Question Question 1 2 / 2 pointsThe Ishtar Gate is fromPersepolisParisAkkadBabylonQuestion 2 2 / 2 pointsCuneiform literally meansrectangularcone-shapedcylindricalwedge-shapedQuestion 3 2 / 2 pointsThe Ishtar Gate usedglazed brickan archpatterns of horsesa and b, but not cQuestion 4 2 / 2 pointsShamash is the Akkadiansun godmoon godsupreme godlightning godQuestion 5 2 / 2 pointsThe largest Neolitic settlement is located at:BabylonJerusalemJerichoCatal HuyukQuestion 6 2 / 2 pointsWhich is not true of the Stele of Naram-Sin?it dates to the third millennium BCit commemorates the death of Naram-Sinit represents landscape as well as human figuresit is a reliefQuestion 7 2 / 2 pointsThe Mesopotamians believed ina heavenly afterlifea gloomy afterlifea materialistic afterlifea joyous afterlifeQuestion 8 2 / 2 pointsSumerian art is characterized bysymmetrical when seen from the frontclasped handslarge eyes in upturned facesall of the aboveQuestion 9 2 / 2 pointsThe figure of Naram-Sin is shownwith frontal shoulders and legswith frontal shoulders and profile legswith frontal legs and a profile headwith a frontal head and shouldersQuestion 10 2 / 2 pointsAssurbanipal was known forhis cruelty and culturehis cruelty and virtuehis culture and learninghis power and his generosityQuestion 11 2 / 2 pointsNeolithic in the Near East developed about ______ years earlier than in Europe.2,0001,0004,0003,000Question 12 2 / 2 pointsWhich of the following are most logically connected?Gilgamesh, Susa, Tell Asmar, UrukCyrus, Darius, Persepolis, SusaWoolley, Gudea, Sargon, HammurabiIshtar, Sargon, Woolley, UrQuestion 13 2 / 2 pointsThe staring, wide eyes of the Tell Asmar statues are believed to indicate that the figuresare terrified by evil spiritsare apotropaicare in the presence of a godare prayingQuestion 14 2 / 2 pointsA ziggurat is afortMesopotamian temple platformpyramidbuilding made by GudeaQuestion 15 2 / 2 pointsCylinder seals wereglyptic artproduced during Uruk periodused to keep inventoriesall of the aboveQuestion 16 2 / 2 pointsThe first recorded epic is aboutOdysseusGilgameshAbrahamNoahQuestion 17 2 / 2 pointsAkkadians wereSemitic speakinglived north of SumerMesopotamian peopleall of the aboveQuestion 18 2 / 2 pointsA stele isa city walla weapona stone markera knifeQuestion 19 2 / 2 pointsNergal and Ereshkigal are theking and queen of natureking and queen of the underworldking and queen of the skyking and queen of the seaQuestion 20 2 / 2 pointsThe beards of the Tell Asmar statues are best described asred and stylizednaturalistic and blackstylized and curvilinearblack and stylizedQuestion 21 2 / 2 pointsZiggurats aresymbolic riverssymbolic mountainssymbolic sculpturessymbolic templesQuestion 22 2 / 2 pointsLagash was:an Assyrian citythe center of the Neolithic Anatoliaa city-statea Persian cityQuestion 23 2 / 2 pointsThe Ishtar Gate was dedicated tothe god of warthe goddess of fertilitythe god of the underworldthe goddess of the moonQuestion 24 2 / 2 pointsWhich of the following is not a Mesopotamian god?AnuIshtarIsisInannaQuestion 25 2 / 2 pointsMesopotamian cultures did not includeHittitesAkkadAssyriaSumerQuestion 26 2 / 2 points______ ruled Akkad and waged war on his neighbors around 2200 BC.Naram-SinAlexander the GreatNarmerAshurnasirpalQuestion 27 2 / 2 pointsThe hieros gamos refers toa sacred marriagea holy gamea festival of the new yeara rain ceremonyQuestion 28 2 / 2 pointsThe earliest known writing is calledhieroglyphicsAkkadiancuneiformthe alphabetQuestion 29 2 / 2 pointsZiggurats are an example ofarchaic constructioncantilever constructionpost and lintel constructionload bearing constructionQuestion 30 2 / 2 pointsThe Scythians are best known fordioritetemplespotterygoldQuestion 31 2 / 2 pointsLions were traditional guardians becausethey were never thought to sleepthey were kings of the animalsthey symbolized the human kingthey were powerful enough to keep enemies awayQuestion 32 2 / 2 pointsThe largest Neolithic site so far discovered in the ancient Near East is located in modernIraqTurkeyJordanIranQuestion 33 2 / 2 pointsWhich of the following does a Lamassu not have?swordwingsfive legshorned capQuestion 34 2 / 2 pointsTigris and Euphrates areMesopotamian godsHittite godsMesopotamian riversMesopotamian rulersQuestion 35 2 / 2 pointsHammurabi is known forbuilding the walls of Uruka law codethe Epic of Gilgameshworshipping the sun godQuestion 36 2 / 2 pointsGudea thought of himself mainly as a patron ofcuneiform tabletstemplespaintingssculptureQuestion 37 2 / 2 pointsAn Apadana isa storage rooma sanctuarya gatewayan audience hallQuestion 38 2 / 2 pointsMost Assyrian wall decoration includesdomestic sceneshunting and war sceneslandscape scenesgodsQuestion 39 2 / 2 pointsSargon wasa Hittite rulera Sumerian ruleran Akkadian rulerthe ruler of UrQuestion 40 2 / 2 pointsA documented, excavated object is said to have avaluevaluationpromiseprovenience