Contoh Soal Draw conclusions from an informational text - history
Contoh Soal Draw conclusions from an informational text - history - Historical writing tells us amazing and exciting stories that are different from other tales in one respect: they are TRUE! After years of research, gathering facts and knowledge, and studying evidence and objects, we are able to form an idea of how life was for our ancestors hundreds and thousands of years ago.
SOAL 1
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Prehistoric Man lived at first chiefly on wild berries, nuts, roots, and herbs. As his implements improved and his skill increased, he became hunter, trapper, and fisher. A tribe of hunters, however, requires an extensive territory and a constant supply of game. When the wild animals are all killed or seriously reduced in number, privation and hardship result. It was a forward step, therefore, when man began to tame animals as well as to kill them.
Why prehistoric man became hunter, trapper and fisher?
SOAL 2
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The domestication of plants was considered to be almost as wonderful an advance as the domestication of animals. When wild seed grasses and plants had been transformed into the great cereals—wheat, oats, barley, and rice—people could raise them for food, and so could pass from the life of wandering hunters or shepherds to the life of settled farmers.
What came to an end because of the domestication of plants?
SOAL 3
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There is evidence that during the Stone Age some of the inhabitants of Europe were familiar with various cultivated plants, but agriculture on a large scale began in the fertile regions of Egypt and western Asia. Here the first populous communities arose with enough people to do the work while also allowing them to pursue leisure activities such as art and music .
What do you think the word populous means?
SOAL 4
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Of all the conquering Pharaohs none won more fame than Rameses II, who ruled for nearly seventy years. His campaigns in Syria were mainly against the Hittites, a warlike people who had moved southward from their home in Asia Minor and sought to establish themselves in the Syrian lands. Rameses does not appear to have been entirely successful against his enemies. We find him at length entering into an alliance with "the great king of the Hittites," by which their dominion over northern Syria was recognized. During times of peace, Rameses achieved a more enduring renown. He erected many statues and temples in various parts of Egypt and made Thebes, his capital, the most magnificent city of the age.
Fill in the blank: Asia Minor was to the _____ of Syria.
SOAL 5
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Of all the conquering Pharaohs none won more
fame than Rameses II, who ruled for nearly seventy years. His campaigns in
Syria were mainly against the Hittites, a warlike people who had moved
southward from their home in Asia Minor and sought to establish themselves in
the Syrian lands. Rameses does not appear to have been entirely successful
against his enemies. We find him at length entering into an alliance with
"the great king of the Hittites," by which their dominion over
northern Syria was recognized. During times of peace, Rameses achieved a more
enduring renown. He erected many statues and temples in various parts of Egypt
and made Thebes, his capital, the most magnificent city of the age.
fame than Rameses II, who ruled for nearly seventy years. His campaigns in
Syria were mainly against the Hittites, a warlike people who had moved
southward from their home in Asia Minor and sought to establish themselves in
the Syrian lands. Rameses does not appear to have been entirely successful
against his enemies. We find him at length entering into an alliance with
"the great king of the Hittites," by which their dominion over
northern Syria was recognized. During times of peace, Rameses achieved a more
enduring renown. He erected many statues and temples in various parts of Egypt
and made Thebes, his capital, the most magnificent city of the age.
Which of these brought fame to Ramses II?
SOAL 6
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Not much earlier than the break-up of the Assyrian Empire, we find a new and vigorous people pressing into western Iran. They were the Persians, kinsmen of the Medes. Subjects at first of Assyria, and then of Media, they regained their independence and secured imperial power under a conquering king known as Cyrus the Great. In 553 B.C. Cyrus revolted against the Median monarch and three years later captured the royal city of Ecbatana. The Medes and Persians formed henceforth a united people.
Who ruled over the Persians before the Medes?
SOAL 7
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The entire empire, excluding Persia, was divided into twenty satrapies, or provinces, each one with its civil governor, or satrap. The satraps carried out the laws and collected the heavy tribute annually levied throughout the empire. In most of the provinces, there were also military governors who commanded the army and reported directly to the king. This device of entrusting the civil and military functions to separate officials lessened the danger of revolts against the Persian authority. As an additional precaution, king Darius had special agents who travelled from province to province and investigated the conduct of his officials. It became a proverb that "the king has many eyes and many ears."
What did the special agents of Darius do?
SOAL 8
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The entire empire, excluding Persia, was
divided into twenty satrapies, or provinces, each one with its civil governor,
or satrap. The satraps carried out the laws and collected the heavy tribute
annually levied throughout the empire. In most of the provinces, there were also
military governors who commanded the army and reported directly to the king.
This device of entrusting the civil and military functions to separate
officials lessened the danger of revolts against the Persian authority. As an
additional precaution, king Darius had special agents who
travelled from province to province and investigated the conduct of his officials.
It became a proverb that "the king has many eyes and many ears."
divided into twenty satrapies, or provinces, each one with its civil governor,
or satrap. The satraps carried out the laws and collected the heavy tribute
annually levied throughout the empire. In most of the provinces, there were also
military governors who commanded the army and reported directly to the king.
This device of entrusting the civil and military functions to separate
officials lessened the danger of revolts against the Persian authority. As an
additional precaution, king Darius had special agents who
travelled from province to province and investigated the conduct of his officials.
It became a proverb that "the king has many eyes and many ears."
Why
did Darius separate the civil and military
did Darius separate the civil and military
SOAL 9
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Italy, at the beginning of the fourteenth century, was particularly favourable to the arts of learning, music and painting. In northern Italy, the great cities of Milan, Pisa, Genoa, Florence, Venice, and many others had succeeded in throwing off their feudal burdens and had become independent, self-governing communities. Democracy flourished there, as in the old Greek city-states. Noble birth counted for little; a man of skill and ambition might rise to any station or rank. The widespread trade and thriving industry made them prosperous. Wealth brought leisure, bred a taste for luxury and for the finer things in life while also giving people the means to satisfy those desires. It is not without significance that the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance was democratic, industrial, and wealthy Florence.
What made people in fourteenth century Italy prosperous?
SOAL 10
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Italy, at the beginning of the fourteenth century, was particularly favourable to the arts of learning, music and painting. In northern Italy, the great cities of Milan, Pisa, Genoa, Florence, Venice, and many others had succeeded in throwing off their feudal burdens and had become independent, self-governing communities. Democracy flourished there, as in the old Greek city-states. Noble birth counted for little; a man of skill and ambition might rise to any station or rank. The widespread trade and thriving industry made them prosperous. Wealth brought leisure, bred a taste for luxury and for the finer things in life while also giving people the means to satisfy those desires. It is not without significance that the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance was democratic, industrial, and wealthy Florence.
Which city is regarded as the birthplace of the Renaissance?