Ch.2 Lesson 1 The Rise of Egypt

The Nile River is located on the continent of________

• Asia.

• Africa

• Europe

• South America

A government bureaucracy developed in Egypt__

•  A.during the Old Kingdom.

   

• B.during the Middle Kingdom.

   

• C.during the New Kingdom.

   

• D.after the end of the New Kingdom.

Egypt's golden age of stability and a period of expansion occurred________

• during the Old Kingdom

• between the Old Kingdom and the Miiddle Kingdom.

• during the Middle Kingdom.

   

• D.during the New Kingdom.

Egyptian advances in mathematics______

• were nonexistent.

• depended on the Phoenicians.

•  C.allowed them to build massive monuments and survey flooded land.

   

• D.resulted from the emergence of Sanskrit.

Egyptian artists and sculptors_________________

•  A.portrayed the human body in profile, semi-profile, and from the front.

• portrayed the human body only in profile.

• were prohibited by religious restrictions from portraying the human body.

• learned how to portray the human body from the Minoans

The Nile River, which flowed northward,_____

• A.never flooded.

•  B.emptied into the Red Sea.

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   C.made travel by river impossible.

•  D.allowed Egypt to grow a surplus of food.

The Egyptian pyramids were________

• royal palaces.

• tombs for pharaohs.

• temples of worship.

• storehouses for crops.

In Egyptian society, merchants, artisans, scribes, and tax collectors were members of_____________

• A.the upper class.

•  B.the middle class.

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   C.the lower class.

•  D.the same social level as farmers

In Egyptian society, members of the lower class________

• had their bodies mummified when they died.

• could become priests and priestesses.

• were forced to provide military service and labor for building projects.

• could become administrative officials.

During the Middle Kingdom, a pharaoh_____

• A.was seen as a god-king far removed from his people.

•  B.was expected to build public works and provide for the public welfare.

•  C.was no longer the shepherd of his people.

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   D.lost power during a period of political disorder.