Quiz 2
Exploring Ancient Near Eastern Cultures
Test your knowledge about the fascinating Neolithic and Mesopotamian cultures with our comprehensive quiz! Dive into questions about ancient cities, gods, art, and more.
- 49 engaging questions
- Learn about archaeological discoveries
- Challenge your understanding of history
Neolithic cultures in the Near East developed about ________ years earlier than in Europe.
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
The oldest fortified city, and a place of continuous habitation, is
Malta.
Çatal Hüyük.
Stonehenge.
Jericho.
The largest Neolithic site so far discovered in the ancient Near East is located in modern
Iraq.
Iran.
Turkey.
Jordan.
Nergal and Ereshkigal are the
King and queen of the underworld.
King and queen of the sky.
King and queen of nature.
King and queen of the sea.
The Mesopotamians believed in
A heavenly afterlife.
A gloomy afterlife.
A joyous afterlife.
A materialistic afterlife.
The hieros gamos refers to
A festival of the new year.
A fertility ceremony.
A sacred marriage.
A holy game.
Which of the following was found at Uruk?
The White Temple
The Abu Temple
The Ur Temple
The Stele of Urnammu
Ziggurats are an example of
Post-and-lintel construction.
Arcuated construction.
Load-bearing construction.
Cantilever construction.
Sumerian art is characterized by
Symmetry when seen from the front.
Clasped hands.
Large eyes in upturned faces.
All these answers are correct.
The staring, wide eyes of the Tell Asmar statues are believed to indicate that the figures are
Apotropaic.
Praying.
In the presence of a god.
Terrified by evil spirits.
The beards of the Tell Asmar statues are best described as
Red and stylized.
Naturalistic and black.
Stylized and curvilinear.
Black and stylized.
Black and curvilinear.
Sir Leonard Woolley discovered evidence of the richness of Early Dynastic culture at the site of
Ur.
Tell Asmar.
Uruk.
Persepolis.
Lagash.
Tigris and Euphrates are
Mesopotamian gods.
Hittite gods.
Mesopotamian rivers.
Mesopotamian mountains.
Mesopotamian rulers.
________ ruled Akkad and waged war on his neighbors around 3000 B.C.
Ashurnasirpal
Naram-Sin
Narmer
Alexander the Great
Which is not true of the Stele of Naram-Sin?
It is a relief
It represents landscape as well as human figures
It commemorates the death of Naram-Sin
It dates to the third millennium B.C.
It is Akkadian
The figure of Naram-Sin is shown
With frontal shoulders and profile legs.
With a frontal head and shoulders.
With frontal legs and a profile head.
With frontal shoulders and legs.
Holding a rod and scepter.
Lagash was
A Persian city.
An important city in Babylon.
The center of the Neolithic Anatolia.
An Assyrian city.
The statues of Gudea are best described as
Of diorite, stylized and organic.
Of marble and naturalistic.
Idealized and naturalistic.
Naturalistic and organic.
Of gold, and with long, flowing hair.
Hammurabi is known for
The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Building the walls of Uruk.
Worshipping the sun god.
Making stelai.
A law code.
The Hittite civilization was located in
Modern Israel.
Modern Jordan.
Modern Iraq.
Modern Iran.
Modern Turkey.
Lions were traditional guardians because
They were kings of the animals.
They were thought never to sleep.
They were powerful enough to keep enemies away.
They symbolized the human king.
They protect their cubs.
Most Assyrian wall decoration included
Domestic scenes.
War scenes.
Royal hunting scenes.
Both war scenes and royal hunting scenes.
Assurbanipal was known for
His cruelty and culture.
His cruelty and virtue.
His culture and learning.
His power and his generosity.
His charm and his diplomacy.
The Ishtar Gate was dedicated to
The god of war.
The goddess of fertility.
The goddess of the moon.
The god of the underworld.
The goddess of the hearth.
Which of the following are most logically connected?
Darius, Gudea, Sargon, Hammurabi
Ishtar, Sargon, Woolley, Ur
Cyrus, Darius, Persepolis, Susa
Gilgamesh, Susa, Tell Asmar, Uruk
Urnammu, Abu, Inanna, Ishtar
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