Match each influence to the correct civilization. created cities for the dead, with artistic
sarcophagi and elaborate tombs

formed independent
city-states led by kings

painted the walls of their palaces with
scenes of nature and religious rituals

created one of the first written
languages, Linear A, made
up of 90 symbols

held rituals in sacred caves with
dancing, music, and prayers

used an alphabet of 22 consonants,
which later influenced the Latin
alphabet

Some organisms have a large geographic range. for example, the norway rat lives on every continent except antarctica. a population of norway rats is the number of rats in one particular area. do you think it’s scientifically possible for a population of norway rats in north america to carry different genetic mutations than a population of norway rats in africa? do you think it’s possible that they carry some of the same mutations? what types of information can scientists learn by studying the genomes of these two populations of rats?