Ancient Egypt and Nubia

The geography of ancient Egypt included vast desert areas of burning sands known as 

• Upper Egypt.
• Lower Egypt
• the Black Land.
• the Red Land.

The Nile delta formed the region known as

• Upper Egypt
• Lower Egypt
• the Red Land
• Nubia

The Book of the Dead was a well-known piece of Egyptian literature that

• served as a guide to the afterlife for dead souls.
• was a list of important citizens and officials who had died.
• explained the succession of pharaohs from one dynasty to the next.
• told the story of an Egyptian official who was accused of killing a pharaoh.

Which ancient Egyptian leader fought against the Hittites in the area that was then called Kadesh?

• Hatshepsut
• Ramses II
• Osiris
• Menes

Skilled artists created paintings on the interior wall of the pyramids and burial chambers depicting daily Egyptian life primarily to

• decorate and beautify the resting place of the pharaoh.
• encourage sight-seeing and visitors to the tombs.
• provide the person buried with servants and things they needed.
• increase the value of the tomb and pyramid.

The Egyptians developed a calendar with 365 days that was called a

• lunar calendar.
• Sirius calendar.
• flood calendar.
• solar calendar.

What aspects of its culture did Nubia take from Egypt?

• The use of iron, gold, and ivory
• Its writing system
• Gods and the use of pyramids
• A system of rule by queens

Which of the following is NOT true of Nubians?

• They were in closer contact with other African peoples than the Egyptians.
• They developed their own writing system.
• Their idea of kings as gods may have spread to Egypt.
• Their culture was the same as Egypt’s.

Because Nubians had less land to farm than Egyptians,

• they were more motivated to trade.
• many Nubians moved to Egypt.
• they became accomplished sailors on the Nile.
• they sold their surplus grain to Egypt.

Because of the groups of rocky rapids called the Nile cataracts

• Nubians were skillful sailors.
• silt would not build up at the mouth of the Nile.
• ships could not travel upstream from Egypt.
• Egyptians could not trade with countries on the Mediterranean Sea.