Chap 01_10e
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Like the peoples of Mesopotamia, the Egyptians had a very negative attitude toward daily life.
a. True
b. False
2. The first hominid to leave Africa and move into Europe and Asia was Homo sapiens.
a. True
b. False
3. The great literary epic of the ancient Sumerians was known as the Book of the Dead.
a. True
b. False
4. A number of Sumerian agricultural and craft terms are not Sumerian in origin, indicating that the Sumerians
were not the first peoples in ancient Mesopotamia.
a. True
b. False
5. Hieroglyphs were the sole form of writing in ancient Egypt.
a. True
b. False
6. The word "theocracy" means "rule by the strongest."
a. True
b. False
7. The term Indo-European refers to people whose language derived from a single parent tongue.
a. True
b. False
8. The word "Paleolithic" means "old stone."
a. True
b. False
9. The most prominent structure in a Sumerian city was a temple called a ziggurat.
a. True
b. False
10. T
he Egyptians fought the Sea Peoples at the Battle of Kadesh.
a. True
b. False
11. The earliest of the Mesopotamian empires was founded by Gilgamesh.
a. True
b. False
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