Egypt (also study SLIDESHOWS; test is 41 pts with writing)

Which most accurately describes the Nile River?

• limited where people could settle

• they didn't have boats to traverse it

• they easily traveled from one end to another end

• they rarely ever needed to use it

What is the Black Land?

• desert area

• fertile soil on either side of the Nile

• where the priests lived

• their afterlife

What is the delta?

• It's in Upper Egypt

• the deadly desert

• the best farmland in southern Egypt

• triangular marshland formed by silt at the end of a river; in Lower Egypt

Which does NOT have to do with Egypt's afterlife?

• souls had to pass a test to win eternal life

• heart was weighed against that of an ancestor

• worthy souls went to Happy Field of Food

• Anubis and Osiris played a role

What did Menes do?

• united Egypt

• was the most powerful pharaoh

• had the first peace treaty signed

• grew Egypt through trade

What are the pyramids?

• they were left empty out of respect for the gods

• they were tombs for eternity

• they symbolized devotion to a god

• they were where the Egyptians worshipped

How were pharaoh's viewed?

• as servants of gods

• as somebody who obeyed all of the gods' rules

• as a god

• as the gods' right hand man

Which god was the Sun God?

• Anubis

• Isis

• Osiris

• Amon Re

Which Egyptian ruler wanted monotheism?

• Menes

• Tut

• Hatshepsut

• Akhenaton

What did the Egyptians write on?

• mud

• clay

• papyrus

• tablets