Chapter 3: The World's History, Howard Spodek Flashcards

4714005708	The use of iron occurred:	after the use of bronze	0
4714006155	T/F: Archeological evidence reveals the mutual trade of goods between the Indus valley and Mesopotamia.	True	1
4714007203	The earliest known writing samples were concerned primarily with:	commerce	2
4714006156	Most of the great Egyptian pyramids were built:	during the Old Kingdom	3
4714007607	The Rosetta Stone:	contains three types of writing	4
4714007977	The early twentieth century excavations of the Harappan civilization in the Indus valley reveal that it likely:	developed independently from civilizations in Mesopotamia	5
4714008390	The art and craftwork of the Indus Valley indicates:	they participated in active interregional trade	6
4714009647	T/F: Amenhotep worshipped many gods.	False	7
4714010647	T/F: Egyptian writing began nearly a thousand years before Mesopotamian writing:	False	8
4714010648	Which of the following is NOT one of the four legacies of Harappa described in the text?	Aryan invaders nearly completely destroyed the Indus valley civilization	9
4714012260	The Indus valley civilization:	began around 7000 BCE	10
4714013602	The economies of the villages that developed along the Nile River were based on:	cereal agriculture	11
4714013606	Egyptians wrote on paper made from:	papyrus pith	12
4714013899	The Harappan civilization:	had a language, but it has not yet been deciphered.	13
4714014506	The settlements of Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro could each accommodate:	about 40,000 residents.	14
4714014998	T/F: The Middle Kingdom ended in part due to invasions of the Hyksos who probably came from north and east of the Sinai desert.	True	15
4714015478	T/F: Excavations of Mohenjo-Daro reveal that the city was serviced by an underground sewerage and drainage system.	True	16
4714016178	Horus:	became the main god of the pharaohs.	17
4714015758	T/F: After 3100 B.C.E., Egyptians, Semites, Phoenicians, Blacks, and Europeans intermarried in Egypt without apparent references to race or ethnicity.	True	18
4714017229	T/F: The power of Egyptian kings increased until they became accepted as gods around 3000 BCE	True	19