The Hittites A) were an Indo-European speaking people. B) a ...

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Question 1

Growing appreciation of astronomy among European peoples after 4000 B.C.E. is best seen in
 
  A) cuneiform star charts.
  B) wall paintings of galaxies.
  C) megalithic observatories.
  D) epic poems about the cosmos.
  E) use of the astrolabe.

Question 2

The Spanish forts that Phillip II ordered built in Florida in 1557 were intended for the purposes of
 
  A) protecting native populations under Spanish rule.
  B) protecting Catholic missionaries.
  C) protecting Spanish settlements in the area.
  D) protecting Spanish treasure ships from pirates.
  E) None of these are true.

Question 3

The Hittites played an important role in the history of the Middle East because they
 
  A) defeated the Egyptians, thus ending Egypt's New Kingdom.
  B) were conquered by the Assyrians, paving the way for the Assyrian Empire.
  C) invented the alphabet.
  D) drove the Sea Peoples back into the sea.
  E) transmitted Mesopotamian culture to the west, especially to the Mycenaean Greeks.

Question 4

By the 1520s, the mainstay of the Brazilian economy became
 
  A) silver.
  B) tobacco.
  C) sugar.
  D) dye-wood.
  E) gold.

Question 5

The Hittites
 
  A) were an Indo-European speaking people.
  B) a Semitic speaking people.
  C) defeated and destroyed the Egyptians.
  D) conquered Greece.
  E) are also known as Sea Peoples.

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Answer 1

C

Answer 2

D

Answer 3

E

Answer 4

C

Answer 5

A

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