The correct answer is C.) - the Isthmus of Panama. Isthmus is a narrow strip of land and the Isthmus of Panama was the optimal place for a channel between the two oceans.
The Declaration of Independence was signed 87 years before 1863. Lincoln began his eulogy with a reference to this event as a reminder that the
Civil War soldiers were fighting and dying for freedom.
The correct answer is C) a council of male elders.
As the population changed during the Neolithic Revolution, the earliest form of government at Catalhüyük was a council of male elders.
Catalhüyük was a city in ancient Anatolia in 7500 BCE and ended in 5700 BCE. It was famous in its time for showing respect for women, economic and gender equality and be a peaceful place. It has no gender class or hierarchy. Archeologist says that they probably honored female deities, ad 33 female figures had been found in the excavations.