Human Legacy Course/Quiz 8

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{Please tell if this statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why: The Nile River and the Sahara Desert were important natural barriers that kept the Egyptian people safe from invaders. |type="()"} -False; The Nile River and the Red Sea were important natural barriers that kept the Egyptian people safe from invaders. -False; The Nile River and the Sahara Desert didn't protect against invaders whatsoever. +True -None of the Above

{Please tell if this statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why: Around 3100 BC Egypt was divided into two separate kingdoms by a ruler named Menes. |type="()"} +False; The kingdom was unified, not divided, at that time. -False; Around 3100 BC Egypt was divided into two separate kingdoms by a ruler named Hatshepsut. -True -False; Around 3100 BC Egypt was unified into two separate kingdoms by a ruler named Ramses the Great.

{Please tell if this statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why: The pyramids were built as temples to the Egyptian gods so all Egyptians could worship together. |type="()"} -True +False; The pyramids were built as tombs for Egypt’s rulers. -False; The pyramids were built as temples to the Egyptian rulers so all upper classes could worship them. -None of the Above

{Please tell if this statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why: As head of the Egyptian government, the pharaoh owned all the land and acted as a judge and as leader of the army. |type="()"} -False; As head of the Egyptian government, the pharaoh owned some of the land and acted as a judge and as leader of the army. -False; As head of the Egyptian government, the vizier owned all the land and acted as a judge and as leader of the army. -False; As head of the Upper Egyptian government, the pharaoh owned none of the land and acted as a judge and as leader of the army. +True

{Please tell if this statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why: Conflict with the Sea Peoples and power struggles among priests and nobles helped to set the stage for Egypt’s decline. |type="()"} -False; Conflict with the Assyrians and power struggles among viziers and nobles helped to set the stage for Egypt's decline. +True -False; Peace with the Sea Peoples and power rulings among priests and nobles helped to set the stage for Egypt’s prosperity. -None of the Above