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Chapter 02 Student Quiz
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The first writing system on earth was _____.
Cuneiform.
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Hieroglyphics.
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Arabic.
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Phoenician.
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The development of irrigation agriculture required _____.
Wealth.
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Organization and cooperation.
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Religious leadership.
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Democracy.
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Religion played an important role in the growing power of cities in southern
Mesopotamia.
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True.
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False.
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The king's role grew more military as _____.
Mesopotamia began to battle Egypt for dominance in the Near East.
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Uruk conquered an empire.
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Other nearby cities rose to power.
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Slavery became more prominent.
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The need for a system of writing derived from _____.
The urban economy.
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The development of the military.
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The beginning of imperial conquest.
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The needs of the priesthood.
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The earliest known author in world literature is ____.
Confucius.
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Socrates.
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Muhammad.
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Enheduanna of Ur
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Until 1600 BCE, _____ was the dominant form of political organization in Southwest
Asia.
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The city-state.
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The empire.
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The republic.
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The monarchy.
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States during this period rarely made contact with each other except in battle.
True.
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False.
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Egypt never had city-states.
True.
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False.
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In Egypt, kings represented the connection between humanity and the divine.
True.
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False.
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