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1
Neolithic in the Near East developed about ..... years later than in Europe:
A)1,000
B)2,000
C)3,000
D)4,000
E)5,000
2
Plastered Neolithic skulls were found in
A)Uruk
B)Jericho
C)Ur
D)Tell Asmar
3
The largest Neolithic site so far discovered in the ancient Near East is located in modern
A)Iraq
B)Iran
C)Turkey
D)Jordan
4
Which of the following is not a Mesopotamian god?
A)Anu
B)Isis
C)Ishtar
D)Inanna
5
Shamash is the Akkadian
A)moon god
B)lightning god
C)sun god
D)supreme god
6
Nanna and Utu are the
A)king and queen of the underworld
B)king and queen of the sky
C)king and queen of nature
D)king and queen of the sea
E)goddess of the moon and god of the sun
7
Machtkunst refers to
A)divine masochism
B)power art
C)megaliths
D)monumental art
8
Which of the following was found at Uruk?
A)The White Temple
B)The Tell Asmar Temple
C)The Ur Temple
D)The bronze head of Sargon
9
Ziggurats are
A)symbolic temples
B)symbolic rivers
C)symbolic sculptures
D)symbolic mountains
10
Ziggurats are an example of
A)post-and-lintel construction
B)arcuated construction
C)load-bearing construction
D)cantilever construction
11
The earliest known writing is called
A)cuneiform
B)hieroglyphics
C)the alphabet
D)Akkadian
12
The first recorded epic is about
A)Noah
B)Odysseus
C)Abraham
D)Gilgamesh
E)Inanna
13
The staring, wide eyes of the Tell Asmar statues are believed to indicate that the figures
A)are apotropaic
B)are praying
C)are in the presence of a god
D)are terrified by evil spirits





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