Why were Egyptian geometers so skilled and well-known?
a. They included geometry in their worship rituals to please the Divine.
b. They needed geometry to calculate the trajectory of projectiles for war conflicts.
c. They believed geometric proofs convey magical properties when inscribed on objects.
d. They perfected their geometric skills in order to be able to redraw property markers that were destroyed each year by the Nile.
D
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The possession of both female and male gender role characteristics in one person is known as
a. hermaphrodism. b. androgyny. c. bisexuality. d. heterosexuality.
Which of the following defines ideational apraxia?
a) A deficit that prevents an individual from executing simple gestures in response to a command or attempt to imitate. b) A deficit that is characterized by an individual's confusion or loss of knowledge about an object's use. c) The selective impairment in performing skilled left-hand movements or manipulating objects with the left hand in response to a command. d) An apraxia that is specific to eye movements; people have the ability to move their eyes in any direction, but cannot shift their gaze intentionally to fixate on an object. e) The selective impairment in performing movements or manipulations with limbs of the upper body; may also effect posture.