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"Hydraulic Societies" were ancient societies that all had the following common characteristics:
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They are near the sea and rely on fishing and whaling
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b)
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Were/are societies that originated some 5 thousand to 7 thousand years ago.
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c)
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Were/are societies organized by and for the need of irrigation for ancient farmers.
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d)
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Were island societies based in the Pacific that traded thousands of miles across the pacific around 100CE
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e)
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None of the above
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The most common Hydraulic Societies are/were:
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China, India, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome
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b)
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Egypt, India, China, Mesopotamia, Americas
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c)
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China, India, Rome
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d)
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Sumeria, Babylon, Egypt, China, India,
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e)
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Chile, Hawaii, Arabia, Mexico
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| 3. |
What role did religion play in the development of these hydraulic civilizations?
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Religion was "the opiate of the masses" used by the ruling elite to establish and legitimize their authority
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b)
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At the heart of all civilization was the temple devoted to worship and making sense out of the world around them.
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c)
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Were at first female based, earth centered religions that focused on fertility. The male sky gods came and banished a female based religions.
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Probably the first successful attempts at taxation were people paying dues to the temple.
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All of the above.
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| 4. |
Sargon the Great was the ruler of what civilization?
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a)
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Babylon
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Egypt in the early dynasties
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c)
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Sumerian
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Akkadian
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e)
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None of the above
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| 5. |
Sumerian Civilization contributed the following:
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writing, taxation, the first cities, paper.
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alcohol/beer, divisions of time, wheel, sailboat, organized religion.
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chariots, beer, writing, gun powder.
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the first places of religious worship, taxation, the first cities, iron.
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Astronomy, porcelain, trade, bronze.
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| 6. |
The "Universal Cultural Pattern" includes:
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The need for all societies to have some sort of social organization
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b)
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The need for religion
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The need for some sort of law and order
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A political structure
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e)
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All of the above
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Akkadian, Sumerian and Bablyonian cuvulization all arose
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a)
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in Mesopotamia between 3000 BCE and 1800 BCE
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b)
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in Egypt some 3000 thousand years ago.
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c)
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in northern Greece about 1500 BCE.
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d)
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in North Africa 2500 BCE-1500 BCE.
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e)
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None of the above.
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| 8. |
The following river systems are essential to the following hydraulic civilizations except
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a)
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the Ganges and Indus rivers in Indian civilization.
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b)
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The Tigris and Euphrates rivers for Mesopotamian civilization.
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c)
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The Nile river for Egyptian civilization
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d)
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The Yellow river for Chinese civilization
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e)
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The Nile river for Middle Eastern civilization
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| 9. |
Egyptian civilization is different in terms of religion than say Mesopotamia in the following manner
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in Mesopotamia the ruler often was an agent of god. In Egypt pharaoh was god.
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b)
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The peoples of Mesopotamia did not believe in an afterlife.
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c)
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In Egypt people did believe in an afterlife-that death was just a change of address from this world to the next.
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All of the above.
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None of the above.
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| 10. |
Contributions of Egyptian civilization included:
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Monotheism, the idea of worshipping only one god.
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b)
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Life after death, embalming, gold supply, linens.
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c)
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Elaborate tombs, great engineering, astronomy, medical science.
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d)
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All of the above.
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e)
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None of the above.
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