paleolithic female figurines vastly outnumber those representing males?
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Females played a central role in the culture.
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Implying a community's sense of historical continuity, what was buried beneath some of the Neolithic Çatalhöyük houses?
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human bodies and skulls.
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What is a shaman?
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A person who communicates with the spirit world
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According to the most recent discoveries, Stonehenge was constructed as a
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burial ground.
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The Anasazi built their kivas with a small, round hole in the floor to
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represent a belief that their ancestors emerged from the depths of the Earth.
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The Ise shrine is razed and then rebuilt every 20 years to
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ritually celebrate renewal.
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Why might the Olmec have carved their leaders' heads in colossal size?
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to show the leaders as larger than life, like the gods
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What do the Hopewell culture's elaborate burials tell about them?
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They had an extensive trade network.
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What new technology followed agriculture in defining Mesopotamia?
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Metallurgy
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Visitors to the ziggurat often left statues representing themselves to
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serve as prayer offerings to the gods.
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Which of the following pairs correctly identifies the subjects illustrated on the Royal Standard of Ur?
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"War" and "Peace"
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What did lost-wax casting enable the Mesopotamian sculptors to create?
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Larger and more lightweight bronze pieces
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What is Shamash, the Mesopotamian sun god, doing in his portrayal atop the Stele of Hammurabi?
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giving his blessing to Hammurabi, Babylon's ruler
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What classic struggle do Gilgamesh and Enkidu represent?
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Nature versus civilization
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is the first known literary work to
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confront the idea of death.
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The Hebrews believed their status as "chosen people" meant that they were to
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set an example of a higher moral standard.
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How do the Ten Commandments differ from Hammurabi's Code?
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The Ten Commandments provide an ethical code.
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Zoroaster's greatest contribution to religious thought is the
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emphasis on free will.
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Why did the ancient Egyptians call their land Kemet, or "Black Land"?
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The Nile's annual floods deposited black silt.
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Why did the Egyptians believe that a good deity like Osiris required a bad deity like Seth?
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Opposites were necessary for balance, harmony, and cycles.
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How are the figures on the Palette of Narmer similar to those on the Mesopotamian Royal Standard of Ur?
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The king is shown as larger than anyone else
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The Egyptians went to great lengths to preserve the dead because of a belief that the deceased
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had ka and ba, which would not recognize a decomposed body.
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Why was deciphering the Rosetta Stone so significant?
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The Stone provided the key to reading hieroglyphs
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Egyptian sculptors idealized pharaohs' anatomy in their sculptures to
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convey the notion that their perfection mirrored that of the gods.
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Which is one of the greatest changes that took place during the Middle Kingdom?
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Writing and literature moved from the sacred to the imaginative.
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Why would Akhenaten's change in the religion create change in the visual arts?
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The gods were no longer seen as perfect, so the subjects of art could also be imperfect.
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Akhenaten's reforms to religion and art lasted until
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his death.
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Why were the Kushites able to control Egypt during the eighth century BCE?
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The Egyptians needed stronger leadership to thwart an Assyrian invasion.