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Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is the name of the region formed by the Nile Delta?
Sinai Peninsula
Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
Nubia
Where did most of the population of ancient Egypt live?
Upper Egypt
along the Red Sea
along the banks of the Nile River
Nubia
What is a cataract?
an obstruction on the river
site of the Great Pyramid
a temple
the Egyptian writing system
What was the major effect of having cataracts on the Nile?
stopped pyramid building
it made it hard to get to the Dead Sea
it made mummification faster
interrupted travel and trade
How did ancient Egyptians benefit from being surrounded by desert?
It helped pharaohs accept new ideas
There were little percipitation
They were isolated and protected from invaders
Created a lot of trade
What was the meaning behind the Book of the Dead?
It was like the "cheat codes" for the afterlife
It described the size and shape of your tomb
It allowed the pharaoh to have a better afterlife
It allowed Isis to put Osiris back together
Why did artists draw paintings and art on the inside walls of a pyramid?
It allowed you to have those things in the afterlife.
It provided the pharaoh with a more beautiful tomb.
It gave the family a type of closure.
It provided artifacts to dig up later.
What aspects of its culture did Nubia take from ancient Egypt?
Religion
Pyramid building
laws
economy
Since Nubians had less land to farm, what connection did they make with Egyptians?
They traded for Egyptian grain.
They went around the Egyptians and traded with Sumer.
They gave their surplus to Egypt.
They built more pyramids.
What effect did continued trading with Egypt have on Nubian civilization?
Nubians sold more grain to other countries
It allowed the Nubians to develop an alphabet
I allowed the Egyptians to borrow the idea of mummification from the Nubians.
Nubians adopted much of Egyptian culture
What do ancient Egyptians believe when it comes to overcoming a death like Osiris?
The body must be preserved/mummified.
You would go to heaven.
You would live forever with Set/Seth.
Bast/Bastet would judge your soul.
What is the name of the sun god?
Osiris
Isis
Anubis
Ra
What was the name of the first pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Menes
Ramses II
Tutankhamun
Narmer
What is the name of the group of people who record hieroglyphics?
scribes
peasants
artisans
slaves
What does the structure of the social pyramid tell you about ancient Egypt?
the higher you were the more important you were
scribes are more important than priests
the higher you were the more people in the social class
the lower you were the more people in the social class
If you were a peasant, what is one job on the pyramid that you can become in order to raise your status?
go to scribe school
marry a noble
become a slave
become a wealthy merchant
How were the ancient Egyptians able to tell when the Nile River would flood each year?
they watched for the star Sirius
they prayed to Hapi, the god of the Nile
They waited for the winter rains
their lunar calendar predicted it
How did the ancient Egyptians and the Kushites benefit when the Nile River flooded?
it left silt behind
it made travel easier
it blocked off invaders from the north
it caused Egyptians to move each year
Egyptians used engineering and what to construct the pyramids?
the Book of the Dead
bacon
math
silt
What is the name of the term that means ideas spread from Egypt to other lands through the buying and selling of goods and services?
Cultural Diffusion
Independent Invention
Crop Dusting
Mummification falls under which characteristics of a civilization?
Political
The Arts
Religion
Social Structure
Which social class goes on level 1?
Pharaoh
Nobles/Government Officials
Priests
Scribes
Which social class goes on level 2?
Pharaoh
Nobles/Government Officials
Priests
Scribes
Which social class goes on level 3?
Nobles/Government Officials
Priests
Scribes
Peasants
Which social class goes on level 4?
Nobles/Government Officials
Priests
Scribes
Artisans
Which social class goes on level 5?
Priests
Scribes
Artisans
Peasants
Which social class goes on level 6?
Priests
Scribes
Artisans
Peasants
