RHS 116
D. C. Ellison, Instructor
First Exam
Place a full and complete heading in the upper-right hand corner of this exam and respond in ink. Answer each of the following.
1. An unproved collective belief which serves to justify an institution is known as a _________________
2. - 5. The impact or contribution of the Ancient Hebrews upon subsequent cultures is four fold consisting of
6. The Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca Empire was____________________________________
7. The "Big Bang" occurred approximately ______________________________years ago.
8. One of the conquistadores who conquered the Aztecs, was apparently mistaken by Moctezuma (aka Montezuma) for________________________
9. The political system of the Aztecs can best be described by the single word______________________
10. The writing system of the Aztecs is known as______________________________________________
11. The intellectual differences noted between those whose culture is based on a phonetic writing system as opposed to those whose culture is based on an ideographic writing system is called
12. ___________________________________________________________________________
13 - 15. The three principal Gods of the Ancient Egyptians were________________________________
16. Egyptian monarchs ruled (in theory) not arbitrarily, but according to set principles, the chief of which
was called____________________________________________________________________________
17 - 18. The two greatest empires in the ancient Mid-East (before A.D) were the
and the
18. The first Chinese emperor, remembered for his brutality as well as his military accomplishments was
19-22. In addition to his military accomplishments the above conducted a series of reforms designed to consolidate and stabilize his empire. Four of these reforms are:
23-25. Contrasting those reforms to the efforts made in the Mesopotamian area by builders of empires, such as Hammurabi, identify three methods used to attempt to consolidate and stabilize these empires:
26 – 28. The ongoing conflict in the mid-East between the Israeli’s and the Palestinians can be traced back to a dispute over the inheritance given by
___________________to his heirs: _________________________________ or ___________________________________________
29. The myth of the "Mandate of Heaven" was first used by the
____________________dynasty in
30. Chinese Emperors (in theory) were restricted in their rule by the concept of _____________________.
31. The modern phonetic alphabet in use in the Occidental writing system was first created by which peoples?
32. The ancient Chinese proverb "He who wins is the king: he who loses is the rebel." Refers to
32-36. The authors of your text and you instructor have observed that
"The first civilizations that emerged in
37- 41. Primitive societies, those that existed before the rise of "civilizations" also share certain similarities. Identify five of these
42. – 45. In comparing all of the cultures examined so far, which appears to be the culture in which force and violence are least apparent? What might account for this? Be specific.
46. Define “Facts.”:
47-48. Identify and define two forms of “facts.”
49. Define “Anomie”
50. Define “Conceptualize”