Chapter 4 Test: Ancient Egypt and Kush

Which of the following best describes how Egyptian civilizations developed?

• Villages replaced towns
• Farms grew into villages and then cities
• Cities broke off into scattered farms
• Farms replaced cities and then pyramids

The political order of Egypt around 3200 BC was based on ________.

• Merchants who helped build trade routes
• Priests who helped build the temples
• Wealthy farmers who emerged as leaders
• Wealthy fisherman who emerged as leaders

Which of the following did NOT cause social classes to appear during the Old Kingdom?

• Need for government officials
• Increase in farming
• Sumerian influences
• Increase in population

How was Egypt able to build pyramids and temples?

• The pharaoh's families paid the costs
• It collected taxes from the people
• It collected payments from Sumer
• The priests held religious festivals

By the 1400s BC, Egypt was the leading military power. Based on this fact, what conclusion can you make about Egypt's resources?

• It was a rich country.
• It was a poor country
• Its resources were being heavily taxed
• Its resources were being sent to help other countries

What factor contributed most to the growth of trade in the New Kingdom?

• Egypt's defeat of the Sinai Peninsula
• Egypt's creation of an army
• Egypt's conquest of distant lands
• Egypt's creation of the pyramids

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

Which of the following demonstrates that Kush and Egypt at times lived in peace with each other?

• Kush and Egypt attacked each other
• Kush and Egypt traded with each other
• Kush and Egypt battled Aksum together
• Kush and Egypt built temples together

What was the effect of Egypt's conquest of Kush in 1500 BC?

• Egyptian pharaohs worked with Kushite kings
• Egyptian culture became more like Kushite culture
• Kushite language became the language of Egypt
• Kushite culture became more like Egyptian culture

Which of the following explains how Kushites began to learn about other cultures?

• Kushite women visited the kings and queens of other cultures
• Kushite merchants traded with people from other cultures
• Kushite kings forced the people of Kush to travel to new places
• Kushite farmers went to other lands to study farming techniques