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Ancient Egypt and Kush
Ancient Egypt and Kush
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What do we know about the ancient world? #Egypt#kush
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1
Which conclusion about the Old Kingdom can be drawn from studying the pyramids?
Egyptians were advanced engineers in an organized society.
The Egyptians placed little value on life after death.
2
What is flax?
a law
a bird
a plant or seed
a drink
3
A line of rulers from the same family made up a __________ in Egypt.
throne
dynasty
clan
pharaoh
4
A cataract is a
business
trade
waterfall
eye problem
5
The Egyptian religion was_____ which means ______.
simple, easy going
positive, only good things came to them
monotheistic, belief in ONE god
polytheistic, belief in MANY gods
6
Egyptians used to weave cloth from a plant called
fibers
flax
red
straw
7
The area near the mouth of the Nile is the...
edge
basin
cataract
delta
8
The world's longest river is the...
Amazon
Euphrates
Tigris
Nile
9
Hatshepsut and Ramses II ruled during the _______ Kingdom.
Ancient
Middle
New
Old
10
What is one reason that Egyptians stopped building pyramids?
Pyramids attracted the attention of tomb robbers.
War disrupted the construction projects.
Other cultures began to copy their designs.
Egypt was too poor to support the cost of the construction.
11
Eternal life mean to live
forever
.
true
false
12
A dynasty is a succession of people from the same family who rule over a country.
True
False
13
What new tool did the Egyptians use to spread water across their lands?
the cataract
shaduf
the hieroglyph
the ibis
14
Egyptian Society was highly organized.
False
True
15
The Nile River in Upper Egypt churns with six
deltas
silt
cataracts
whirlpools
16
The art and architecture of ancient Egypt were
designed to emphasize
the...
idea of beauty as seen by the artist.
value of the arts in daily life.
role of the individual as an artist.
religious idea of eternal life.
17
Which process determined the order in which members of a royal family inherited the throne.
war
succession
the double crown
Democracy
18
What "gifts" do the Nile provide?
enemies.
a connection to the tlantic ocean.
The Nile River god.
food, water, transportation, and farmland.
19
The purpose of much Egyptian art was to decorate
woven cloth
government documents
literary manuscripts
tombs and temple walls
20
A shaduf is...
a specialization.
an Egyptian horse.
an irrigation tool.
a musical instrument
21
Ancient Egyptians practiced mummification because of...
their worship of dead ancestors.
their fear of decay.
their belief in an afterlife where bodies would be needed.
their scientific curiosity of human body parts.
