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The social class that provided the food and labor in Egypt.
merchants, artisans, traders, shopkeepers
scribes
farmers, servants, slaves
priests, nobles, and officials
2
The social class that provided the goods and services needed in Egypt.
merchants, artisans, traders, shopkeepers
scribes
priests, nobles, and officials
farmers, servants, slaves
3
How did trade benefit
both
Egypt and Nubia?
Helped each civilization provide for their wants and needs.
Provided Nubia with grain to help feed their people.
Provided Egypt with gold to trade for luxury goods.
Interdependence helped both of their economies.
4
Mummification is an example of which characteristic of a civilization?
Politics
Religion
Art
Economics
5
Why did Egyptians preserve their bodies after death?
Social Status
To haunt their descendants.
It was the current fad.
Provide a home for their spirit.
6
Name the people who made up the level of the Social Pyramid directly above farmers.
merchants, artisans, traders, shopkeepers
pharaoh
farmers, servants, slaves
priests, nobles, and officials
7
Who was at the top of the social pyramid?
priests, nobles, and officials
merchants, artisans, traders, shopkeepers
pharaoh
farmers, servants, slaves
8
How did Egyptians "live a good life" so they could live forever in the afterlife?
Build temples and pray to the gods.
Loyal to their King.
All answers are correct.
Obey the king and priests.
9
Name the people who were able to write and keep records in Egypt.
priests, nobles, and officials
farmers, servants, slaves
scribes
merchants, artisans, traders, shopkeepers
10
Name the people who were at the bottom of the Social Pyramid.
scribes
priests, nobles, and officials
farmers, servants, slaves
merchants, artisans, traders, shopkeepers
11
__________ is to Egypt as cuneiform is to Mesopotamia.
Oral History
Meroitic Script
ABC
Hieroglyphics
12
Social class made of wealthy Egyptians who helped advise the Pharaoh and run the bureaucracy?
merchants, artisans, traders, shopkeepers
farmers, servants, slaves
priests, nobles, and officials
scribes
13
How did Ancient Egypt settlements benefit from being surrounded by desert?
Desert provided animals to hunt.
Desert provided fertile land to farm.
Desert gave them endless hot fudge sundaes.
Desert protected them from invaders b/c difficult to travel.
14
The offices and officials who helped the Pharaoh run Egyptian government.
Astronomers
Bureaucracy
Scientists
Farmers
15
The process used to preserve a body after death.
Death
Anatomy
Mummification
Reincarnation
16
In what 2 fields of study did the Egyptians need to be proficient in order to build pyramids?
math and engineering
engineering and anatomy
math and anatomy
engineering and astronomy
17
Name the people who were directly below the Pharaoh in the Social Pyramid.
farmers, servants, slaves
scribes
merchants, artisans, traders, shopkeepers
priests, nobles, and officials
18
Which god decided who would have an afterlife?
Amen Re
Isis
Osiris
Horus
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Why did pharaohs build pyramids?
To protect their riches from invaders.
To honor their gods.
To use as the pharaoh's tomb.
To store grain.
20
How did Ancient Egyptians benefit when the Nile River flooded?
They could pan for gold.
There were no benefits.
Left behind silt to grow crops.
Provided fertile soil to grow crops.