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	Scientists estimate the species Homo sapiens emerged around   200,000 years ago. 10,000 years ago. 1 million years ago. 90,000 years ago.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. may be defined as the ways of living built up by a group and passed on from one generation to another.

	The shift to agriculture in the Neolithic Age coincided with   the arrival of civilization. a division of labor according to gender. the first large-scale religious organizations. advances in stone tool technology.

	Jericho's walls and tower are typical of the fortifications found in most Neolithic towns.    True  False

	The defining characteristics of civilization include   urban centers, advanced technology, long-distance trade, and writing. wheeled vehicles, large-scale food production, square or rectangular buildings. organized religion, large standing armies, the growth of large businesses. abstract thought, peaceful policies, and charitable organizations.

	The Code of Hammurabi reveals a   deep concern for maintaining social equality. "hands-off" approach to regulating business. relaxed, flexible society that practiced mercy. rigid unequal class structure favoring the elite.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The Sumerians invented the system of writing now known as .

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The imposing towers built by the Mesopotamians that served as religious structures were called .

	In Egyptian art, women typically are shown larger than men, despite the fact that they could not hold office, own or control property, or divorce.    True  False

	The first civilization appears to have arisen in   Palestine. Mesopotamia. Lower Egypt. Greece.

	Close to 300 B.C.E., 17 centuries after the fall of the last Sumerian dynasty, the Sumerian language was still in use as the language of scholarship and religion in Babylonia.    True  False

	The main geographical division of ancient Egypt was between Upper Egypt, the northern portion around the Nile Delta, and Lower Egypt, the southern portion around the inland Nile Valley.    True  False

	The ancient Egyptian pharaohs were godlike kings whose absolute power and command of enormous resources were most clearly manifested in   the construction of the great pyramids. their unbroken string of military conquests. the construction of the Aswan Dam. their fabulously elaborate religious ceremonies.

	Hittite kings claimed to represent the gods, and their power was unlimited.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Archaeologists call the period after 1100 B.C.E. the , after the material used to manufacture weapons and tools.

	After about 600 B.C.E., under Nebuchadnezzar and his successors, ______ became one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the world.   Cairo Jerusalem Athens Babylon

	The Persian Empire formed when the Medes and the Persians were united under   Cyrus the Great. Alexander the Great. Nebuchadnezzar. Tutankhamun.

	At its height, around 500 B.C.E., the Persian Empire stretched from ______ in the east to ______ in the west.   India; Greece Mongolia; Iberia Babylonia; Palestine China; Arabia

	As in many ancient kingdoms, the Persian ruler wielded absolute power and was regarded almost as a god.    True  False

	The prophet whose teachings evolved into the chief Persian religion was   Zoroaster. Ahura Mazda. Gilgamesh. Nebuchadnezzar.

	The Hebrew Bible forms at least part of the basis for   Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Islam, Hinduism, Wiccan, and Christianity. Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism. Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The Jews' status as a chosen people was based on God's covenant with .

	The Jewish God   is a strict but fair judge of human behavior. is conceived of as very much like a human. was pictured in a variety of artistic forms. rarely intervened in human affairs.

	After the reigns of David and Solomon in the tenth century B.C.E., the kingdom of the Hebrews split into two kingdoms, which were   Palestine and Phoenicia. Gaza and the West Bank. Israel and Judah. Syria and Lebanon.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. In a world dominated by unpredictable gods and a capricious nature, one way that humans could attempt to exert some control over events was by practicing .

	In the Babylonian flood story, humanity is destroyed because there were too many people, and they were making so much noise that a god could not sleep.    True  False

	The Hebrew God was all-powerful, unpredictable, and unconcerned with righteousness.    True  False

	Most peoples of the ancient Mideast imagined the gods as passing fair, rational judgment on human affairs.    True  False

	The earliest Greek philosophers were concerned with questions involving   a rational explanation of phenomena. the ideal political system. the behavior of the gods. the differences between people and gods.

	Hippocrates believed that some diseases had purely supernatural or divine causes.    True  False

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