Ancient Egypt Review
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- Q1Because one physical feature was so vital to ancient settlers of Egypt and Kush, most of their settlements were...near a mountain.near a river.near a desert.near a valley.30s
- Q2How did the desert help the people of Egypt and Kush?It gave them food.It gave them warmth.It gave them sand.It gave protection from invaders.30s
- Q3What was "dead" about the Dead Sea?It was dead.It had a lot of dead animals.It was too salty for any form of life.It wasn't dead.30s
- Q4Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies?To preserve dead bodies of the pharaohs.Because it was cool.To decorate palaces of the pharaohs.They would be cursed if they didn't.30s
- Q5What was a major purpose for building the pyramids?They were storehouses for reserves of grain.They were temples for religious purpose.Tombs for pharaohs when they died.The King told peasants it was a punishment for not having enough crops during the harvest season.30s
- Q6What is one characteristic for which Egypt's Middle Kingdom is especially famous?military conquestsgreat pharaohsreunification30s
- Q7Hatshepsut was one of the first pharaohs who wasa woman.a god.a child.30s
- Q8Why are social classes of ancient Egypt described by a triangle?The triangle represent the three seasons of the Nile.Scientists like to use a pyramid to keep the layers apart.Most people were in the bottom class, and the fewest people were at the top.30s
- Q9Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?Peasant farmers during the flood season.Government officials out of favor.Scribes who kept poor records.30s
- Q10What was one of the few ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class?take care of a templestore a lot of grainattend scribe school30s
- Q11Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made fromanimal skins.a plant.soft clay.30s
- Q12Of these four groups, which one had the lowest social status?PharaohsArtisansPeasantsScribes30s
- Q13What physical feature most contributed to the fertile soil and foreign trade in ancient Kush?The Dead SeaThe Nile RiverThe Red Sea30s
- Q14Which of these is the best example of a dynasty?The emperor over Sumerian cities.The 15th line of Egyptian rulers.The land the Assyrians conquered30s
- Q15When people read from the Torah, they are reading from..?A collection of prayers and poems used by the early Jews.The Prophets and the Writings.The first five books of the Hebrew Bible.30s