Egypt

What is the name of the region formed by the Nile Delta?

• Sinai Peninsula

• Lower Egypt

• Upper Egypt

• Nubia

Where did most of the population of ancient Egypt live?

• Upper Egypt

• along the Red Sea

• along the banks of the Nile River

• Nubia

What is a cataract?

• an obstruction on the river

• site of the Great Pyramid

• a temple

• the Egyptian writing system

What was the major effect of having cataracts on the Nile?

• stopped pyramid building

• it made it hard to get to the Dead Sea

• it made mummification faster

• interrupted travel and trade

How did ancient Egyptians benefit from being surrounded by desert?

• It helped pharaohs accept new ideas

• There were little percipitation

• They were isolated and protected from invaders

• Created a lot of trade

What was the meaning behind the Book of the Dead?

• It was like the "cheat codes" for the afterlife

• It described the size and shape of your tomb

• It allowed the pharaoh to have a better afterlife

• It allowed Isis to put Osiris back together

Why did artists draw paintings and art on the inside walls of a pyramid?

• It allowed you to have those things in the afterlife.

• It provided the pharaoh with a more beautiful tomb.

• It gave the family a type of closure.

• It provided artifacts to dig up later.

What aspects of its culture did Nubia take from ancient Egypt?

• Religion

• Pyramid building

• laws

• economy

Since Nubians had less land to farm, what connection did they make with Egyptians?

• They traded for Egyptian grain.

• They went around the Egyptians and traded with Sumer.

• They gave their surplus to Egypt.

• They built more pyramids.

What effect did continued trading with Egypt have on Nubian civilization?

• Nubians sold more grain to other countries

• It allowed the Nubians to develop an alphabet

• I allowed the Egyptians to borrow the idea of mummification from the Nubians.

• Nubians adopted much of Egyptian culture