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WorksheetsSprint Week Unit 2
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which one would be part of the Topography of ancient Egypt?
A long growing season
A hot, dry climate
A river valley
A mountain range
How did ancient Egyptians and Kushites benefit when the Nile River Flooded?
The floods made it easier to keep enemies away
The floods help the leaders stay in power
the floods left silt behind that was good for farming
the floods kept the two civilizations separate from each other
Useful Vegetation along the Nile included:
Ducks and geese
Barges and boats
reeds and papyrus
canals and ditches
how did ancient Egyptian settlements benefit by being surrounded by desert?
The desert had good land for growing crops
the desert made trade and transport easy
the desert offered protection from invaders
the desert had plants that sheep could graze on
Why did ancient Egyptians make mummies?
To decorate the places of the pharaohs
to preserve dead bodies for the afterlife
to transport goods up and down the Nile
To educate and protect the royal children
One physical feature was most important to ancient settlers in Egypt and Kush. Because of how important it was, people settled:
near a river
on hills
around trees
in a desert
What was a major purpose for building the pyramids?
Temples for religious worship
storehouses for reserves of grain
homes for the pharaohs servants
tombs for the pharaohs when they died
Why do historians use a pyramid or a triangle to describe the social classes of Egypt rather than a square or cube?
The triangle represents Egypt because they had pyramids
Squares are boring
more people were in the bottom classes than the top, so the pyramid is a good shape to represent that.
Historians dislike cubes because they remind them of ice cubes and no one likes to be cold.
What physical feature most contributed to BOTH Fertile soil and Foreign trade in ancient Kush?
the Red Sea
the Nile river
the Nubian Desert
the Mediterranean Sea
How did Government officials in Egypt get their job?
they attended school to learn how to govern
popular elections showed the vote of the people
priests relied on signs from the gods to choose them
they inherited the position from a family member
why did the ancient Egyptians believe having social classes was a good idea?
They believed there wasn't enough money for everyone
they believed society worked when people knew their roles
they believed Egypt should focus on the Egyptians rather than fight wars
they believed there would not be enough pharaohs without a class system
why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?
to show earthly love
to feed them in the afterlife
to avoid risk of poison
to perform a sacrifice to the gods
how does the work of ancient Egyptian artisans help us learn today about life in ancient Egypt?
they left behind their tools made out of reeds
they carved and painted scenes of what people did in daily life
they passed on their skills to their sons and daughters
they wrote historical accounts of events on rolls of papyrus
What technology enabled Assyria to defeat Kush?
Fire
Charcoal
Iron Weapons
Wooden Wheels
How did ancient Judaism differ from other religions at the time?
more elegant temples
rules for how to act
famous leader-heros
belief in one god
What place did the Jewish people believe was the promised land?
Ur
Egypt
Canaan
Babylon
Which of these events led to the Kushites adopting Egyptian ways of life?
Kush Allied with the Assyrians
scribes traveled to Kush to teach
Both armies burned a roman fort
Egyptian pharaohs conquered Kush
how did the Kandake, Queen Amanirenas, help protect Kush?
She made a treaty with Assuria
She led attacks on Roman forts
she stopped the Hittite Advance
She appointed women to top jobs
What weakened the land of the Israelites (Canaan, the Kingdom of Israel) after the death of Solomon?
It suffered from a serious famine
it fell to attacks by the Philistines
it split into two kingdoms
it formed otherwise foreign alliances
According to Judaism, standard of right and wrong come from:
god
Abraham
Priests
Prophets
why did the Jewish Diaspora threaten the survival of Judaism?
The Jewish people became scattered over a wide area
Jewish people paid heavy taxes to pay for a new temple
Jewish people began to learn from rabbis instead of priests
Jewish people depend on an oral tradition to remember their history
