西方文明史01试题.docx

1、西方文明史01试题ChapteT 1 The First Civilizations1)Otzi s I i fe was a good examp I e of the human exper ience inA)the Stone AgeB)centra I GreeceC)what i s now modern Turkey.D)Italy.E)the Iron Age2)The f i rst human Ii ke creatures, such as Lucy, may haveA)surv i ved for I ess than one million yearsB)engag

2、ed in agr icultureC)dispIayed the brain capacity of modern humansD)uti I ized simple toolsE)had large, deveI oped bra ins.3)The NeanderthaI had a I I of thefol lowing characteristics EXCEPTA)the ability to use too IsB)bur i a I customs.C)a range of d i stribution cover i ngAfr ica, Europe, and As i

3、aD)a smaIler brain than other Homo sap / ens.E)success surviving in the Iast great i ce age4)The practice of staying put and exploiting var ious sources of food i nstead of constantly traveIi ng i s caI IedA)or iental despotism.B)sIash-and-burn aquacuItureC)pastoraI nomad i sm.D)broad-spectrum gathe

4、r i ng.E)pastora I i sm.5)Sedentary communities Ied to all of the fol lowing EXCEPT which oneA)Decrease i n i nfant mortalityB)DeveI opment of politicaI leadershipC)Reduction i n popuI ationD)Expans ion of agr icultureE)Longer I ife spans6)Which of the fol lowing was an ear Iy agr i cuItural sett I

5、ement in the MiddleEas tA)N i nevehB)RomeC)Jer i choD)Baby I onE)Constant i nop Ie7)The statement that the Agr i cuIturaI Revolution was portable means thatA)nomadic societies were eI iminated in a I I parts of the globeB)Neo I ithic soc i ety became I ess sedentaryC)the knowledge and technology of

6、agr icuIture could be easi Iy transported from one pI ace to anotherD)agr icuIturaI sites had to be Iocated near r i versE)sedentary societies had to continue to move for survivaI.8)Which of the fol lowing is NOT true of the ecoIogy of MesopotamiaA)The south has both adequate ra i n and good soil.B)

7、The north has adequate ra i n but poor soil.C)Agr iculture is impossible withouti r r i gat i on.D)Improper i rr i gation resuIts in the deposit of alkaloids in the soil.E)Uruk and other ear Iy cities wereIi nked with i rr igation.9)Which of the foI Iowing do the authors suggest was the pr imary cau

8、se of urbanization in the south of MesopotamiaA)The need to concentrate thepopuI at ion in order to carry out the extensi ve i rr igat ion of the regionB)The concentrati on of anima I husbandry in the regionC)Egyptian infIuenceD)The ava iIab iIity of imported food suppIi esE)The possibi 丨ity of year

9、-roundreproduction and mating10)Around 3500 the f i rst civil i zat i on was estab Ii shed i n the region of Mesopotamia cal ledA)Assyr i aB)Phoenic i aC)Angkor-WatD)SumerE)Egypt.11)Which of the fol lowing was NOT one of the major Sumer i an cities around the time of 3000Lagash (苏美尔城邦。位于今天伊拉克境 内铁罗(T

10、ell oh),在幼发拉底河与底格里斯 河相汇处的西北，在乌鲁克城以东)B)Ur乌尔(古代美索不达亚南部苏美尔的 重要城市)C)UmmaD)N i nevehE)Jer icho12)Mesopotamian society became highly stratified, and not everyone shared equaI Iy in its benefits. The bottom soc i a I I eve Is in this c i v i I i zation were theA)Iandowners and merchants.B)sIaves and peasan

11、ts.C)artisans and soldiersD)nomads and domesticated animals13)The wr itten scr ipt of Mesopotamian civili zat ions wasA)Arama i cB)hieroglyphicsC)cune i formD)Cyri I I ic.14)The gods of Mesopotamian soc i ety wereA)unreIated to city life and activity.B)structured on a democratic basi s.C)anthropomor

12、phic that is, they had human formD)regarded as perfect in form and deedE)unique to each city.15)Which of the fol lowing was NOT one of the Mesopotamian gods of the sky, ai r, and r i versA)Enk i B) I shtar C) Ares D) En I i I E) Anu16)Which of the fol lowing statements concerning the practice of Mes

13、opotamian rel igion is NOT accurateA)Mesopotamians constantly sought intimate contact with the godsB)Mesopotamians be Ii eved that the ro I e of mortals was to serve the gods and feed them through sacr if iceC)The gods were be I i eved to live in a struetured and rational worIdD)Temp Ies control Ied

14、 a vast portion of the cities economic resourcesE)Mesopotamian gods were iritegraI parts of stories such as The Epic of GiIgamesh.17)The f i rst great hero i c poem ofWestern civil ization was theA)/ / i ad.B)Aeneid.C)Epic of Gilgamesh.D)Exodus.18)The founder of the f i rst unified Akkad i an state

15、wasA)Hammurab iB)Shulgi.(舒尔吉)0 Menes (美尼斯，埃及国王).D)Sargon.E)Enkidu (恩奇都，吉尔伽美什的伙伴和 仆从).19)Which of the fol lowing statements concern i ng the Akkad i an nation-state i s MOST accurateA)Sargon created a unified empi re that survived his deathB)Like most states of Mesopotamia, the Akkad i an state crumb

16、 Ied under the pressure of dynastic disputes and regional assertions of autonomy.C)The Akkad i an state became the bas i s for Hittite dominance in MesopotamiaD)Although politically powerfuI, the Akkadian state abandoned Iiteracy anddepended on mi Iitary dominanceE)Though Sargon I i ved on I y a sho

17、rt time, h i s emp i re cont i nues today.20)What state expanded i n Mesopotamia after the fa I I of the Akkad i ansA)Ur under Shu IgiB)Judah under DavidC)Assyr ia under Tiglath-pileserD)Baby Ionia under Hammurab i21)Who was the famous k i ng and law-codifier who ruIed dur i ng the Old Baby Ionian E

18、mp i reA)Dav i dB)Hammurab iC)NebuchadnezzarD)LagashE)Ramses I I22)Much of Hammurab i s code was concerned withmost cr imes.B)promoting justice, protecting the weak, and destroying the wickedC)providing equaI treatment for a I I soc i a I cI assesD)creating a new social and economic orderE)persecuti

19、ng the weak and thusstrengthen society.23)In addition to Hammurabi s code, the 01d Baby Ionian Empi re i s a I so recogn i zed for its contri bution in the area ofA)writingB)mathemat i csC)architectureD)med i c ine.E)eIiminating capitai punishment24)The Hittite peopIeA)based the i r Ii veIi hood sol

20、ely on farmi ng.B)estab I i shed the i r cap itals at Mer i mda and Memph i sC)perfected the Iight, horse-drawn war char i ot and meta I tradeD)never fought the Egypt i ans, as both were Indo-European speakersE)had no re I a tio nship to later Pers i ans and Greeks25)Old Kingdom Egyps stabiI ity and

21、 self-sufficiency was due to all of the fol lowing factors EXCEPT which oneA)Systematic f Iooding by the Ni le RiverB)A large, permanent, andprofess ionaI Iy trained armyC)Geograph ica I i so I at i on created by the desertD)A predictable and favorabIe cIimateE)The r i ch Nile de Ita26)Around 3150 K

22、ing Narmer united Upper and Lower Egypt and founded a new capital atA)Alexandr iaB)Ant i ochC)Memph i s.D)WadisE)Hattushash.27)Osiris was theA)war and conf I ict.B)tempIe worsh ipC)divine inearnation.D)harmony and justice.E)prov i nces29)The Egypt ian king who built the f i rst known pyramid wasA)Th

23、utmose III.B)HatshepsutC)Horus DenD)ZoserE)Narmer30)The buiIding of the great pyramids at Sakkara and outs ide Memph i s took pI ace dur i ng the time of theA)I ntermed i ate Per i odsB)New Kingdom.C)Middle K i ngdom.D)01d Kingdom.E)Hyksos i nvas i ons.31)Which of the foI lowing did NOT occur in the

24、 transition from the 01d to the Middle KingdomA)Women ga i ned const i tutional r i ghts by becoming scr ibesB)Temp Ies continued to be constructedC)The bureaucracy was opened to al I men.D)The after life became ava i IabIe to more peopIeE)Egyptian royaI author ity co I Iapsed32)The new ethical pers

25、pective conveyed by the I iterature of the Middle Kingdom i s best represented by the story ofA)Ben jam in.B)a HFarab i 法拉比C)Sinuhe 辛努亥D)Amenhotep.阿蒙霍特普E)Pi raticaI Peasant.海盗的农民33)The ma i n contr i bution of the foreigners known as the Hyksos whoinvaded Egypt dur ing the Middle Kingdom was toA)tra

26、nsform the trad itions of Egypt i an k i ngsh i p.B)adopt a monothe istic form ofre Iigious worsh i p.C)introduce mi I itary technoIogy and organ i zat ion.D)found a new capitai city atAlexandr ia.E)become the mi I itary for Ahmose the pharaoh34)Which pharaoh attempted torevoIutionize Egypt ian re I

27、igious I ifeA)TutankhamenB)AhmoseC)Thutmose ID)Akhenaten35)Amenhotep IV did al I of the fol lowing EXCEPTA)move his re I igious capita I to the city of ThebesB)promote the worsh i p of the sun-d i sk god Aten.C)change h i s name to Akhenaten ( 11 pI eases AtenH ).D)aboI ish the cult of Amen-Ra (H th

28、e great god)E)estabIish his capital city at TeI I-el Amarna36)Akhenaten s monothe i sm wasA)we I corned by the Egypt i an peopIeB)actual Iy a form of divinity shared by the pharaoh and the sun-d i skC)borrowed from the Hebrew re Ii gi on.D)carr ied on by his successorsE)to have a I as ting impact on

29、 Egypt. 6)Akhenaten s 一神论是A)由埃及人民欢迎。B)实际上形式的对神的法老和太阳磁盘共享。C)借用了希伯来人的宗教。D)由他的继任者。E)对埃及产生持久的影响。37)Upon the death of Akhenaten, h i s son-i n-law TutankhamenA)restored ancient religious trad itions.B)retained the new capital at Tela I-AmarnaC)defeated the Hittites at the battle of KadeshD)revamped the e

30、nt ire bureaucratic sys terri.E)created a peacefuI pact with the Hittites.38)In the century after the battie of Kadesh in which the Hittites andEgypt i ans fought to a draw, what happened to the old Bronze Age civi I izations of the MediterraneanA)Sea Peoples took over thei r civil izations except i

31、n the Hittitewor I d.B)Ramses I I (the Great) became a god after a short reign of pyramid bui IdingC)Hebrews took over most re I i gi ous systems with age-old monotheism.D)Bronze Age empi res I ike the Hitt ites and Egyptians co I IapsedE)A major epidemic wiped out a I IBronze-Age peopIe39)After thei r exodus from Egypt, the ancient Hebrews forged a new identity and faith that included a I I of the fol lowing EXCEPT theA)adopt i o