Question

During the Old Kingdom in Egypt, society was

Select one:

a. more equal than in later periods

b. not a patriarchal society, because women had rights

c. heavily dependent on foreign workers for skilled labor

d. sharply divided between the royal elite and poor masses

The Egyptian Books of the Dead contain

Select one:

a. lists of prominent persons who died each year

b. funeral regulations for members of the royal family

c. evidence of the culture's obsession with gloom and doom and death

d. magic spells, formulae, and incantations needed in the afterlife

Which is characteristic of the Early Dynastic Age (ca. 3000 BC)?

Select one:

a. period of democracy

b. unification under centralized empire

c. constant warfare among various city-states

d. period of cultural renaissance

The main goals of a Lord or governor in Sumerian society were

Select one:

a. to win support among the common people by offering generous welfare programs

b. to defeat enemy attacks by establishing chains of montain fortresses

c. to make his position institutional, hereditary, and supreme

d. to establish a democracy based upon the popular will

The Sumerian King's List, composed 2125 BCE

Select one:

a. attempted to recreate or invent the distant past

b. provided an accurate account of rulers and dates of their reigns

c. preserved the story of Noah's Ark, also found in Jewish Scriptures

d. proved that lugals dominated vast areas from 2900 to 2600 BCE

The main reason civilization developed at an ealry date in Egypt was

Select one:

a. waterfalls on the Zambezi River provided a source of power

b. annual floods of the Nile irrigated and fertilized the land

c. democratic government was introduced by the Pyramid Councils

d. the abudent rainfall and mild climate, which produced lush vegetation

The great pyramids of Giza in Egypt were built in the Fourth Dynasty. Which of the following statements is false?

Select one:

a. They were built in the Old Kingdom Period (2686-2160 BC)

b. Workers were probably thousadns of peasant workers, but not slaves

c. They are found in the Valley of the Kings in Upper Egypt

d. Tomb robbers looted most of the treasures in antiquity

Answer 1

Answer

1. The correct answer is - D

During the Old Kingdom in Egypt, society was sharply divided between the royal elite which included the extended family members of the royal family and poor masses.

2. The correct answer is - D

The Egyptian Books of the Dead contain magic spells, formulae, and incantations needed in the afterlife.

3. The correct answer is - B.

The major characteristic of the Early Dynastic Age (ca. 3000 BC) was the reunification of the upper and lower Egyptian empire.

4. The correct answer is - A.

The main goals of a Lord or governor in Sumerian society were to win support among the common people by offering generous welfare programs.