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True-False Questions
Which statements below are true and which are false?

This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 Neolithic communities engaged in trade to obtain obsidian to make sharp-edged tools.
   
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 The Akkadians created a homogeneous empire in the third millennium B.C.E.
   
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 Bronze was a difficult metal to work and easily broken.
   
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 By 1900 B.C.E. Assyrians developed a trading network that reached as far as Afghanistan and southern Mesopotamia.
   
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 The story of Isis and Osiris deals with the theme of death and resurrection.
   
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 Egyptian pyramid-building and mummification show a concern for the afterlife.
   
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 The pharaohs of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom showed signs of increased despotism and stopped many public works projects.
   
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 Egyptian merchants brought back gold, timber, animal skins, and slaves from Nubia.
   
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 Europe developed food-producing societies at the same time as Mesopotamia, since they had the same climate and terrain
   
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 The plow was the most significant technological advance in Europe in the third millennium B.C.E.
   
 
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