Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 25

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
-polytheism

• A)Period beginning about 1100 B.C.E. when iron became the most important material for weapons and tools in some parts of the world.
• B)All-powerful god of the Hebrew people and the basis for the enduring religious traditions of Judaism.
• C)Sumerian form of writing; the term describes the wedge-shaped marks made by a stylus.
• D)Religion based on the teachings of Zoroaster that emphasized the individual's responsibility to choose between good and evil.
• E)An oral or written narration of the achievements and sometimes the failures of heroes that embodies peoples' ideas about themselves.
• F)A large family of languages that includes English, most of the languages of modern Europe, ancient Greek, Latin, Persian, Hindi, Bengali, and Sanskrit, the sacred tongue of ancient India.
• G)The worship of many gods and goddesses.
• H)People of the prosperous city-states in what is now Lebanon who traded and founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean and spread the phonetic alphabet.
• I)The title given to the king of Egypt in the New Kingdom, from a word that meant "great house."
• J)A proclamation issued by Babylonian king Hammurabi to establish laws regulating many aspects of life.

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Definitions:

Overgeneralization

The logical fallacy of making broad assumptions based on limited evidence or a few case studies.

Premature Closure

The act of making a decision or forming a conclusion before having all necessary information or before all options have been thoroughly considered.

Mystification

The process of making something unclear or mysterious, often obscuring the truth or complexity of a situation.

Respect

A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.