Ancient Egypt

What was the major purpose for building pyramids?

• Temples for religious worship

• Storehouses for reserves of grain

• Homes for the Pharaohs servants

• Tombs for pharaohs when they died

What was one of the few ways that a peasant boy could rise to a higher social class

• Store alot of grain

• Attend Scribe School

• Help build a pyramid

• Take care of a temple

Why are the social classes of Egypt described by using a pyramid shape?

• The triangle represented the 3 seasons of the nile

• Most people were in the bottom classes and the fewest were on the top

• Scientists like to use a pyramid to keep the layers apart

• Many structures of that design were built in the Desert

How does the work of ancient Egyptian artisans help us learn today about life in ancient Egypt?

• They left behind their tools made out of reeds.

• They carved and painted scenes of everyday life

• They passed on their skills to sons and daughters.

• They wrote histories of events on rolls of papyrus.

What physical feature most contributed to the fertile soil and foreign trade in ancient Kush?

• Red Sea

• Nile River

• Nubian Desert

• Mediterranean Sea

Kush was also called Nubia because of its

• iron deposits.

• deep oil wells.

• rich gold mines.

• brilliant gemstones.

Which of these events led to Kushites adopting Egyptian ways of life?

• Kush allied with the Assyrians.

• Scribes traveled to Kush to teach.

• Both armies burned a Roman fort.

• Egyptian pharaohs conquered Kush.

How did Kush regain its independence from Egypt?

• The Nile River overflowed.

• The New Kingdom collapsed.

• Nobles voted against the kings.

• A marriage alliance was formed.

Which Leader of Judaism made the covenant with God?

• Abraham

• David

• Solomon

• Moses

In what present day country was ancient Kush primarily located?

• Sudan

• Egypt

• Saudi Arabia

• Ethiopia