Science and Technology from Prehistory to 600 BCE

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AP World History › Science and Technology from Prehistory to 600 BCE

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The concept of the wheel seems like caveman technology from today's standards, but in 3500 BCE when it was invented, it was an amazing concept. A wheel is not simply a cylinder rolling on its edge; a stable platform must be connected to that cylinder somehow so that the wheel can be used to transport goods and people. The wheel-and-axle concept is what humans came up with to solve this dilemma.

Using the passage, which statement best describes the how Paleolithic societies made advances in technology?

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In ancient Egypt, maces, unlike spears, swords, or bows, were associated with victory in combat, rather than combat itself, __________________.

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While Egyptians had been nomadic before agriculture, not living in permanent settlements, the earliest Egyptian villages contained houses constructed of __________________.

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Which of these best describes the impact that the Hyksos invaders had on Ancient Egypt?

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In Antiquity, projectile weapons, like arrows and javelins, were useful to military planners, but not often crucial to winning battles, because they ___________________.

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Archaeological evidence points to metal first being used in Southeast Asia _________________.

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Travelling by horseback was the fastest way for man to travel until the invention of __________.

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Iron metallurgy was first developed in __________.

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Which of the following cultures were the first to make and utilize gunpowder?

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For what purpose did the Ancient Egyptians use papyrus?

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