Ancient Egypt & India Test

The Nile River  affected Ancient Egyptian life by creating what?

• 1. Hot winds that blew across the lands

• 1. Lower and Upper Egypt

• 1. Rich farmland in the river valley

• 1. A large desert that protected them from invaders

Who did the Egyptian pharaoh have absolute power over?

• 1. All the people of Africa

• 1. All the priests of Egypt

• 1. All the slaves of northern Africa

• 1. All the people of Egypt

Why did Ancient Egyptian astronomers study the stars?

• 1. To predict the flooding of the Nile River

• 1. To appoint the next pharaoh

• 1. To create new medicines from plants

• 1. To create a new writing system

How did the physical geography of Ancient Egypt shape the development of its civilization?

• 1. The river made it possible for them to grow enough food and trade with other civilizations, and the deserts protected them from invaders.

• 1. The river gave them plenty of water for drinking, swimming, so tourists came to visit from other parts of the world.

• 1. The deserts hot sand allowed them to preserve the bodies of the dead.

• 1. People liked building near the river because of the pleasant view.

 What is an early form of paper made from a reed-like plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile River Delta? 

• 1. Silt 
     

• 1. Papyrus

• 1. Pharaoh

• 1. Hieroglyphics

Why were the pyramids so important to the Ancient Egyptians?

• 1. They were a safe place to go during the annual floods

• 1. They used up surplus granite

• 1. They made it easy to find Cairo

• 1. They were a proper place to bury their god-king.

Egypt had rich deposits of silt, creating an excellent farming and herding environment.  How were these deposits created?

• 1. Offering tributes to the gods

• 1. An overabundance of available fertilizer

• 1. Annual flood of the Nile River

• 1. Slash and burn farming

Hieroglyphics and Cuneiform provided the basis for the development of…………. 

• Painting and sculpture

• 1. Oral traditions

• 1. Recorded history

• 1. Subsistence farming

 A seasonal wind that dominates the climate of South Asia is a __________.

• 1. hurricane

• monsoon

• 1. tornado

• 1. thunderstorm

What language did the Aryans bring to India?

• 1. Sanskrit

• 1. Arabic

• Cuneiform

• Heiroglyphics