Introduction to World Civilization Ara 12. Deneme Sınavı
Toplam 20 Soru1.Soru
Which one of the following refers to the temple of ancient Mesopotamia that takes the form of a stepped pyramid or tower?
Ziggurat |
Hammurabi |
Etemenanki |
Cuneiform |
Babylonian |
A ziggurat is a temple of ancient Mesopotamia (they were built since 2000 BCE) that takes the form of a stepped pyramid or tower
2.Soru
Which elements constitute the universe system?
Humans |
Humans- Nature |
Humans- Civilization |
Humans-Nature- Civilization |
Civilization-Nature |
The Universe system is composed of three subsystems: humans, nature (ecosystem), and civilization. Right answer is “D
3.Soru
I. Persians is the reason for the end of the Lydian Civilization. II. First coins minted by the Lydians. III. Spring pins and safety pins were technological inventions of the Lydians. IV.Thanks to Croesus's wealth many neighbours admired them. Which of the statements given above are correct for the Lydians?
I-IV |
II-III |
I-II-IV |
II-III-IV |
I-III-IV |
Spring pins and safety pins were technological inventions of the Phrygians. Because of Persians, the Lydians collapsed. The most important contribution of the Lydians was the coin system. Croesus was a very rich king. His wealth helped a lot.
4.Soru
Which of the following categories is considered as a human entity?
Religion |
Language |
Art |
Society |
Literature |
Religion, Language, Art and Literature are components of culture while society is a human entity.
5.Soru
7. Which of the following are true about Hammurabi and his laws? i. One of his chief concerns was that every wrong act should be punished. ii. He made 282 laws. iii. Laws about witchcraft , robbery, buying and selling were among the laws he made. iv. What is important about Hammurabi laws is that though they seem brutal they are the first of mankind’s attempts to codify law. v.According to him the man who suffered should not be paid.
a. İ-ii-iii-iv |
b. İ-ii-iii |
c. İi-iii-iv-v |
d. İ-ii-iii-iv -v |
e. İii-iv-v |
i. One of his chief concerns was that every wrong act should be punished. ii. He made 282 laws. iii. Laws about witchcraft , robbery, buying and selling were among the laws he made. iv. What is important about Hammurabi laws is that though they seem brutal they are the first of mankind’s attempts to codify law. the wrong one is : v.According to him the man who suffered should not be paid, because he gave importance to paying the one who suffered.
6.Soru
What body of water played a major role in the development of the Ancient Egyptian civilization?
Mediterranean Sea |
Red Sea |
Indian Ocean |
Nile River |
Victoria Lake |
Like nearly all ancient civilizations, the ancient Egyptian civilization began in the Nile River valley whose length from Lake Tana, in the high lands of Ethiopia, and from Lake Victoria, in Eastern Africa, is over 4000 miles as it reaches Alexandria, Egypt in North Africa. Geographers and anthropologists can go back around 9,000 BCE and affirm the existence of farming, hunting, and fishing communities on both banks of the River Nile. Right answer is “D”.
7.Soru
Which of the following is true about life in ancient Egypt?
People have monotheist views |
There are episodes of famine |
There are no outside intruders |
There is an everlasting peaceful atmosphere |
Pharaohs build an egalitarian society |
People in ancient Egypt were fighting against adversaries and there were episodes of famine and wars.
8.Soru
A hegemonic power is ………..
Which of the following definition completes the above sentence?
is a state of large size exercising political dominion over others, with or without latter’s consent. |
is a state, which is militarily or economically strong. |
is a state, which dominates the world politically, militarily, economically, and scientifically |
is a state, which in its military arsenal has atomic bombs and is politically very influential. |
is a multi-ethnic entity which evolves from a nation. |
A hegemonic power is a state, which dominates the world politically, militarily, economically, and scientifically. For example, at the beginning of the 21st century, the U.S. plays such a role in the world (so called Rome III).
9.Soru
Who wrote The Origin of Civilized Societies (1959)?
Rushton Coulbourne |
David Wilkinson |
Carroll Quigley |
Lee D. Snyder |
Matthew Melko |
Rushton Coulbourne in his book The
Origin of Civilized Societies (1959) debates
a very difficult question concerning origins
of civilized societies and addresses two
questions;
• Is there a distinction between civilized
and primitive societies?
• Were civilized societies of single or
multiple origin?
10.Soru
Who is the Great Pyramid of Giza built for?
Pharaoh Khufu |
Pharaoh Djoser |
Pharaoh Khaffa |
Pharaoh Menkaura |
Imhotep |
During this period was built the Great Pyramid of Giza, erected for the great Pharaoh Khufu in ways so complex and technically ingenious that no one, even today, is yet able to determine how it was built. Right answer is “A”.
11.Soru
"About 10,000 BCE people became farmers, animal breeders, and pottery makers. When the Ice Age ended in 9,000 BCE, the warmer climate was friendlier for humans and their civilizing processes. In years between............. BCE, sheep, pigs, cattle and other livestock were domesticated and more people were settling in the uphrates and Tigris rivers valley, called Mesopotamia (contemporary Iraq). About 7,500 BCE, villages were growing in nearby Anatolia (contemporary Turkey)." Which should be the empty space?
4,000–5,000 |
8,000–6,000 |
2,000–6,000 |
9,000–2,000 |
10,000–8,000 |
About 10,000 BCE people became farmers, animal breeders, and pottery makers. When the Ice Age ended in 9,000 BCE, the warmer climate was friendlier for humans and their civilizing processes. In years between 8,000–6,000 BCE, sheep, pigs, cattle and other livestock were domesticated and more people were settling in the uphrates and Tigris rivers valley, called Mesopotamia (contemporary Iraq). About 7,500 BCE, villages were growing in nearby Anatolia (contemporary Turkey).
12.Soru
Independent trade colonies in the Assyrian Civilization are called ............
tumulus |
mater |
virgo |
teisheba |
karum |
Independent trade colonies in the Assyrian Civilization are called karum.
13.Soru
What is the oldest habitation in Anatolia?
Karain cave (Antalya) |
Öküzini cave (Antalya) |
Yarımburgaz cave (Istanbul) |
Beldibi cave (Antalya) |
Palanlı (Adıyaman) |
The oldest habitation in Anatolia dates to this age; it is Yarımburgaz Cave near Küçükçekmece Lake (İstanbul). Very primitive flint stones and mammal bones found in this cave, consisting of 16 layers, are important artifacts of the Lower Paleolithic Age.
14.Soru
- When was tools such as needles were made? i.Mesolithic period ii.upper Paleolithic Age
iii.lower Paleolithic age iv. Middle Paleolithic age
İi |
İ |
İii |
İv |
İii-iv |
Mesolithic period is the correct answer
15.Soru
In which period village life started in Anatolia?
Paleolithic period |
Mesolithic period |
Chalcolithic period |
Neolithic period |
Bronze age |
In the Neolithic Age (New Stone Age), during which fundamental changes occurred in the life and subsistence of mankind, evidence shows that village life started while multiplication of beneficent plant and animal breeds introduced agriculture and animal husbandry. The earliest stages of this period are seen at Biris Cemetery and at SöğütTarlası in Şanlıurfa. One of the most important stages here is the production of pottery made by hand-shaped clay
16.Soru
Which of the following is not an innovation of the Mesopotamian Civilization?
Planting of the first cereal crops |
The development of cuneiform script |
Mathematics |
Astronomy |
Agriculture |
Except for the option B which is related to Hittites, an Anatolian Civilization, the rest are related to Mesopotamian Civilization
17.Soru
In broader perspectives, there are main aspects ofEgyptian civilization that clearly identify its historicalcharacteristics. Which one is NOT among these characteristics?• Its genesis and uniqueness,• Its roots in the Nile and the Rift Valley ofAfrica,• Its longevity.
Its genesis |
Its uniqueness |
Its roots in the Nile and the Rift Valley of Africa |
Environmental determinism |
Its longevity |
In broader perspectives, there are three aspects of Egyptian civilization that clearly identify its historical characteristics:
• Its genesis and uniqueness,
• Its roots in the Nile and the Rift Valley of Africa,
• Its longevity.
The term environmental determinism is not among these characteristics.
The correct answer is D.
18.Soru
It is often found on the tombs; “I was one beloved of his father,praised of his mother, whom his brothers andsisters loved.” Which period does this statement belong to? Which feature of the people can it show?
the Paleolithic period-immortality |
the pre-dynastic Egyptian civilization-mortality |
the dynastic Egyptian civilization-consciousness |
the early dynastic Egyptian civilization-ability to select |
the Old Kingdom-ability to invent |
The family in ancient Egypt, as it was transitioning to the Dynastic period, was systematically organized to render wholesome family life. Breasted (1909: 85) gives detailed analysis of the family life:
".....and we often find on the tombs the statement, ‘I was one beloved of his father, praised of his mother, whom his brothers and sisters loved."
The statement was before the Dynastic period, therefore it belongs pre-dynastic period. The statement uses past tense, indicating once upon a time they were alive. It indicates that now they are dead. So it shows the mortality feature of the human. The correct answer is B.
19.Soru
The initial makings of the Egyptian Civilization are attributed to the prehistoric eras around 5,000 BCE. The entire region now known as the Sahara. Around that time, that region, the Sahara, was characterized by similarities of race, language, and material culture. What items can that material culture NOT include?
Pottery |
Fishing lines |
Baskets |
War implements |
Dugouts |
J. G. Sutton catalogues that the entire region now known as the Sahara was wet and strewn with
lakes and rivers. He further argues that around that time, that region, the Sahara, was characterized by similarities of race, language, and material culture. These items of “material culture” included pottery, fishing lines, baskets, canoes, rafts, dugouts, and war implements made from sticks and stones. The correct answer is B.
20.Soru
“Man’s geographical environment is a strong stimulus to the human abilities to craft means of survival” is _________.
Traditional society |
Political structures |
Survival mode |
Environmental determinism |
Ethnocentrism |
Harold H. Sprout and Margaret Sprout speak of environmental determinism to argue that man’s geographical environment is a strong stimulus to the human abilities to craft means of survival.
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