Facts Quiz 26-50

Egypt is located in northeastern Africa along the ______________, the ‘lifeblood’ of Egypt because of _________ and ____________.

• Jordan River, communicate, trade

• Libyan Desert, food, trade

• Mediterranean Sea, travel, and domestication

• Nile River, food, trade

The three seasons (flooding, planting, and harvesting) in Egypt were based on _________________, or the annual flooding of the Nile River.

• current

• inundation

• harvest

• trade

The Hebrews were exiled to _____________ when their country was conquered by the Babylonian Empire.

• Babylon

• Assyria

• Akkadia

• Jerusalem

The two kingdoms of the Ancient Hebrews were __________and ____________.

• Babylonia, Assyria

• Kush, Egypt

• Babylon, Jerusalem

• Israel, Judah

A _______________is a body preserved by a special process.

• afterlife

• mummy

• wrapping

• pharaoh

____________was located south of Egypt and was a source of great riches such as gold and iron for the Egyptian empire.

• Kush

• Babylon

• Isarael

• Akkadia

The Sumerians invented the ___________, ___________ and ______________for farming and to move trade items to and from Sumer.

• cuneiform, wheel, agriculture

• plow, wheel, sailboat

• plow, wheel, trade

• cuneiform, trade, domestication

Homes and buildings in Egypt were made of _____________; more important buildings (pyramids, temples, tombs) were made of ___________(limestone, granite) using simple tools and no wheels.

• sticks, rocks

• animal hides, sticks

• mud, sticks

• mud brick, stone

God made a _______________(a binding agreement) with Abraham that the land of Canaan would belong to Abraham’s descendants – it became known as the Promised Land.

• deal

• treaty

• covenant

• home

Egyptians believed their _______________ were god-kings that controlled everything on earth and gained authority by providing a good government.

• priests

• pharaohs

• government officials

• scribes