Skip to ContentGo to accessibility pageKeyboard shortcuts menu
OpenStax Logo
World History Volume 1, to 1500

Check Your Understanding Questions

World History Volume 1, to 1500Check Your Understanding Questions

Check Your Understanding Questions

1 .
In what ways did the nomadic and seminomadic peoples beyond the borders of early civilizations contribute to these civilizations?
2 .
What do the artifacts and other archaeological finds from Jericho and Çatalhöyük suggest about life in these early urban environments?
3 .
What was the Legend of Sargon, and how does it explain Sargon of Akkad’s rise to power?
4 .
In what way did the palace and temple complex in ancient Mesopotamian cities function as an economic redistribution center?
5 .
How were gods honored and served in the Sumerian religion?
6 .
In what respects were the Sumerian lugals and Egyptian pharaohs different?
7 .
What do ancient sources and modern analyses suggest about the labor required to build the large pyramids of the Old Kingdom?
8 .
Why is the reign of Pharaoh Senusret III considered the high point of Middle Kingdom Egypt?
9 .
What evidence suggests that the walled citadel areas in Indus valley cities may have been used for religious purposes?
10 .
What suggests that the religion of the Indus valley civilization may have survived for many centuries in a different form?
11 .
What are some of the theories about the decline of the Indus valley civilization?
PreviousNext
Order a print copy

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

Citation/Attribution

This book may not be used in the training of large language models or otherwise be ingested into large language models or generative AI offerings without OpenStax's permission.

Want to cite, share, or modify this book? This book uses the Creative Commons Attribution License and you must attribute OpenStax.

Attribution information
  • If you are redistributing all or part of this book in a print format, then you must include on every physical page the following attribution:
    Access for free at https://openstax.org/books/world-history-volume-1/pages/1-introduction
  • If you are redistributing all or part of this book in a digital format, then you must include on every digital page view the following attribution:
    Access for free at https://openstax.org/books/world-history-volume-1/pages/1-introduction
Citation information

© Dec 13, 2023 OpenStax. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License . The OpenStax name, OpenStax logo, OpenStax book covers, OpenStax CNX name, and OpenStax CNX logo are not subject to the Creative Commons license and may not be reproduced without the prior and express written consent of Rice University.