Babylonia and Answer A.

Akhenaten's experiment with monotheism failed because
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| A. | it could not compete with Christianity. | | B. | it did not gain the support of the pharaoh. | | C. | the hated and corrupt priesthood endorsed it. | | D. | it had no connection with the Egyptian past. | | E. | its elaborate ritual was too confusing. |

Question 2 Mesopotamian agriculture depended on
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| A. | irrigation. | | B. | slavery. | | C. | the regular flooding of the Nile. | | D. | artificial fertilizers. | | E. | Egyptian technology. |
The ___________ played a key role in spreading Sumerian culture beyond the boundaries of Mesopotamia.
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| A. | Egyptians | | B. | Hyksos | | C. | Aryans | | D. | Semites | | E. | Indo-Europeans |
Which of the following Near Eastern societies invented writing?
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| A. | Hebrews | | B. | Babylonians | | C. | Akkadians | | D. | Sumerians | | E. | Hyksos |
All of the following traits characterized the Neolithic stage of human development except
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| A. | the appearance of towns. | | B. | use of bronze weapons. | | C. | new types of stone tools. | | D. | warfare and the construction of walled villages. | | E. | agriculture and animal husbandry as primary ways of life. |
People began making primitive stone tools in about
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| A. | 400,000 B.C. | | B. | 10,000 B.C. | | C. | 50,000 B.C. | | D. | 250,000 B.C. | | E. | 800,000 B.C. |
According to the text, large-scale trade in the Neolithic world developed out of
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| A. | improving climate. | | B. | new transport technologies. | | C. | the invention of new methods of record keeping. | | D. | the agricultural surplus. | | E. | population pressures. |
The division of labor within Neolithic towns resulted from
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| A. | development of metalworking technology. | | B. | urbanization. | | C. | ritual imperatives. | | D. | military conquest. | | E. |