Quiz 1 | HIST 100 - Western Civilization, Pre-Modern (GT-HI1), Quizzes of Cultural History of Europe

Class: HIST 100 - Western Civilization, Pre-Modern (GT-HI1); Subject: History; University: Colorado State University; Term: Fall 2011;

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TERM 1
Lascaux Cave*
DEFINITION 1
- Great Hall of the Bulls- Shaft of the Dead Man: unusual for
the Paleolithic in that it displayed a scene of a
dead/injured/enteranced human depiction in relation to the
animal he was hunting
TERM 2
Neolithic revolution
DEFINITION 2
- domestication of plants and animals- growth of permanent
settlements andfortification
at Jericho and Catalhoyuk
- the beginnings of small-scale fortifications in certain
locations
TERM 3
Jericho*
DEFINITION 3
- Neolithic through Bronze Age- Walls and tower- Hand built
potteryNeolithic _______ c.7000 BCE- plastered skulls, cowerie
shell, burial beneath house floors indicatesancestor worship
TERM 4
atalhyk*
DEFINITION 4
- exibited fortification in the form of the absence of roads and
exterior entrances to the structures of the town- plastered
skulls buried beneath rooms suggest evidence for the
worship of ancestors
TERM 5
Palace redistributive economy
DEFINITION 5
- evident at Knossas, Ur, Mycenae- products of centalized
state monopolies- economies managed by a monarch's or
leader's government officials- economies in which goods
were redistributed according to notions of necessity
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Lascaux Cave*

  • Great Hall of the Bulls- Shaft of the Dead Man: unusual for the Paleolithic in that it displayed a scene of a dead/injured/enteranced human depiction in relation to the animal he was hunting TERM 2

Neolithic revolution

DEFINITION 2

  • domestication of plants and animals- growth of permanent settlements andfortification at Jericho and Catalhoyuk
  • the beginnings of small-scale fortifications in certain locations TERM 3

Jericho*

DEFINITION 3

  • Neolithic through Bronze Age- Walls and tower- Hand built potteryNeolithic _______ c.7000 BCE- plastered skulls, cowerie shell, burial beneath house floors indicatesancestor worship TERM 4

atalhyk*

DEFINITION 4

  • exibited fortification in the form of the absence of roads and exterior entrances to the structures of the town- plastered skulls buried beneath rooms suggest evidence for the worship of ancestors TERM 5

Palace redistributive economy

DEFINITION 5

  • evident at Knossas, Ur, Mycenae- products of centalized state monopolies- economies managed by a monarch's or leader's government officials- economies in which goods were redistributed according to notions of necessity

Sumer*

  • Anu Ziggurat- White temple- early ziggurats ment to emmulate mountains- temple built on top TERM 7

Ur*

DEFINITION 7

  • included a large ziggurat with a temple, cemeteries that held elaborate grave goods and human sacrifices, a palace administrative center TERM 8

Ziggurat

DEFINITION 8

  • large Mesopotamian stepped structures with temples on top- worship- idea came from mountaincenters close to black sea- early scrines built up over time to where there were an elevated place in the land to worship- found at Ur TERM 9

Code of Hammurabi

DEFINITION 9

  • ethic and moral code that showed a tiered difference of classes- reflected a society sharply divided according to social class and gender- insight into early legal traditions TERM 10

King Narmer

(Menes)

DEFINITION 10

  • first person to unify Upper and Lower Egypt 3050 BCE- king of two lands

Abraham

  • departure from Ur - Descendants: Isaac (Canaan) Jacob Joseph
    • famine in Canaan
    • egyptian official TERM 17

Book of Exodus

DEFINITION 17

  • ethic and moral code- Moses- 10 Commandments TERM 18

Linear A

DEFINITION 18

  • used on the island of Crete- has not been fully deciphered TERM 19

Palace Society

DEFINITION 19

  • palace had two primary functions: economic and religious TERM 20

Knossos*

DEFINITION 20

  • palace society- natural fortification- sea- 5 stories- central court- shrines: place, cave, open air, peak sanctuaries- Palace redistributive economy - Sumer- "Lustral Basin"- drainage system

Mediterranean polyculture

  • the cultification of grapes, olives and grains that demonstrated an interrelated agricultural system and increased population and prosperity of Minoan society TERM 22

Thera (Santorini)*

DEFINITION 22

  • volcanic eruption here caused widespread destruction and likely destabilized the region in c.1600 BCE TERM 23

Mycenae*

DEFINITION 23

  • Neolithic-Bronze Age, 1800-1000 BCE- Palace Redistributive economy- Lion gate -> cyclopean masonry; huge; asian influence- indo European languages- More male gods - cont. to Minoan- Sanctuaries small in palaces and towns TERM 24

Shaft graves

DEFINITION 24

  • Mycenae- Grave circles A & B- partial mummification- Egyptian influence- Gold Masks TERM 25

Tholos tombs

DEFINITION 25

  • Mycenaean ____ was derived from Minoan tombs- secondary burials- corbelled- later development 14th -13th c.- bee hive