Unit 1: Early Civilizations

ancient egyptian history is divided into ______ major periods.

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the egyptians believed that the sun was protected by the god

Ra

First domesticated animal

dog

what was the major impact of the hyksos conquest and rule on egyptian history?

it prompted the rulers of egypts new kingdom to create an empire

most historians and egyptologists believe the sphinx's purpose was to...

protect the dead in giza from evil spirits

early egyptian pharaohs ruled and derived their authority from the

the principle of ma'at

All of the following are believed to be developments of the paleolithic age except

the regular production of food through agriculture

prehistory is normally thought of as that period before the invention of

writing

Why was Egypt more politically stable, confident, and self-sufficient than Mesopotamia?

egypts geography left it isolated and protected from frequent turmoil

egypts old kingdom ended for all of the following reasons except a. foreign invasion b.a drought caused by low levels of the nile c.a decline in rainfall d. economic troubles e. inability for Pharaoh to reinstitute the floods

foreign invasion

Neolithic farmers in the near east devoted themselves primarily to the cultivation of what types of crops?

grains

The Epic of Gilgamesh teaches that

human life is difficult and immortality is only for the gods

The ancient city of Catal Huyuk was

neolithic intermediate symbolization in modern turkey with substantial health

the early neolithic revolution saw all of the following technical developments except the

political equality for genders

akhenaten wanted egyptians to focus solely on the worship of which deity?

Aten

mesopotamia was at the mercy of its

Great Rivers

The cave in southern france, discovered in 1994, and that contains three hundred paintings of animals is known as the _________ cave.

Chauvet

The original Egyptian script is called

Hieroglyphics

The largest and so called "great pyramids' of egypt was named for the king it was built for. Who is it?

Khufu

the most celebrated document to survive from the reign of hammurabi is his famous

Law Code

which of the following egyptian gods was most clearly associated with the mummification of the dead?

Osiris

which of these would be characterized as the closest to gender equality during its time period

Paleolithic era

the physical environment of the mesopotamians is generally led to

a pessemistic outlook with an emphasis on satisfying their angry gods

the neolithic period connotes the move to what kind of society

agricultural

the nile river provided ancient egyptians with

an excellent artery of transportation

the mesopotamian government

came to view their gods as absolute representitives of their gods

what were the first and second great inventions of southern mesopotamia?

cities and writing

The Egyptian pyramids were

concieved and built as tombs for a city of the dead

ancient mesopotamia written language is known as

cuneiform

punishments for crimes under the code of hammurabi

was more severe for the lower classes