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- Q1The Nile River’s flooding could be described asdestructiveunpredictableraregentle and predictable30sEditDelete
- Q2The natural barrier that protected Egypt in the south was thecataracts.Sudan.Sahara.Red Sea.30sEditDelete
- Q3This ruler united Upper and Lower Egypt.NarmerPiyeTutankhamenRamses II30sEditDelete
- Q4Hieratic script, a simplified version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, was usedfor business transactions, record keeping, and daily lifeby the blind, as a type of braille.by peasants who were too uneducated to read hieroglyphs.only by the nobles, as a way of communicating with the gods.30sEditDelete
- Q5Egyptian society, with the god-king at the top, was organized likethe Nile River.Upper and Lower Egypt.a pyramid.hieroglyphic script.30sEditDelete
- Q6During the time of the Middle Kingdom,Egypt was swept by a series of invasions from the west.the Egyptian ruler was far removed from his people.Egypt experienced a golden age of stability and expansion.a complex of pyramids at Giza was constructed.30sEditDelete
- Q7Religion provided the Egyptians with a sense of security, and Egyptian rulers were viewed asdisruptions in the universal cosmic order.earthly forms of the sun god Re (or Ra).the sole gods to be worshiped in Egyptian society.manifestations of the land god.30sEditDelete
- Q8The Egyptians developed an accurate 365-day calendar by basing their year oninformation found in Egyptian pyramids.the pharaoh's worship of the sun god.old Sumerian calculations of weather.the movements of the moon and the star Sirius.30sEditDelete
- Q9The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most powerfully byinvasions from other peoples.monogamous marriage laws.the building of pyramids.the Nile River.30sEditDelete
- Q10Egyptian history is divided into three major periods, known as theOld, Middle, and Oldest KingdomsOld, Middle, and New Kingdoms.Early, Middle, and Last Kingdoms.Upper, Lower, and Middle Kingdoms.30sEditDelete
- Q11What is most unusual about the pharaoh Hatshepsut?Hatshepsut was a woman.Hatshepsut was interested in mining enterprises.Hatshepsut’s statues portray the pharaoh as having a beard.Hatshepsut built an impressive temple near Thebes.30sEditDelete
- Q12Which is a reason the Nile has been called “the lifeblood” of Egypt?It has dangerous cataracts.It borders two of the largest deserts in the world.Its valley and delta provide fertile soil for farming.It is the longest river in the world.30sEditDelete
- Q13How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile’s yearly spring flooding?They developed an elaborate canal system.They irrigated during the dry seasonThey grew papyrus.They created hieroglyphics.30sEditDelete
- Q14Which best describes the type of government in Egypt after 3100 b.c.?a democracya dynastyconstitutional monarchyan independent city-state30sEditDelete
- Q15What was the effect of increased farming and trade?A complex writing system was created.Geometry was developed.The deserts became populatedAn organized government developed.30sEditDelete
- Q16A dangerous, rocky, fast-moving watercataractdynastyhieroglyphicsdelta30sEditDelete
- Q17A reed plant used to make paperdynastyhieroglyphicsdeltapapyrus30sEditDelete
- Q18A fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Seadynastycataractdeltahieroglyphics30sEditDelete
- Q19A line of rulers from one familydemocracymonarchydynastytheocracy30sEditDelete
- Q20Pharaoh who tried to start a new religion based on one deity, AtonAmenhotep IVHapiAxumRe30sEditDelete