Ancient Egypt

What area of Egypt did Egyptians find the limestone and granite used to build the pyramids?

• banks of the Nile

• Lower Egypt

• Upper Egypt

• The delta of the Nile

Which statement best describes stimulus diffusion?

• to borrow an idea

• to take an idea from another culture and use it

• to take an idea and change it to better fit peoples' needs

• to share ideas with other civilizations

This geographical feature is located at the end of the Nile river, had very fertile land, and was 100 miles wide

• desert

• Upper Egypt

• delta

• Lower Egypt

What is an example of stimulus diffusion in ancient Egypt?

• writing

• plow

• irrigation canals

• domesticated animals

What area in Egypt were the Egyptians able to grow a surplus of crops?

• Lower Egypt

• Upper Egypt

• banks of the Nile

• desert

Which is not a responsibility of a pharaoh?

• Attended religious ceremonies

• create laws

• commander of the military

• examine and fix irrigation systems

-Acted as an advisor.

-Planned building projects

What social class was responsible for these jobs?

• scribe

• vizier

• pharaoh

• priest

How was a pharaoh different than a king?

• the pharaoh was also a scribe, a king is not

• the pharaoh was considered to be a god, the king was not

• the pharaoh was in charge of building projects, the king is not

• the pharaoh was a god, the king was a noble

How were social classes determined in ancient Egypt?

• your parents picked

• by importance of job

• by birth and importance of job

• by birth

Egypt's social classes are similar to the Social Pyramid because

• there were many people as advisors

• the largest number of people are craftsmen

• there were more rich people in Egypt than poor people

• the fewest number of people were in the highest class