Question 1

In the third millennium BCE, the political ruler in Sumer was

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A)  a pharaoh .
B)  a vizier.
C)  a lugal .
D)  a kniaz .
E)  an emperor.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

In order to discover more specific information about the social structure of Indus Valley civilizations, what needs to be done?

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A)  share knowledge with other archeologists and historians.
B)  the writing of the civilization must be deciphered.
C)  carbon dating of artifacts
D)  analysis of exhumed bodies
E)  All of these.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

The Egyptian death ritual is complex because of the belief that death was a journey beset with danger.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Women in Egypt seemed to have

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A)  rights of divorce.
B)  rights to property.
C)  more status than in Mesopotamia.
D)  subordinate status to men.
E)  all of these are correct.F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 5

The region that gave birth to the earliest known civilization in the Indian subcontinent is located in what modern state?

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A)  India
B)  China
C)  Bangladesh
D)  Pakistan
E)  TibetF) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

The culture that developed in Egypt was unique largely because of

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A)  Egypt's interaction with other civilizations.
B)  Egypt's natural isolation and essential self-sufficiency.
C)  Egyptian dominance in metalworking.
D)  Egypt's surplus agricultural production and trade.
E)  Egypt's large population.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

Compare the civilization in the Indus Valley with the civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

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All three civilizations were built aroun...

Question 8

In Greek, Mesopotamia means .

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A)  "gift of the Nile"
B)  "fertile crescent"
C)  "land between the rivers"
D)  "Tigris and Euphrates"
E)  "central region"F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 9

A professional position reserved for men who had undergone the lengthy training required to be able to read and write using cuneiform, hieroglyphics, or other early, cumbersome writing systems was that of the

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A)  priest.
B)  slave.
C)  king.
D)  business owner.
E)  scribe.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 10

Large public buildings in the Indus Valley were typically made of what?

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A)  concrete blocks
B)  stone pillars
C)  bronze frames
D)  woven thatch
E)  mud bricksF) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 11

The two main cities of early Indian civilization are

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A)  Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
B)  Akkad and Thebes.
C)  Syracuse and Illyria.
D)  Troy and Delhi.
E)  Riazan and Antioch.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 12

Which of the following was probably not one of the components of the "systems failure" that brought down the Indus Valley cities?

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A)  That the Hakra River system dried up
B)  That invaders from the north and east drove out the inhabitants
C)  Massive flooding
D)  Salinization of farmland
E)  Increased erosionF) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 13

Crucial to Egypt's agriculture was

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A)  a complex system of aqueducts.
B)  regular rainfall south of the delta.
C)  proximity to the Nile River.
D)  favor of the gods.
E)  there was almost no agriculture in Egypt because it's a desert.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 14

Instructions: Answer the following question(s). 
 What political, social, economic, and technological traits are usually considered indicators of civilization, and how are they revealed in the Epic of Gilgamesh ?

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Students should describe the following e...

Question 15

Describe the process by which the main framework of civilization was created in Mesopotamia.

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Since Mesopotamian civilization was base...

Question 16

Discuss the Egyptian religious beliefs and death rituals as they centered on divine kingship and the pharaoh.

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Students should explain Egyptians' conne...

Question 17

A massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks and associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities is known as a(n)

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A)  altar.
B)  ziggurat.
C)  open air plaza.
D)  steps leading up to the pyramid.
E)  lugal's burial chamber.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 18

Which of the following was not a Sumerian god?

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A)  Ninhursang
B)  Gilgamesh
C)  Anu
D)  Enki
E)  InannaF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

Mesopotamian gods were anthropomorphic; that is, they

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A)  took form as the elements of nature.
B)  were imagined to be humanlike in form and conduct.
C)  appeared in the bodies of kings while on earth.
D)  were divine and perfect beings.
E)  were omniscient.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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A professional position reserved for men who had undergone the lengthy training required to be able to read and write using cuneiform, hieroglyphics, or other early, cumbersome writing systems was that of the

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In order to discover more specific information about the social structure of Indus Valley civilizations, what needs to be done?

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A massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks and associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities is known as a(n)

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Mesopotamian gods were anthropomorphic; that is, they

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