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WorksheetsReview SS Quiz Egypt/Kush
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
1. Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape of a pyramid?
The triangle represented the three seasons of the Nile.
Most people were in the bottom classes, and the fewest people were at the top.
Many structures of that design were built in the desert.
Scientists like to use a pyramid to keep the layers apart.
How did government officials get their jobs?
Priests relied on signs from the gods to choose them.
They attended school to learn how to govern.
Popular elections showed the vote of the people.
They inherited the position from a family member.
3. What was one of the few ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class?
store a lot of grain
attend scribe school
take care of a temple
help build a pyramid
Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from
a river plant
soft clay
animal skins
cotton rags
Why did it take so many years to become a scribe?
Students had to save money to buy a position.
Teachers were so harsh that students ran away.
There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn.
Papyrus was very difficult to write on.
Artisans...
Worked for the gods
Were highly skilled laborers
Were highly respected
Supplied food through their labor
Of these four groups, which one had the lowest social status?
priests
government officials
scribes
artisans
Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?
peasant farmers during the flood season
scribes who kept poor records
government officials out of favor
priests hoping to get jobs at the temples
Most peasants lived in
rafts in the river
camel-skin tents
caves in the cliffs
mud-brick houses
Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?
to show earthly love
to avoid the risk of poison
to feed them in the afterlife
to perform a sacrifice to the gods
Which of these events led to 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.
For what achievement is King Piye of Kush remembered?
conquering Egypt
introducing iron tools
building dams on the NIle
trading with India and China
What direction would a Kushite typically travel when going to Egypt?
West
East
South
North
Following Kush's separation form Egypt, Kush was influenced by African
religion
language
art
all of these
Queen Amanirenas was
a pharaoh
a kandake
a failure
an Egyptian
How did the kandake Queen Amanirenas help protect Kush?
She made a treaty with Assyria.
She led attacks on Roman forts.
She stopped the Hittite advance.
She appointed women to top jobs.
Kush wanted grain and linen from Egypt through trade. What did Egypt want from Kush?
silk, bronze, furs
salt, pepper, spices
glass, pottery, spears
ivory, leather, gold
What physical feature most contributed to the fertile soil and foreign trade in ancient Kush?
Red Sea
Nile River
Nubian Desert
Mediterranean Sea
Meroe became especially well known for the production of
iron.
boats.
textiles.
papyrus.
Worship of a lion-god in Kush reflected which influence on Kushite culture?
Arab
Greek
Indian
African
