Egypt and Kush Test Review
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- Q1Trade between Nubia and Egypt created _______________ since they depended on each other.commerceinterdependencebureaucracyhieroglyphics30s
- Q2From their work with mummies, Egyptians learned much about ____________, the study of the human body and its organs.commerceanatomyNarmerinterdependence30s
- Q3Egypt's Black Land was caused bypollution created by farmersthe damming of the Nile riverthe deserts surrounding the Nileyearly flooding of the NIle30s
- Q4Which Egyptian pharaoh built the most monuments?Thutmose IIHatshepsutThutmose IIIRamses II30s
- Q5For what was papyrus used?making paperinkbuilding coffinsmaking clay30s
- Q6What made the Egyptian lunar calendar difficult to use?Days were different lengths in different seasons.Each year had a different number of daysIt was based on a star that appeared every three years.30s
- Q7Kush conquered which kingdom?BabylonAssyriaAxumEgypt30s
- Q8The soil of the Nile River Valley is best characterized asdryfertilebarrenrocky30s
- Q9Because there was less land to farm in Kush than in Egypt,Kushites sold their surplus grain to Egyptmany Kushites moved to EgyptKushites were more motivated to tradeKushites become accomplished sailors on the Nile.30s
- Q10In order to construct the pyramids, the Egyptians needed to be proficient in engineering andastronomychemistryanatomymathematics30s
- Q11In Egypt the purpose of tomb paintings was tocreate a beautiful resting place for the deadtell the story of the buried person's lifeprovide the buried person with the objects and pleasures on the wallsillustrate how much wealth the buried person had possessed30s
- Q12In ancient Egypt, those responsible for using hieroglyphics to record important information and maintain records were calledbureaucratsscribespharaohsartisans30s
- Q13Why did Egyptians mummify and bury their bodies?to preserve their bodies in the afterlifeto pay tribute to the pharaoh in gold and grainto burn their bodies in the temple to become smoke30s
- Q14The Nubians created one of the world's first alphabets calledCommerceBureaucracyMeroitic ScriptAnatomy30s