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1
The Sea of Galilee affected people's lives by
providing fresh drinking water
providing water for crops
providing transportation for trade
providing fish for food
2
Who ordered more temples and monuments than any other pharaoh?
Khufu
Hatshepsut
Ramses II
Senusret I
3
The Sea of Galilee was
surrounded by deserts
a source of fish
often used by traders
a source of fresh drinking water.
4
The wet, fertile plains in ancient Canaan bordered the
Libyan Desert
Mediterranean Sea.
Negev Desert
Sea of Galilee
5
What is a mummy?
a decorative statue
a female parent
a bodyguard for royal children
a body preserved after death to keep it from decaying
6
What can people use the Mediterranean for?
irrigating their crops
transportation
watering cattle
catching fish
7
The Nile River affected people's lives by
providing fresh drinking water
leaving silt on the fields after floods
providing an easy way to travel by boat
providing fish for food
8
What is one characteristic for which Egypt’s Middle Kingdom is especially famous?
widespread wars
reunification
beautiful jewelry made with gemstones
great pharaohs
9
Which period is often called the Golden Age?
the Old Kingdom
the New Kingdom
the Young Kingdom
the Middle Kingdom
10
Why were some people in parts of Canaan herders rather than farmers?
The sun was hot and strong.
The river was too salty.
The ground was too cold.
The land was hilly and dry.
11
How did the desert help the people of Egypt and Kush?
It was grassy for grazing sheep.
It made trade and travel easy.
It had fertile land for crops.
It gave protection from enemy invaders.
12
Which direction does the Nile River flow?
east
west
north
south
13
How would you describe the Nile Delta?
fertile
marshy
mountainous
dry
14
Which of these was part of the topography of ancient Egypt?
tall mountains
a long growing season
a river valley
a hot, dry climate
15
What was one method Khufu used to ensure that his power would be accepted?
He made strong treaties.
He declared that he was a god.
He killed his rivals
16
Who signed the world’s first peace treaty?
Hittites
Babylonians
Egypt
Assyrians
17
Hatshepsut was the first pharaoh who was
a woman.
a child.
a god.
a priest.
18
Where can you find the most plants in Canaan?
beside the Dead Sea
near the Jordan River
in the Lebanon Mountains
in the Syrian Desert
19
The Jordan River affected people's lives by
providing fish for food
annual flood provided rich soil
providing fresh water for farming
providing fresh drinking water
20
Which phrase best describes Hatshepsut’s monument at Dayr al-Bahri?
a pyramid constructed in the open desert
a shrine dug out of rock below ground level
a great temple built into a cliff above the river
a mud-brick structure found on an island
21
Why is King Tut one of the most well- known pharaohs?
Tut was the first woman to claim power over Egypt.
. Tut lived and ruled for more than 70 years
Amazing artifacts were found in Tut's tomb.
Trade expeditions helped Tut learn about faraway lands.
22
The Dead Sea was
surrounded by hot, dry land.
too salty for any form of life.
too dangerous for fishing boats.
the scene of many historic battles.
23
How did the yearly flooding of the Nile River affect the people of Egypt and Kush?
It spread diseases that destroyed whole empires.
It left silt that improved the soil.
It attracted hunters and gatherers looking for wildlife.
It isolated the settlements.
24
What were the plains near the Mediterranean good for?
growing crops
growing cacti
raising animals
25
Why did archaeologists reconstruct the White Chapel?
It offered tourists shade while they waited for a guide.
It was an experiment to learn old construction methods.
It gave the scientists a place to study what they dug up.
It was built by Senusret but was taken apart by later ruler
26
Why were pyramids built?
temples for religious worship
homes for the pharaohs' servants
tombs for pharaohs when they died
storehouses for reserves of grain
27
How was the Jordan River different from the Nile River?
The Jordan did not flood regularly.
The Jordan had a weak current.
The Jordan attracted water birds.
The Jordan was full of fish.
28
Who sent a trade expedition to Punt?
Ramses II
Senusret I
Hatshepsut
Khufu
29
Useful vegetation along the Nile River included
boats.
ducks and geese.
canals and rivers.
reeds and papyrus.
30
Most scientists believe this was built from more than 2 million stone blocks.
the White Chapel
the Great Pyramid at Giza
the Sphinx
the temple at Abu Simbel
31
Where did the Kushites settle?
on the Mediterranean Sea
in the Libyan Desert
in the Nile River Valley
on the Red Sea
