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| According to Egyptian belief, the function assigned by the gods to the Egyptian kings was to maintain ma'at or |
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| divinely authorized order of the universe. |
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| A pivotal event in early Egyptian history was |
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| the unification of all Egypt under King Menes. |
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| The annual flood of the Nile can best be characterized as |
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| The culturethat developed in Egypt was unique largely because of |
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| Egypt's natural isolation and essential self-sufficiency. |
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| Surprisingly, merchant acticity in mesopotamia took place without |
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| The Babylonian leader Hammurabi is best known for his |
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| In Mesopotamian cities the temples |
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| housed the cult of the deity or deities. |
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| The earliest historically documented people of Mesopotamia were the |
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| Mesopotamia was sometimes seen as a dangerous place to live by its inhabitants because of |
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| Creation myths often provide a society with a |
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| Satisfactory explanation of its enviroment. |
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| Early societies developed civilizations in the floodplains of great rivers because the rivers and floodplains provided |
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| fertile silt and water for agriculture. |
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| Although Mesopotamia was "resource poor" it did have abundant |
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The Mesopotamian developed skill in bronze metallurgy. Which of the following is not considered an advantage to bronze over other metals.
A)It is less likely to break and is easier to repair.
B)It has and holds a sharp edge.
C)It can be molded.
D)It is inexpensive
E)It is malleable. |
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| It is inexpensive. Remember the question asked NOT. |
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| The Mesopotamian writing system is called |
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| The development of writing |
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| helps explain why goverments could become more formal and bureaucratic. |
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| A society is almost certainly a civilization if |
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The Mesopotamian law code is famous. What might account for the fact that Egypt did not create a similar code of law?
A)As a god on earth,the king (pharaoh) was the source of all law.
B)A common law system based on precedent was used.
C)It was left to the people to determine the code of morality.
D)The wealthy merchant class controlled the legal system.
E)Egypt adopted Mesopotamian law codes, rather than creating their own. |
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| As a god on earth, the king was the source of all law. |
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| Egyptian administrative and goverment records were |
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| written on papyrus, an early form of paper. |
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| Compared with Mesopotamia, the Egyptian population |
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| was more rural and agriccultural. |
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| Slavery in ancient Egypt was |
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| limited, and of little economic significance. |
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| Fundamental concepts of Egyptian religion were based upon |
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| the vision of a cosmic order that the physical enviroment of the Nile Valley evoked. |
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| The Egyptian death ritual is complex because of |
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| the belief that death was a journey beset with danger. |
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| Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus Valley civilizations were all |
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| based upon fertile floodplains and river valleys. |
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| Two main cities of Early Indian Civilization are |
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| Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. |
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| The Indus Valley system of writing |
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| has not been deciphered and is not called Sanksrit. |
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| Metal objects unearthed in the Indus Valley |
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| have been mostly tools and other useful objects. |
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| Which of the following was probably not one of the components of the "systems failure" that brought down the Indus Valley cities? a)Salinization of farmland. B)That the Hakra river system dried up C)That invaders from the north and south droive out the inhabitants. d)increased erosion e)massive flooding |
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