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1
How did most government officials get their jobs?
Popular elections showed the vote of the people.
They inherited the position from a family member.
•Priests relied on signs from the gods to choose them.
•They attended school to learn how togovern.
2
In a __________, the ruler is both the relgious and political figure
Tyranny
Theocracy
Democracy
Oilgarch
3
Traders,artisans, and scribes made up ancient Egypt's middle class
False
True
4
Cataracts are currents of fast-moving water (rapids)
False
True
5
•In the life of a peasant, which season came next after the flooding season?
•the festival season
•the building season
•the planting season
•the harvest season
6
•Which female pharaoh wore a fake beard and carried a scepter to symbolize authority?
•Ramses
•Tutankhamun
•Kufu
•Hatshepsut
7
Hatshepsut was the first pharaoh who was
•a god.
•a child.
•a woman.
•a priest.
8
The Nile River flows South to North into the Mediterranean Sea
True
False
9
Why is King Tut one of the most well-known pharaohs?
•Tut was the first woman to claim power over Egypt.
Tutlived and ruled for more than 70 years
•Trade expeditions helped Tut learn about faraway lands.
•Amazing artifacts were found in Tut's tomb.
10
Of these four groups, which one had the lowest social status?
priests
scribes
artisans
government officials
11
Which of these was part of the topography (geography) of ancient Egypt?
•a hot, dry climate
•a mountain range
• a long growing season
•a river valley
12
Narmer is the ruler that united Upper and Lower Egypt
True
False
13
A form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler?
monarchy
dictatorship
democracy
theocracy
14
Compared with any other pharaoh in history, Ramses II produced more
•temples and monuments.
•books of scholarship.
•maps based on expeditions.
•inventions to use in warfare.
15
At what level of the social pyramid in Egyptian society would scribes be found?
•Not on the pyramid because scribes wereusually foreigners.
At the bottom because they could not read.
•At the top above the pharaoh because onlythey could write.
•Close to the top because of theireducation and abilities.
16
To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied the
Quran
Bible
Book of the Dead
History Alive Textbook
17
A dynasty is a line of rulers that passes power from father to son
False
True
18
One of the few ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class was by..?
help build a pyramid
•take care of a temple
attend scribe school
store a lot of grain
19
How did the yearly flooding of the Nile River affect the people of Egypt and Kush?
•It spread diseases that destroyed whole empires.
•It isolated the settlements.
•It left silt that improved the soil.
•It attracted hunters and gatherers looking for wildlife.
20
•Which provides evidence that the Egyptians believed in a life after death?
atheism
mummification
monotheism
polytheism
21
In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?
copper coins
music at banquets
grain
paper notes
22
Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?
to avoid the risk of poison
to feed them in the afterlife
to perform a sacrifice to the gods
to show earthly love
23
Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies?
•to preserve dead bodies of the pharaohs
•to decorate palaces of the pharaohs
toeducate and protect the royal children
totransport goods up and down the Nile
24
Which sentence best describes the role of women in religion?
They were not allowed in temples.
They could become priestesses.
They ran all religious ceremonies.
They were worshiped as gods.
25
Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from
a plant
animalskins
soft clay
cotton rags
26
•Who signed the world’s first peace treaty?
•Egypt and the Babylonians
Egypt and the Hittites
•Egypt and the Assyrians
Egypt and the Persians
27
What is associated with the ancient Egyptian god Anubis?
deathand mummification
the Nile and its river deltas
drought and harvest time
the sky and all the stars
28
What was a major purpose for building the pyramids?
tombs for pharaohs when they died
•temples for religious worship
•store houses for reserves of grain
homes for the pharaohs' servants
29
Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape at the left?
Most people were in the bottom classes,few people at the top
•Many structures of that design were builtin the desert.
•Scientists like to use a pyramid to keep the layers apart.
•The triangle represented the three seasons of the Nile.
30
Which Egytptian ruler built many new temples durng the New Kingdom peirod?
King Tut
Meroe
Giza
Ramses II
31
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 wrote histories of events on rolls of papyrus.
They passed on their skills to sons and daughters.
They carved and painted scenes of everyday life.
32
•How did the desert help the people of Egypt and Kush?
•It gave protection from invaders.
•It was grassy for grazing sheep.
•It made trade and travel easy.
•It had fertile land for crops.
33
Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?
priest shoping to get jobs at the temples
•scribes who kept poor records
peasant farmers during the flood season
•government officials out of favor
34
What was an important duty of the vizier?
to decide court cases
to collect taxes
to lead the army
to help make alliances
35
The kingdoms of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt developed along what geographic feature?
•Persian Gulf
•Euphrates River
•Mediterranean Sea
•Nile River
