Social Structure Quick Check
Which statement explains how improvements in agriculture affected social organization?
The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution led to the rise of complex social structures. ✅
The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution increased the number of floods in the Huang He River Valley.
The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution led to an increase in the number of politicians in ancient Egypt.
The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution increased the number of hunters and gatherers.
Describe a characteristic of a patriarchal society.
Women are allowed to marry anyone they choose.
Women have the right to vote.
Women have the right to divorce under any circumstances.
Women’s legal rights are restricted. ✅
Which statement correctly compares Egyptian and Mesopotamian social stratification?
Scribes were in the lowest class in both Egyptian and Mesopotamian societies.
Enslaved people in both Egypt and Mesopotamia were a part of the lowest social class. ✅
In both Mesopotamia and Egypt, the king claimed to be an incarnation of the gods.
In both Mesopotamian and Egyptian societies, the priests and priestesses held the most power.
How did Egyptian and Mesopotamian leaders attempt to justify their rule?
by claiming to be mediators between the gods and the people ✅
by enslaving nobles and priests
by giving legal rights to enslaved people
by claiming to be doctors and healers
Some historians believe that there were great benefits for enslaved people becoming a part of Mesopotamian households. How does this theory compare with other historians’ thoughts?
Other historians believe that being accepted into a poor household could help foreign captives move up in society.
Other historians believe that great benefits came from owning businesses or selling their own goods.
Other historians believe that enslaved people were treated more like servants.
Other historians believe that the benefits were not similar to the benefits free members of a household had. ✅
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