Written Response Questions
Felicia Cridland
Block #3
Coble
Chapter 3 & 4 Review
Questions:
Written Response Questions~
1) Egyptians
2) 9000 B.C.E.
3) Nile
4) Old Kingdom/Archaic Period
5) Kushites
6) The parallelism between The Indus Valley and The Nile Valley was pretty much the same.
7) Earliest physical remains were and still are pretty much inaccessible and there is a lack of deciphered written records.
8) 40,000 people
9) The Aryans were Indo-Europeans.
10) Varna or Caste
True/False Questions~
11) True
12) True
13) True
14) False
15) False
Short Answer Questions~
16) At this time, Hebrews were the only monotheistic religion that was established. Egyptians built many different monuments to their own pharaohs and the many different gods that they worshipped. Ziggurats were the Mesopotamian way to honor their gods. Assyrians believed that because gods could be in human form, there needed to be a house, or a place where they could communicate with the other humans. They also believed that these gods needed to be sheltered, hence the house. These practiced taught us that these ancient civilizations needed an explanation for the things around them. That even though they couldn’t see these gods exactly, …show more content…
Because of the fact the soul is measured in good works and a high level of cooperation is similar to many of today’s religions. An example of this is he judging of an individual after death. This symbolic judgement scene can be found most prominently in Christianity. This is also the first time that we see a newer religion forming out of women works. By the wife of Osiris giving her husband a proper burial, a whole religion is founded. In addition to Osiris being the god of the underworld, he is compared to the Nile river, which is ironic due to the fact that the underworld is a place people go after they die and the Nile River is the main driving life force of the people in terms of
Block #3
Coble
Chapter 3 & 4 Review
Questions:
Written Response Questions~
1) Egyptians
2) 9000 B.C.E.
3) Nile
4) Old Kingdom/Archaic Period
5) Kushites
6) The parallelism between The Indus Valley and The Nile Valley was pretty much the same.
7) Earliest physical remains were and still are pretty much inaccessible and there is a lack of deciphered written records.
8) 40,000 people
9) The Aryans were Indo-Europeans.
10) Varna or Caste
True/False Questions~
11) True
12) True
13) True
14) False
15) False
Short Answer Questions~
16) At this time, Hebrews were the only monotheistic religion that was established. Egyptians built many different monuments to their own pharaohs and the many different gods that they worshipped. Ziggurats were the Mesopotamian way to honor their gods. Assyrians believed that because gods could be in human form, there needed to be a house, or a place where they could communicate with the other humans. They also believed that these gods needed to be sheltered, hence the house. These practiced taught us that these ancient civilizations needed an explanation for the things around them. That even though they couldn’t see these gods exactly, …show more content…
Because of the fact the soul is measured in good works and a high level of cooperation is similar to many of today’s religions. An example of this is he judging of an individual after death. This symbolic judgement scene can be found most prominently in Christianity. This is also the first time that we see a newer religion forming out of women works. By the wife of Osiris giving her husband a proper burial, a whole religion is founded. In addition to Osiris being the god of the underworld, he is compared to the Nile river, which is ironic due to the fact that the underworld is a place people go after they die and the Nile River is the main driving life force of the people in terms of