Chapter 4 Ancient Civilizations

Which statement best describes the burial practices of Egyptians?

• Egyptians preserved bodies as mummies.
• Egyptians carried their dead to neighboring countries.
• Egyptians used a funeral pyre for their dead.
• Egyptians buried their dead in the river.

Pyramids are

• warehouses where surplus food is stored.
• temples where the people are allowed to come and pray.
• stone tombs with four rectangle-shaped sides that join a limestone roof.
• royal tombs with four triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point on top.

Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?

• the afterlife
• the pyramids
• the pharaohs
• the heavens

The first pharaoh built a new capital city at the southern tip of the Nile Delta called

• Nekhen.
• Memphis.
• Pe.
• Cairo

Who would the people of Egypt blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck

• the farmers whose small villages were unclean
• the mummies whose ka was disturbed
• the pharaoh who was both ruler and god
• the dynasty that was in power

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?

• The tombs served as museums.
• The tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh.
• Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom.
• Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife.

The Nile River Valley was well suited for settlement. Which of the following statements supports this fact?

• The geography supported various desert plants and birds.
• The geography included many areas for hunters to hunt widely.
• The geography included areas for farming.
• The geography helped to unify the country.

What job employed the most people in Egypt?

• merchant
• farmer
• scribe
• architect