ANT 101 ASSIGNMENT REVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, GRADED A+/

ANT 101 ASSIGNMENT REVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ In ancient Mesopotamia, power was first invested in which organization - -The temple The significance of the Rosetta Stone rests in the fact that it - -Allowed for the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphs The fabulous tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun is emblematic of what level of sociopolitical complexity - -Civilization The clay tokens found in Mesopotamia are interpreted as recording - -Amounts of commodities like grain Archaeological evidence shows that, in at least two separate instances, at two different times, the Minoans responded to natural disasters with - -Human sacrifice The industry that may have provided the economic power base at Hierakonpolis was - - Pottery The first clear evidence of social inequality in Egypt was evidenced archaeologically by the presence of - -Different burials The indigenous, ancient European civilization that developed on the Island of Crete is called - -Minoan About 5,100 years ago, the standardized impressions placed on clay tokens in ancient Mesopotamia became - -The world's first writing system The mastabas at Hierakonpolis were - -Square stone buildings built on top of subterranean tombs In ancient state societies, the ruling class had the power to - -all of the above Great Zimbabwe is viewed by some archaeologists as - -The center of formally organized, African state society in the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries A.D. About what percentage of the population of ancient Egypt consisted of farmers - -75% The oldest city in the world is found where? - -Mesopotamia What made agriculture and habitation along the rich floodplain of the Indus River possible after 6,000 years ago - -flood control in the form of encompassing village walls Did the Maya calendar predict the end of the world on December 21, 2012 - -all of the above Maya subsistence included - -all of the above For integration theorists civilization develops - -when the need develops to mobilize and coordinate the labor of a large group The sedentary east Asian culture with large villages with defensive walls, elaborate graves, and the use of bronze metallurgy in called - -Lung-shan For conflict theorists, civilization develops - -as an organization solution to conflicts between social classes The Chimu increases agricultural productivity by - -the construction of irrigation canals The major urban centers of ancient Indus Valley were - -Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro The Inca entity in South America was - -An empire encompassing hundreds of thousands of people and nearly one million square kilometers of territory The elites of complex societies seem to have as their motto -