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Which ancient writer referred to Egypt as "The Gift of the Nile?"
Hatshepsut, Herodotus, Hammurabi, Amenhotep |
Herodotus
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During the Second Intermediate Period, the Hyksos introduced which of the following into Egypt?
all of these, horse, wheel, composite bow |
All of these
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Howard Carter started the fad called Egyptomania when he discovered King Tut's tomb in:
1820 AD, 1972 AD, 1799 AD, 1922 AD |
1922 AD
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Both Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt had which form of government?
Theocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy |
Theocracy
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Which city defended itself by elminating streets and using roof access to houses?
Babylon, Giza, Jericho, Catal Huyuk |
Catal Huyuk
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Which of the following are believed to be the first domesticated rops?
wheat & barley, beans & rice, olives & grapes, potatoes & yams |
Wheat & barley
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Stonehenge was used to predict which of the following?
lunar eclipses, all of these, solar eclipses, summer solstices |
All of these
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Which of the following is considered to be a trait of ancient non-Western cultures?
progress, questioning, changing, none of these |
None of these
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The Women of Willendorf is noted for which of the following features?
pretty face, all of these, large hands, fertility |
Fertility
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Ancient civilizations relied on local natural resources; the Egyptians had an abundance of:
all of these, stone, papyrus, gold |
All of these
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest extant pic poem, the word extant means:
existing, written, early rhyming |
Existing
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Which of the following was probably the only female pharaoh of ancient Egypt?
Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, none of these, Tutankhemana |
Hatshepsut
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Mesopotamian writing is known as cuneiform, based on the word cuneis, which means:
power, wedge, sacred, curved |
Wedge
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Egyptian pharaohs were responsible for maintaining right order, referred to as:
meso, mieu, mut, maat |
Maat
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In the early 19th century AD, Egyptian hieroglyphs were finally deciphered using the:
Hym to the Nile, Napoleonic Code, Book of the Dead, Rosetta Stone |
Rosetta Stone
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