Question 1

a reed plant used to make paper

Accepted Answer

papyrus

Answer

cataract

Answer

delta

Answer

dynasty

Question 2

dangerous rocky, fast moving water

Accepted Answer

cataract

Answer

papyrus

Answer

delta

Answer

hieroglyphics

Question 3

a fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea.

Accepted Answer

delta

Answer

papyrus

Answer

dynasty

Answer

cataract

Question 4

a line of rulers from one family

Accepted Answer

dynasty

Answer

hieroglyphics

Answer

pharoah

Answer

delta

Question 5

Which is the a reason the Nile has been called" the lifeblood" of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Its valley and delta provide fertile soil for farming.

Answer

It borders two of the largest deserts in the wrold.

Answer

It has dangerous cataracts.

Answer

It is the longest river in the world.

Question 6

How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile's yearly spring flooding?

Accepted Answer

The became successful farmers.

Answer

They grew papyrus.

Answer

They created hieroglyphics.

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They irrigated during the dry season.

Question 7

Which best describes the type of government in Egypt after 3100 B.C.?

Accepted Answer

a dynasty

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an independent city-state

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a democracy

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constitutional monarchy.

Question 8

What was the effect of increased farming and trade?

Accepted Answer

An organized government developed.

Answer

A complex writing system was created.

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Geometry was developed.

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The deserts became populated.

Question 9

In a(n) _______________, the ruler is both a political and religious leader.

Accepted Answer

theocracy

Answer

polytheoism

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democracy

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monarchy

Question 10

Government officials called _____________________were apppointed by the pharoah and carried out his orders.

Accepted Answer

bureaucrats

Answer

rulers

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democrats

Answer

republicans

Question 11

Information learned from _____________________ helped Egyptians develop medical knowledge.

Accepted Answer

embalming

Answer

mummification

Answer

medical school

Answer

pickling

Question 12

Archaeologists study the _________________ to learn about life in ancient Egypt.

Accepted Answer

pyramids

Answer

pharoahs

Answer

Nile river

Answer

deserts

Question 13

Traders, artisans, and scribes made up ancient Egypt's ______________ class.

Accepted Answer

middle

Answer

first

Answer

lower

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upper

Question 14

The Egyptians willingly served their all- powerful leader because they believed

Accepted Answer

unity came from a strong leader.

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the leader appointed officials.

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the leader had an afterlife.

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the leader would not enslave them.

Question 15

To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied the

Accepted Answer

Bob of the Dead.

Answer

Book of Spells

Answer

Book of Prayers.

Answer

Book of Life After Death.

Question 16

The ancient Egyptian civilization was the first to publish books describing advances in the field of

Accepted Answer

medicine.

Answer

irrigation.

Answer

mathematics.

Answer

astronomy.

Question 17

While building the pyramids, the Egyptians developed

Accepted Answer

a 365 day calendar with 12 months.

Answer

hieroglyphics.

Answer

a new social class.

Answer

geometry.

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