ASB 222: MODULE 5 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
"The temple" (Mesopotamia) correct answer Priests and Administrations
- oversee land, water, labor disputes and management
- regulate redistribution of goods
- oversee correct procedures for religious rites & rituals
Anu Ziggart (Mesopotamia) correct answer Temple
- 7,500 man-hours to build
- Control over large organized labor force
-Elaborate temples as physical manifestation of inequality
Approaches to state archaeology correct answer Recent theories.economic
power, social and ideological power, and political power rise as contol of food and
welath, development and maintanence of stratified social system and ideology,
and ability to control by force were what led to state civilizations
- Economic power meant ablity to control long-distance trade networks. Required
organization and record keeping
- Social power depended on ideological power- religious leaders often priveleged
member of society- thought to have links to deities
command economy correct answer an economy in which production, investment,
prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.
Command economy correct answer No money
The state distributes goods
, Strong state control
Self- sufficiency
communal ownership correct answer permits use of natural resources by
members of the community
Early Dynastic Egypt (3100-2700 BC) correct answer Unification of upper and
lower Egypt
The first kings
Egyptian bureaucracy correct answer - position of scribe - kept track of goods,
services, labot,
- accurate measurement and accounting. - - Complex system of mathmatical
writing
Evidence for Great Zimbabwe trade correct answer Renders Ruin
Imports from the coastal trade:
- glazed Persian beads
- Chinese glazed dishes
- Near eastern glass
- coral
Local goods
- iron
- copper, ivory, soapstone
ANSWERS
"The temple" (Mesopotamia) correct answer Priests and Administrations
- oversee land, water, labor disputes and management
- regulate redistribution of goods
- oversee correct procedures for religious rites & rituals
Anu Ziggart (Mesopotamia) correct answer Temple
- 7,500 man-hours to build
- Control over large organized labor force
-Elaborate temples as physical manifestation of inequality
Approaches to state archaeology correct answer Recent theories.economic
power, social and ideological power, and political power rise as contol of food and
welath, development and maintanence of stratified social system and ideology,
and ability to control by force were what led to state civilizations
- Economic power meant ablity to control long-distance trade networks. Required
organization and record keeping
- Social power depended on ideological power- religious leaders often priveleged
member of society- thought to have links to deities
command economy correct answer an economy in which production, investment,
prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.
Command economy correct answer No money
The state distributes goods
, Strong state control
Self- sufficiency
communal ownership correct answer permits use of natural resources by
members of the community
Early Dynastic Egypt (3100-2700 BC) correct answer Unification of upper and
lower Egypt
The first kings
Egyptian bureaucracy correct answer - position of scribe - kept track of goods,
services, labot,
- accurate measurement and accounting. - - Complex system of mathmatical
writing
Evidence for Great Zimbabwe trade correct answer Renders Ruin
Imports from the coastal trade:
- glazed Persian beads
- Chinese glazed dishes
- Near eastern glass
- coral
Local goods
- iron
- copper, ivory, soapstone
