Ancient History Practice Test 
Western World I
Test One
Answer the following as TRUE or FALSE
1. Harshepsut was Egypt’s most famous indigenous woman Pharaoh. True
2. Maat stood for truth and righteousness and balance. True
3. Osiris and Thanatos were both gods of death in their cultures. False
4. Apsu was the god of salt water. False
5. Tiamat was destroyed by Anu. False
6. Humankind was created with clay and the blood of Kingu. True
7. Holofernes was an Aakaadian general. False
8. Hathor’s symbol was a cow. True
9. Zoroastor was the Greek name for Zarathustra. True
10. Ahura Mazda was a Persian god. True
11. Ziggurats were Mesopotamian cigar smoking houses. False
12. Beer was way to preserve grain in Mesopotamia. True
13. Sargon the Great was a Hittite. False
14. Gilgamesh was the hero of a Sumerian epic myth. True
15. Marduk was the god of storms. True
16. Memphis was in Egypt. True
17. Cyrus the Great died of old age in his own bed. False
18. Azazel was the desert demon of the Hebrews. True
19. Barrack was the general of Tomyris, Judge of Israel. False
20. Law and Order was the hallmark of the Egyptians. False
Write a BRIEF description of the following, remember to set them in time and place.
1. Amurru
Amurru was an Amorite kingdom located at the territory that spans modern western and north-western Syria and northern of modern Lebanon, which made up northern Syrian during the 14th–12th centuries BC. The first documented leader of Amurru was Abdi-Ashirta, under whose leadership Amurru was part of the Egyptian empire. His son Aziru made contact with the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I, and eventually defected to the Hittites. The Amurru kingdom was destroyed by the Sea Peoples around 1200 B.C.
2. Napata
- Napata was a city-state of ancient Nubia on the west bank of the Nile River, at the site of modern Karima, Northern Sudan. It was founded by Thutmose III in the 15th century BC after his conquest of Nubia.
3. Gaza (ancient)
- The name
Test One
Answer the following as TRUE or FALSE
1. Harshepsut was Egypt’s most famous indigenous woman Pharaoh. True
2. Maat stood for truth and righteousness and balance. True
3. Osiris and Thanatos were both gods of death in their cultures. False
4. Apsu was the god of salt water. False
5. Tiamat was destroyed by Anu. False
6. Humankind was created with clay and the blood of Kingu. True
7. Holofernes was an Aakaadian general. False
8. Hathor’s symbol was a cow. True
9. Zoroastor was the Greek name for Zarathustra. True
10. Ahura Mazda was a Persian god. True
11. Ziggurats were Mesopotamian cigar smoking houses. False
12. Beer was way to preserve grain in Mesopotamia. True
13. Sargon the Great was a Hittite. False
14. Gilgamesh was the hero of a Sumerian epic myth. True
15. Marduk was the god of storms. True
16. Memphis was in Egypt. True
17. Cyrus the Great died of old age in his own bed. False
18. Azazel was the desert demon of the Hebrews. True
19. Barrack was the general of Tomyris, Judge of Israel. False
20. Law and Order was the hallmark of the Egyptians. False
Write a BRIEF description of the following, remember to set them in time and place.
1. Amurru
Amurru was an Amorite kingdom located at the territory that spans modern western and north-western Syria and northern of modern Lebanon, which made up northern Syrian during the 14th–12th centuries BC. The first documented leader of Amurru was Abdi-Ashirta, under whose leadership Amurru was part of the Egyptian empire. His son Aziru made contact with the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I, and eventually defected to the Hittites. The Amurru kingdom was destroyed by the Sea Peoples around 1200 B.C.
2. Napata
- Napata was a city-state of ancient Nubia on the west bank of the Nile River, at the site of modern Karima, Northern Sudan. It was founded by Thutmose III in the 15th century BC after his conquest of Nubia.
3. Gaza (ancient)
- The name