Which pair of later cultures received architectural influence from ancient Egypt?

• Greece and Rome
• The Indus Valley and Shang China
• Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley

In an imagined example, builders develop a bridge method that later people keep using. What is the method part of?

• A temporary bridge closure
• A forgotten building instruction
• The builders' legacy

How many days were in Egypt's civil calendar year?

Which field includes observing stars to help track the year?

• Astronomy
• Medicine
• Engineering

Our knowledge of Indus priestly or royal religious leadership remains uncertain.

Which skill helps a builder measure shapes and plan a building?

• Medicine
• Geometry
• Astronomy

Which farming task could Egyptian mathematics help with?

• Predicting every flood exactly
• Counting every star in the sky
• Measuring the size of fields

A museum displays an Egyptian stone fragment and explains an Egyptian building method. How do these represent different parts of a legacy?

• The fragment is a physical remain; the method is knowledge
• Both are surviving pieces of stone
• The method is an ancient object; the fragment is knowledge passed on

Which example shows an Egyptian idea influencing a later calendar?

• The Roman calendar drew on Egypt's year length
• Rome copied Egypt's year without adding leap days
• Rome used Egypt's original leap-day rule

Egypt, Mesopotamia and Shang China all had writing. What can that shared feature show by itself?

• They all used Egypt's script
• Their writing systems all recorded the same language
• They each had a way to record information