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A review of Ancient Egypt discussions and powerpoint.
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1
What is the most important natural resource in North Africa?
Oil
Diamonds
Gold
Water
2
What is "leisure time" defined as?
Sleeping
Eating
Hunting
Free-time
3
What river is the longest in the world?
Mississippi River
Amazon River
Colorado River
Nile River
4
What is the name of this group of pyramids?
Nefertiti's Pyramids of Life
King Tut's Pyramids
Ancient tombs of the Pharaohs
Pyramids of Giza
5
What marked the beginning of the Neolithic Age?
Military advancements
Food surplus
Building permanent homes
Sustained water supplies
6
What is the most important part of the Egyptian economy?
Gold
Fees to cross the Suez Canal
Diamonds
Importing oil
7
The movement of tectonic plates away from each other created what geographic feature in Africa?
Great Rift Valley
Oceanic floor
Atlas Mountain Range
Nile River
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Why did the Egyptians settle near the Nile River Basin?
Shortage of water
ability to grow many different crops
Food shortages
Abundance of land
9
Why were the pyramids believed to have been built?
as palaces for Egyptian royalty
as tombs for pharaohs
to show their understanding of astrology
to honor the sun god
10
What was built in Egypt that cut travel time by sea dramatically in the region
Great Rift Valley
Suez Canal
Nile River Basin
Aswan River Dam
11
Why was the Aswan River Dam built?
to provide a steady water source
to stop the spread of malaria
to generate electricity
to control flooding
12
What is the physical feature dominates the Northern African landscape?
Mountains
Deserts
Lakes
Rivers
13
What was a negative side effects of building the Aswan River Dam?
flooding continued
destroyed farmland
Malaria spread quickly
all of the above
14
What did the Egyptians believe their leader would become upon his death?
an elder
a Sphinx
immortal
a god
15
A place in the desert where water can be found is also known as an...
lake
oasis
pond
river
16
What is the name of the world's largest hot desert?
Arizona
Sahara
Nevada
Sahel
17
What is a polytheist defined as?
belief in one God
the belief in the afterlife
belief in reincarnation
belief in many gods
18
What was the title of the leader of Egyptian society?
Pharaoh
President
Governor
Prime Minister
19
People who move from place to place without a permanent home are known as...?
Wanderers
Homeless
Nomads
Cavemen
20
What does "domesticate" mean?
to build up an army
to allow women to work in agriculture
tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for farm produce
to build up a navy
21
When people move into cities and those cities grow larger it is called...
gold rush
desertification
urbanization
industrialization
22
This happens when people cut down forests or animals overgraze a particular region.
adaptation
desertification
deforestation
innovation
23
What country is represented by the number 30 in the diagram?
Nigeria
Sudan
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
24
After property rights were established, what was the next invention of the Ancient Egyptians?
Cuneifrom (system of writing)
Irrigation for the Nile
Aswan River Dam
Pyramids
