Why did a civilization emerge in Ancient Egypt?

Nile river created a fertile regian and food source

To what extent were Egyptians stuck in their social position?

Education helped farmers' children become gov officals

Agrarian civilizations shared all of the following traits EXCEPT ______________.

equal and just systems of government

Why was mummification so important to the Egyptians?

Prepared the body and soul for the afterlife

How would you define social hierarchy?

How people in society are ranked based upon their roles

Why was the heart, unlike the other organs, left inside the body?

It would be weighed in the hall of judgment by the gods.

Why did Egyptians build pyramids?

to be dwellings for pharaohs in the afterlife

How did the lives of Egyptian women compare to other women at the time?

Liberated, held positions of power, and had various rights

All of the following help scientist explain why the Neolithic Period began except:

An abundance of steady food sources for hunters

Scribes differed from the other Egyptian social classes in all the following ways except:

Scribes held a social position simliar to that of the pharaoh

Which best shows, the information the Egyptian's Book of the Dead contains?

Details of mummification and access to the afterlife

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1
Why did a civilization emerge in Ancient Egypt?
Nile river created a fertile regian and food source
Farming had spread from West Africa to Ancient Egypt
Food was very easy to find
There was many forests and farmland
2
What type of role did Paleolithic humans inhabit?
Pharaohs
Slaves
Hunter-Gathers
Farmers
3
To what extent were Egyptians stuck in their social position?
Social positions were permanent and could not be changed
Farmers could become nobles
Anyone could work hard and become a phraoh
Education helped farmers' children become gov officals
4
Agrarian civilizations shared all of the following traits EXCEPT ______________.
specialized jobs and social levels
ways of writing or record keepings
religious systems with gods and priests
equal and just systems of government
5
Name the rivers that Mesopotamian society settled near
Nile and Tigris
Tigris and Euphrates
Indus and Nile
Indus and Euphrates
6
Why was mummification so important to the Egyptians?
Mummification was an art form
Mother-Daughter bonding experience
Prepared the body and soul for the afterlife
Only performed on rich males
7
Cuneiform best demonstrates which trait of civilization?
Farming
Technology
Government
Written Language
8
Civilizations developed near ________ because the land was suitable for farming.
Rainy areas
River Valleys
Cities
Pyramids
9
How would you define social hierarchy?
How people in society are ranked based upon their gender
How people in society are ranked based upon their roles
Term used to describe human beings
The formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt
10
Transition in history from small nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers to larger, agricultural settlements
Neolithic Revolution
River Valleys
Social Hierachy
Hunter Gathers
11
Sumer and Babylonia make up what civilization?
South America
India
Egypt
Mesopotamia
12
Why was the heart, unlike the other organs, left inside the body?
It would be weighed in the hall of judgment by the gods.
The brain was more valuable
heart was the only organ holy enough
It stayed in the body
13
Why did Egyptians build pyramids?
to serve as religious temples and centers
to store grains and food during the harvest
to be dwellings for pharaohs in the afterlife
to protect the souls of all Egyptians
14
The Code of Hammurabi is an example of which of the following traits of civilization?
Technology
Social Hierarchy
Farming
Government
15
How did the lives of Egyptian women compare to other women at the time?
Liberated, held positions of power, and had various rights
Liberated and had more rights than men
Egyptian women were less liberated that other women
Had no freedom and very little rights
16
All of the following help scientist explain why the Neolithic Period began except:
An abundance of steady food sources for hunters
Changes in earth's climate
A population boom
Increasing pressue to compete for food
17
Scribes differed from the other Egyptian social classes in all the following ways except:
Scribes held a social position simliar to that of the pharaoh
Scribes had the ability to read and write Hieroglyphics
Scribes could come from any Egyptian social class
Scribes had to have intense schooling to learn to write
18
Which is not a trait of civilization?
Cities
Religion
Government
Time
19
Which best shows, the information the Egyptian's Book of the Dead contains?
The purpose of burial goods
Meaning of different Hieroglyphic symbols
Details of mummification and access to the afterlife
The names of the dead phraohs
20
Why was farming delayed in Sub-saharan Africa?
Land not equipped for farming
Farming wasn't a helpful resource
Farming led to disease and Africans feared the unknown
Preferred hunting and gathering

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