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1
Define Irrigation
A system of government
A barter system
Moving water to crops
The flooding of the Nile River
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What is bartering?
A legal system
A trade system
A housing system
The law
3
These people were known writers in Egypt.
priests
JK Rowling
scribes
hatyas
4
What substance is used to dry out bodies during mummification?
Acid
Nitron
Sulfur
Natron
5
What are the Red Lands?
Where the farmers grow crops
City markets
Dirt along the Nile River
The desert
6
Define Aristocracy
A free nation
Ruled by a democratic government
Ruled by the high class
Ruled by a monarchy
7
What is the spirit or soul called?
Ma'at
Senet
Imhotep
Ba
8
Which of the following makes a city an "advanced city"?
Protective walls and fortifications
A large population
A center for trade, government, or learning
Good roads and water/sewer systems
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Which group is not part of the food producing group?
Blacksmiths
Farmers
Fisherman
Hunters
10
Who built the first pyramid?
Djoser
Imhotep
Osiris
Ma'at
11
Who unified upper and lower Egypt?
Narmer
Set
Tutankhamun
Imhotep
12
Where in Egypt did most Egyptians live?
In the Sinai Desert
Along the Nile River
In the Sahara Desert
Near the Red Sea
13
What are mastabas?
houses
pyramids
Burial chambers
palaces
14
What did Egyptians consider the most important part of the body?
Intestines
Lungs
Heart
Brain
15
This majority group helped build the pyramids.
architects
farmers
slaves
masons
16
Ancient Egyptians used this to write on.
Linen
Wood
Papyrus
Animal hide
17
Who is at level 3 on the social hierarchy?
Fisherman
Nobles
Artisans
Pharaoh
18
Who is at the top of the social hierarchy?
Pharaoh/royal family
Nobles
Merchants
Hunters
19
What is polytheism?
One god
spirits in all of nature
a religion
many gods
20
Which one is NOT a Theme of Geography?
Religion
Movement
Place
Location
21
What is a closed society?
No one is allowed to speak to other classes
No one is allowed entry into a city
No one is allowed to move houses
No one moves from the hierarchy
22
Define Human/Environment Interaction
The movement of ideas
Shared characteristics
What a place is like
How people use, change and adapt to their environment
23
What is inundation?
Provides nutrients
Silt is left behind
A system of watering crops
Flooding of the river
24
What was in the temple complex?
mastabas
temple
family pyramids
tombs
25
What is considered advanced technology?
irrigation
shaduf
mummification
pyramids
26
Order and balance is known as...
Set
Osiris
Ma'at
Anubis
27
A government controlled by religion is called a:
Theocracy
Monarchy
city-state
Aristocracy
28
Who wrote the Code of Hammurabi?
A group of nobles
A High Priest
A Babylonian King
An Egyptian Pharaoh
29
Which one is NOT a theme of geography
Movement
Geography
Place
Region
30
What is the first step in mummification?
Remove internal organs
Wrap the body with linen
Remove the brains
Use of natron to pull moisture
31
What type of writing is this?
hieroglyphics
Grecian
Mastabas
32
What kind of cloth was woven for clothing?
Cotton
Linen
Animal hide
Wool
33
What type of art is this?
Abstract
Realism
Impressionism
Frontalism
34
Define mummification
Removal of physical beauty
Rotting corpse
Entombed corpse
Removal of moisture
35
Pharaoh was seen as a:
Priest
Mortal ruler
General
God-king
36
What's a specialized worker?
priest
teacher
weaver
farmer
37
Define Artisans
They have special skills/knowledge
They weave clothes
They build houses
They make stuff
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What is NOT part of a complex institution?
governments
laws
education
inundation
