GPS EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024

GPS EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024 Around 1200 BCE, Which of the following was an effect of environmental change in the lands bordering the eastern Mediterranean? - ANSWER-Decreased Nile flooding forced pharaohs to secure food supplies and repel invaders such as Sea Peoples Which statement best characterizes the average Mesopotamian family? - ANSWER-Patriarchal and Monogamous What was a consequence of the development of cuneiform? - ANSWER-It enhanced urban elites' ability to control trade, property, and sacred and political ideas Which is an accurate comparison about the development of scribal cultures in both Mesopotamia and Egypt? - ANSWER-Scribes' status was increased by the small number of people who were literate. Which of the following is a way new territorial states differed from city-states? - ANSWER-Monarchs of territorial states ruled the distant hinterlands through widespread bureaucracies and elaborate legal codes What characterized the Code of Hammurabi? - ANSWER-A clear relationship between crimes and the severity of punishments The code of Hammurabi stipulated different punishments for the same crime based on? - ANSWER-The perpetrator's social standing in relation to the victim If you knew nothing else about ancient Mesopotamia, what could you conclude from the Code of Hammurabi about the economy and society of this ancient civilization? - ANSWER-The economy was based highly off of trade and you could not violate that trade. Your occupation had a lot to do with your social standing and you had to produce good work or else there were punishments. Women were inferior to men, but this code still gave women rights.