Chapter 02 Student Quiz

. The first writing system on earth was _____.

Cuneiform.

Hieroglyphics.

Arabic.

Phoenician.

. The development of irrigation agriculture required _____.

Wealth.

Organization and cooperation.

Religious leadership.

Democracy.

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

Mesopotamia.

True.

False.

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

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

Uruk conquered an empire.

Other nearby cities rose to power.

Slavery became more prominent.

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

The urban economy.

The development of the military.

The beginning of imperial conquest.

The needs of the priesthood.

. The earliest known author in world literature is ____.

Confucius.

Socrates.

Muhammad.

Enheduanna of Ur

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

Asia.

The city-state.

The empire.

The republic.

The monarchy.

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

True.

False.

. Egypt never had city-states.

True.

False.

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

True.

False.

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