What is the source of the Nile?

the Blue Nile and the White Nile

How did its location help Kush become a powerful kingdom?

trading link between Africa south of the Sahara and Egypt.

How did Hatshepsut change Egypt during her reign as pharaoh?

She increased Egypt’s wealth by expanding trade.

What functions did Egypt’s bureaucracy perform for the pharaoh?

collected taxes from farmers and distributed surpluses

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1
What is the source of the Nile?
the highlands of West Africa
the Blue Nile and the White Nile
the Mediterranean Sea
the Khartoum River
2
The geography of ancient Egypt included vast desert areas of burning sands known as
Lower Egypt.
Black Lands
Red Lands
Upper Egypt.
3
The pharaoh and the leader who united the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt was ______.
Cleopatra
King Phillip
Anatomy
Narmer
4
How did its location help Kush become a powerful kingdom?
It allowed the Kushites to grow food to be self-sufficient.
It created competition with the powerful Egyptian kingdom.
trading link between Africa south of the Sahara and Egypt.
5
Amon-Re, Isis, and Horus were
Greek gods worshipped Kush
the names of Egyptian gods
sacred texts in Egyptian religion
the names of Egyptian pharaohs
6
How did Hatshepsut change Egypt during her reign as pharaoh?
She established Alexandria as a major center of learning.
She increased Egypt’s wealth by expanding trade.
She founded a new dynasty that ruled Egypt for generations.
She expanded Egypt by engaging in wars of conquest.
7
When was ancient Egypt the most powerful and prosperous?
during the Old Kingdom
during the Middle Kingdom
just after Narmer’s unification
during the New Kingdom
8
Egyptians preserved knowledge thanks to officials called __________, who knew how to write.
slaves
artisans
merchants
scribes
9
What functions did Egypt’s bureaucracy perform for the pharaoh?
handled and produced currency.
collected taxes from farmers and distributed surpluses
laid plans for irrigation of the Nile.
10
Which represents a unique achievement of Kush’s civilization?
papyrus
preparation for the afterlife
Meroitic script
hieroglyphics
11
Through the buying and selling of goods, places needed to depend on each other which was called
merchantilism
bureaucracy
artistry
interdependence
12
What was the purpose of the pyramids?
to hold rebels as prisoners
to serve as tombs for pharaohs
to house farmers and their families
to store grain and dried beans

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