Egyptian hieroglyphs
a. used sacred characters as picture signs.
b. employed the use of an alphabet.
c. were written only on a paper made from papyrus reed and oak bark.
d. were introduced by the Amorites.
e. were borrowed from the practices of the Phoenicians.
a
You might also like to view...
The steam engine was initially conceived and built by:
A. Thomas Savery. B. James Watt. C. Thomas Newcomen. D. Robert Morse
Which of the following was an action taken by the George W. Bush administration?
A) It refused to implement proposed EPA measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. B) It rejected calls for stricter emissions standards. C) It repudiated the Kyoto protocol. D) All of these choices E) None of these choices
Which one of the following statements accurately describes what happened at Goliad in March 1836?
A. Col. James Fannin’s poor leadership resulted in his troops being surrounded by Mexican forces in an open prairie, forcing them to surrender. B. Almost all of the defenders were men who had lived in Texas for at least five years. C. About half of Fannin’s troops were local Tejanos (Mexican Texans) who hated Santa Anna. D. The garrison held out for two weeks against Gen. Urrea’s army but eventually surrendered in order to avoid death by starvation.
California Indians used fire to manage their environment for all of the following purposes except
a. to destroy plants on which enemy tribes relied. b. to clear space for grasses to grow and game to forage. c. to create a layer of ash to nourish the seed-bearing grasses of the next season. d. to drive game into traps.