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MTTC PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSHow many years ago did the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution begin? - Answers-10,000
when an increased food production leads to development of new technologies, which
allows for greater food production, we call this process... - Answers-positive feedback
loop
How did the Neolithic Revolution support larger populations worldwide? - Answers-
farming allowed for a surplus of food to support more people
How did the diets of early farming communities differ from that of nomadic hunter-
gatherers? - Answers-hunter-gatherers ate more meat
Which key mesopotamian trait may have predated agriculture? - Answers-animal
husbandry
When did the first city states emerge in mesopotamia - Answers-4th millenium B.C.E
What is the nickname of the area between the Tigris and the Euphrates which
encouraged the first human settlements - Answers-Fertile Crescent
According to historians' best guess, what time frame likely saw the earliest human
agricultural settlements - Answers-8,000 and 10,000 BCE
What two languages are closely related to Akkadian - Answers-Aramaic and Arabic
The Akkadian Empire split into two spheres, under the Assyrians and the _____. -
Answers-Babylonians
Which of the four empires was able to conquer Egypt? - Answers-Assyrians
The greatest cultural achievement of the Neo-Babylonians was the _____. - Answers-
Hanging Gardens
Which was the first empire in history? - Answers-Akkadian
What is it called when someone combines two similar deities into one? - Answers-
syncretism
Most of Egypt's pyramids were built during which kingdom? - Answers-Old Kingdom
(2700-2200 BCE)
Dr. Jones has been teaching his students about Egyptian culture. Dr. Jones was taking
time to point out to his students the importance of one unique environmental advantage
that the Egyptians had which gave them a unique resource superior to their neighbors.
, What was this unique environmental advantage? - Answers-Papyrus, which only grew
in Egypt
With what power did Ramses II sign the world's first peace treaty? - Answers-Hittites
Who built a mortuary temple that later pharaohs tried to claim as their own? - Answers-
Hatshepsut
About how large was the army of Ramses II? - Answers-100,000 men
Which of the following Egyptian leaders is often referred to as the first powerful woman
leader in history? - Answers-Hatshepsut
In whose name did Hatshepsut issue many of her early orders? - Answers-Tuthmuse III
(her son)
If you were in Egypt, which direction would you travel to arrive in the Kingdom of the
Kush? - Answers-south
To which city did the Kush move their capital after the Egyptian invasion? - Answers-
Meroe
What was the time of the dynasty in which the Kush ruled Egypt? - Answers-25th
For about how many years longer than Egypt was the Kingdom of Kush able to remain
independent? - Answers-1000 yrs
How did Egyptians first encounter the Kush? - Answers-traders
From what part of Mesopotamia did the Neo-Assyrians originally live? - Answers-
northern
What metal made the conquests of the Neo-Assyrians possible? - Answers-iron
Why was iron so favorable? - Answers-harder and sharper than other metals
The Assyrians conquered which region that was notably difficult to conquer - Answers-
Egypt
Why were the Hanging Gardens supposedly built? - Answers-For King
Nebuchadnezzar's homesick wife
What were characteristics of Persian rule? - Answers-liberating slaves, building roads,
religious freedom
Who founded the Persian Empire? - Answers-Cyrus the Great
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