Ancient Egypt-McGraw Hill (Green Book)- 5.1

The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called

• Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.

• Mesopotamia

• Eastern Egypt and Western Egypt.

• Nubia and Cairo.

The Nile River Valley was well suited for settlement. Which of the following statements supports this fact?

• The geography supported various desert plants and birds.

• The geography included many areas for hunters to hunt widely.

• The geography included areas for farming.

• The geography helped to unify the country.

Which of the following best describes how Egyptian civilization developed?

• Villages replaced towns.

• Farms grew into villages and then cities.

• Cities broke off into scattered farms.

• Farms replaced cities and then pyramids.

Besides providing a stable food diet, what other advantage did Egypt’s location provide for early Egyptians?

• It had temples in which to worship.

• It had Sumerian artwork to use as decoration.

• It had natural barriers to protect against invaders.

• It had two dynasties to celebrate religious traditions.

Pyramids are

• warehouses where surplus food is stored.

• temples where the people are allowed to come and pray

• stone tombs with four rectangle-shaped sides that join a limestone roof.

• royal tombs with four triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point on top.

Which of the following best defines dynasty?

• a collection of queens

• a collection of kingdoms

• series of rulers from different families

• series of rulers from the same family

Who would the people of Egypt blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?

• the farmers whose small villages were unclean

• the mummies whose ka was disturbed

• the pharaoh who was both ruler and god

• the dynasty that was in power

Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?

• the afterlife

• the pyramids

• the pharaohs

• the heavens

Which statement best describes the burial practices of Egyptians?

• Egyptians preserved bodies as mummies.

• Egyptians carried their dead to neighboring countries.

• Egyptians used a funeral pyre for their dead.

• Egyptians buried their dead in the river.

What job employed the most people in Egypt?

• merchant

• farmer

• scribe

• architect