Making of the West Peoples and Cultures Value Edition 5th Edition By Hunt - Test Bank

Use the following to answer questions 1-16:

Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example

provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; some may not be

used at all.

Terms

a. civilization

b. hierarchy

c. hunter-gatherers

d. city-state

e. patriarchy

f. redistributive economy

g. polytheism

h. cuneiform

i. Hammurabi

j. hieroglyphic

k. Maat

l. wisdom literature

m. palace society

n. Mediterranean polyculture

o. Linear B

p. Sea Peoples

1. The cultivation of olives, grapes, and grains in a single, interrelated agricultural system.

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2. The Egyptian goddess embodying truth, justice, and cosmic order.

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3. The belief in and worship of multiple gods.

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4. Minoan and Mycenaean social and political organization centered on multichambered

buildings housing the rulers and the administration of the state.

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Page 15. A way of life based in cities with dense populations organized as political states, large

buildings constructed for communal activities, the production of food, diverse

economies, a sense of local identity, and some knowledge of writing.

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6. Dominance by men in society and politics.

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7. The system of ranking people in society according to their status and authority.

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8. King of Babylonia in the eighteenth century B.C.E., famous for his law code.

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9. An urban center exercising political and economic control over the surrounding

countryside.

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10. Human beings who roam to hunt and gather food in the wild and do not live in

permanent, settled communities.

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11. Texts giving instructions for proper behavior by officials.

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12. The Mycenaeans' pictographic script for writing Greek.

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13. The diverse groups of raiders who devastated the eastern Mediterranean region in the

period of violence 1200–1000 B.C.E.

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14. A system in which state officials control the production and distribution of goods.

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Page 215. The earliest form of writing, invented in Mesopotamia and done with wedge-shaped

characters.

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16. The ancient Egyptian pictographic writing system for official texts.

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