Chapter 02 Student Quiz

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. The first writing system on earth was _____.

Cuneiform. correct incorrect

Hieroglyphics. correct incorrect

Arabic. correct incorrect

Phoenician. correct incorrect

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. The development of irrigation agriculture required _____.

Wealth. correct incorrect

Organization and cooperation. correct incorrect

Religious leadership. correct incorrect

Democracy. correct incorrect

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. Religion played an important role in the growing power of cities in southern

Mesopotamia. correct incorrect

True. correct incorrect

False. correct incorrect

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. The king's role grew more military as _____.

Mesopotamia began to battle Egypt for dominance in the Near East. correct incorrect

Uruk conquered an empire. correct incorrect

Other nearby cities rose to power. correct incorrect

Slavery became more prominent. correct incorrect

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. The need for a system of writing derived from _____.

The urban economy. correct incorrect

The development of the military. correct incorrect

The beginning of imperial conquest. correct incorrect

The needs of the priesthood. correct incorrect

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. The earliest known author in world literature is ____.

Confucius. correct incorrect

Socrates. correct incorrect

Muhammad. correct incorrect

Enheduanna of Ur correct incorrect

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. Until 1600 BCE, _____ was the dominant form of political organization in Southwest

Asia. correct incorrect

The city-state. correct incorrect

The empire. correct incorrect

The republic. correct incorrect

The monarchy. correct incorrect

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. States during this period rarely made contact with each other except in battle.

True. correct incorrect

False. correct incorrect

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. Egypt never had city-states.

True. correct incorrect

False. correct incorrect

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. In Egypt, kings represented the connection between humanity and the divine.

True. correct incorrect

False. correct incorrect