Human Legacy Course/Quiz 3

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{In early farming villages, a(n) _______ economy was utilized. |type="()"} -command +traditional -market -mixed

{A _______ is a complex culture that includes cities, government, religion, record keeping, specialized jobs, social classes, and arts and architecture. |type="()"} -town -society -culture +civilization

{A division of _______ came from increased wealth. |type="()"} +labor -pottery -artisans -priests

{Skilled craft workers, or _______, devoted their time to carpentry, metal work, basketry, weaving, or pottery. |type="()"} -priests -archaeologists +artisans -peasants

{Over time, writing evolved from using picture symbols or pictographs to using more _______ symbols. |type="()"} -civilized -vivid -great +abstract

{Please tell if this statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why: The earliest civilizations grew up in dry, desolate valleys. |type="()"} +False; The earliest civilizations grew up in fertile river valleys. -True -False; The earliest civilizations grew up in urban communities. -False; The earliest civilizations had no food or water.

{Please tell if this statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why: Flooding enriched the soil and helped produce enough food. |type="()"} -False; There were no floods. +True -False; The floods drug most of the food over to other communities. -False; They built dams so that the floods could not get in.

{Please tell if this statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why: Early civilization developed formal religious institutions. |type="()"} -False; These institutions were greatly informal. -False; They did not know any religions at the time, so they had no formal religious institutions. -False; These were formal government institutions, not religious. +True.

{Please tell if this statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why: Priests rarely became powerful figures or leaders. |type="()"} -True -False; Artisans rarely became powerful figures or leaders. +False; Priests were powerful figures, interpreting the will of the gods. -None of the Above

{Please tell if this statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why: Cultural diffusion brought advances in farming, writing and art. |type="()"} +True -False; Nomads brought advances in farming, writing and art. -False; Cultural diffusion weakened many areas of civilization including farming, writing and art. -None of the Above