Question 211. After the Hyksos invasionAnswera. the Middle Kingdom beganb. the Egyptians started using ironc. the Nubians rose up and pushed them outd. the Egyptians adopted horses and chariots in their militarye. all of the above2 pointsQuestion 221. Mummification, pyramids, and funerary ritual in ancient Egypt were extremely costly, they were done anyway becauseAnswera. the ruing elite perceived a need for demonstrating their power and wealthb. Egyptians did not believe in an afterlifec. everyone of all social classes was very, very richd. none of the abovee. all of the above2 pointsQuestion 231. According to your T&E book (not our discussion or web site work), the prominent sexual features of the Venus figurines at Cro Magnon sites indicates that theCro-Magnon peoplesAnswera. worshipped the goddess Venus forty thousand years agob. had a deep interest in love making activitiesc. were strongly concerned with fertility and the generation of new lifed. used sympathetic magic to succeed in huntinge. all of the above2 pointsQuestion 241. Which of the following is true of Egyptian writing?Answera. It has not been translated yetb. All of the writing was done on clay tabletsc. It was unintelligible to Nubiansd. It included hieroglyphics, hieratic, demotic, and Coptic scriptse. none of the above2 pointsQuestion 251. The tradition of venerating ancestor as firmly established during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. According to this tradition,Answera. one must never mention one's ancestorsb. one venerated the ancestors for protection and good fortunec. one venerated the emperor as an incarnation of one’s ancestorsd. one venerated only those ancestors who performed good deeds for the familye. none of the above2 pointsQuestion 261. In Hammurabi’s code you would be UNLIKELY to findAnswera. laws with punishments that differ according to social classb. laws that prescribe the death penaltyc. laws that indicate a suspect is innocent until proven guiltyd. laws regulating commercial transactions, wages, and pricese. laws relying on the principle of retaliation2 pointsQuestion 271. All of the following were social classes of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou, exceptAnswera. hereditary aristocratsb. scholars and bureaucratsc. craftsmen and merchantsd. peasants and slavese. monks2 pointsQuestion 281. The HebrewsAnswera. were settled agriculturalistsb. were led out of Palestine by Abrahamc. were always monotheisticd. were the first Indo-Europeans to settle in southwest Asiae. none of the above2 pointsQuestion 291. One of the hymns in the Rig Veda offered a brief account of the origins of the four castes. It said thatAnswera. the four castes were created according to the wills of Indra and Agnib. Purusha, a primeval being sacrificed himself in order to create the four castesc. the Brahman priests created the four castes with themselves at the topd. the four castes emanated from the four parts of Purusha when the gods sacrificed hime. none of the above