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- 1. Multiple Choice
1.Around 5000 b.c., Egyptians first settled in the ______.Libyan Desertcity of MemphisNile River valleyMediterranean Sea - 2. Multiple ChoiceThe Nile River provided Egyptians with natural resources and defenses.TrueFalse
- 3. Multiple ChoiceMenes, the king of ______, unified Egypt for the first time around 3100 b.c.MesopotamiaUpper Egyptthe Nile River valleyLower Egypt
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the best description the Nile River's delta?dry desertsalty seawaterfertile marshlandflat grassland
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe Nile River's floods were more ______ than those in Mesopotamia.suddenviolentdeadlyregular
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAround ______, Egypt entered the period known as the Old Kingdom.2600 b.c.2200 b.c.2055 b.c.1055 b.c.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe Nile River contains dangerous, fast moving waters called ______.canalsdeltasfloodscataracts
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe Nile River's floods provided Egyptians with the ______ they needed to grow crops.fertile soilseedsfresh airwarmth
- 9. Multiple ChoiceHieroglyphics are picture symbols that represent only ideas and objects.TRUEFALSE
- 10. Multiple ChoiceIn a dynasty, who takes power when a pharaoh dies?the pharaoh's son or grandsonthe person the pharaoh has chosenthe person who is elected by the peoplethe pharaoh's daughter or granddaughter
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the Egyptians embalm the bodies of their dead pharaohs?to learn how human bodies workedto honor and show their respect for the deadto prove that pharaohs were humans, not godsto preserve them while the souls traveled to the afterlife
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe Egyptian pyramids were actually large ______.portstombstemplespalaces
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe Egyptians always believed that only pharaohs could reach the afterlife.TRUEFALSE
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat invention resulted from the Egyptians studying the sky?fractionsgeometrywritten numbersa 365-day calendar
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWho made up the largest class in Egypt's social structure?merchants and artisansthe pharaoh and his familypeasants (farmers and unskilled workers)Priests and nobles
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIf they tried hard enough, people from Egypt's lower classes could improve their social status.TRUEFALSE
- 17. Multiple ChoiceIn an Egyptian family, the ______ was head of the household.childfathermotherpharaoh
- 18. Multiple ChoiceBetween c. 2055 B.C. and 1650 B.C., the Egyptians enjoyed a period of greatness called the ______.Old KingdomNew KingdomMiddle KingdomKingdom of Kush
- 19. Multiple ChoiceEgyptian pharaohs added to the wealth of the empire by demanding ______ from conquered kingdoms.peacetributeincensetemples
- 20. Multiple ChoiceQueen Hatshepsut, one of the few women to rule Egypt, expanded the empire through trade instead of war.TRUEFALSE
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe Egyptians traded wheat, paper, gold, copper, and tools to the Phoenicians in return for ______.incense and ivorywood and furniturebeads and weaponsstone and clay tablets
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThutmose III expanded the Egyptian empire through the use of ______.wartradeenvoystreaties
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe most successful pharaoh of the New Kingdom was ______.Amenhotep IVTutankhamenAkhenatonRamses II
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe rebuilding of temples during the New Kingdom helped improve the Egyptian economy.TRUEFALSE
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the Egyptian empire at the end of the Middle Kingdom?The people were too interested in their new religion.The pharaohs had built too many temples and run out of money.The Egyptians were attacked by a series of enemies.The crops in Egypt failed because the Nile River stopped flooding.
- 26. Multiple ChoiceLike Egypt, Nubia had a dry climate and needed water from the Nile River.TRUEFALSE
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe Nubians of Kerma grew wealthy from farming and ______.mining goldfighting warsherding cattlebuilding pyramids
- 28. Multiple ChoiceDuring the 1400s b.c., what did the Nubians adapt while under Egyptian rule?spoken languageirrigation techniquestrading practiceshieroglyphics
- 29. Multiple ChoiceLike the Egyptians, the Nubians built stone temples, monuments, and pyramid tombs.TRUEFALSE
- 30. Multiple ChoiceThe Kush city of Meroë was different from most Egyptian cities because of its many ______.iron furnacespalaces and housestemples to Amon-Regraveyards
- 31. Multiple ChoiceThe kingdom of Kush was a great trading power for nearly ______ years.200350540600
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