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Quiz: Egyptian Origins (Quiz 1)

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1. Several features of Egyptian psychological character throughout the ancient period have been ascribed to the valley's geography, including which of the following? (Select three.)
sense of timelessness 
obsessive sense of alternation between life and death 
strong sense of private ownership 
cultural differences between towns along the river due to their "pecking order" from one end to the other 
tendency for political factionalization between Delta and Valley 
tendency for political unity between Delta and Valley 
2. Egyptian land surveys were conducted
once every five years 
once every thirty years 
whenever the population shifted by more than 5% 
by Nubians 
by priests 
No Answer
3. The Egyptian pharaoh was considered to be divine
in the same way that the mukama was 
in the same way that the tlatoani was 
in the same way the Netsilik shaman was 
in that it was believed he actually was a god 
in that he was expected to become a god at death 
No Answer
4. During the Pharaonic period, rain fell in the Egyptian Nile valley
much more than it does today 
rarely if at all 
and produced an annual flood upstream from Aswan 
primarily in the months of December and January (rather like San Diego) 
No Answer
5. Lake Nasser
was created in the XXth century through the construction of a dam 
is located at the south end of the Nile delta region 
is part of the Fayum oasis 
is part of the Kharga oasis 
was created in the XIXth century when British engineers redirected the river flow to allow the building of a railroad 
No Answer
6. The Nile flows from south to north, so sailing in that direction is easy. However to use actual sails on the river, one needs to adjust for the fact that the wind blows
from south to north 
from east to west 
from west to east 
from north to south 
No Answer
7. In late Paleolithic times, roughly 12,000 to 6,000, the Sahara was

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