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Which Egyptian social class was responsible for creating tools, jewelry, and art?
Merchants
Artisans
Priests
Slaves
2
What is the title for a ruler of Egypt?
Tut
King
Papyrus
Pharoah
3
What is the Ancient Egyptian written language called?
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Rosetta
Dynasty
4
What body of water is pictured in blue?
Lake Victoria
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Nile River
5
What body of water is pictured in blue?
Mediterranean Sea
Delta
Red Sea
Nile River
6
What taught people to read ancient Egyptian writing?
Rosetta Stone
Hieroglyphics
King Tut
Howard Carter
7
What is the flat land near the river's edge?
Flood plateau
Delta
Flood plain
Dynasty
8
What group practiced a monotheistic religion and were slaves in Egypt
Israelites
Pharaohs
Mesopotamians
Viziers
9
What is the source of the Nile River?
Flood Plain
Lake Victoria
Delta
Lower Egypt
10
What is the belief in many gods called?
Polymer
Polytheism
Polyphonic
Polygon
11
Why did Ancient Egyptians mummify the dead?
To please the gods
To prevent the smell of decomposition
To preserve bodies for the afterlife
To preserve bodies for science
12
What is mummification?
Moving from place to place
Process of making a mummy
Moving water for agriculture
A building for protection
13
Which Egyptian social class had the most power/wealth
Farmers/Slaves
Soldiers
Merchants
Government Officials/Priests
14
Why did the people of ancient Egypt settle near rivers?
The beautiful views
Everywhere else was full
Resources to build houses
Resources for agriculture
15
Which geographic feature is part of Lower Egypt?
The Valley of the Kings
The Western Desert
Lake Victoria
The Nile River Delta
16
What was the religion of the Israelites?
Jeff the God of Biscuits
Judaism
Polytheism
Christianity
17
What are the steps, in order, of the mummification process?
Put in pyramid, wrap body, remove organs, dry out body
dry out body, wrap body, put in pyramid, remove organs
Put in pyramid, dry out body, remove organs, wrap body
Remove organs, dry out body, wrap body, put in pyramid
18
What was the main purpose of the pyramids?
A monument of glory
Meeting place for leaders
Burial sites for pharaohs
A project to keep the slaves busy
19
On which continent is Egypt located?
Australia
Africa
Europe
Asia
20
Who discovered King Tut
Steve Martin
Ramses II
Arizona Smith
Howard Carter
21
Why did Egyptians stop using Pyramids?
They kept getting robbed
They started using mastabas
They stopped having pharaohs
They cost too much
22
What technology enabled Egyptians to keep records more easily than the Mesopotamians?
Medicine
Irrigation
Pyramids
Papyrus
23
How did Egyptians transfer power from one leader to the next?
Elections
Vizier
Dynasty
Mastaba
24
Which Egyptian social class had the most people?
Government Officials
Merchants
Pharaohs
Farmers and Slaves
25
What jobs were slaves most likely to do in ancient Egypt?
Prepare dead for the afterlife
Create linen out of flax
Dangerous/difficult work of society
Fight in war
26
What is the mouth of the Nile River?
Mediterranean Sea
Lake Victoria
Upper Egypt
Flood Plain
27
What is it called when we arange things above/below each other based on importance?
Hierarchy
Polytheism
Vizier
Dynasty
28
What are paths used to exchange goods called?
Hierarchy
Flood plain
Trade routes
Dynasty
29
Which of the following social classes would be the highest on the social pyramid?
Farmers
Government Officials
Craftsmen
Merchants
30
What geographic feature is indicated by the star?
Upper Egypt
Eastern Desert
Western Desert
Lower Egypt
31
What geographic feature is indicated by the star?
Eastern Desert
Western Desert
Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
32
What geographic feature of Egypt is indicated by the star?
Eastern Desert
Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
Western Desert
33
What body of water is pictured in blue?
Delta
Red Sea
Nile River
Mediterranean Sea
34
Which Egyptian social class would be responsible for trading crops for other goods like wood?
Artisans
Government Officials
Merchants
Slaves
35
Which geographic feature is indicated by the star?
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
Western Desert
Eastern Desert
36
Why was flooding of the Nile important to farmers?
Destorys whatever crops haven't been harvested
Enables them to grow rice between harvests
Enriches soil with nutrients
Makes it difficult to get crops to market
37
What made Egypt the wealtiest civilization in the ancient Middle East?
Conquest and construction
Mining and tool-making
Farming and trade
Shipbuilding and fishing
38
What geographic feature is pictured in blue?
Mediterranean Sea
Upper Egypt
Red Sea
Delta
39
What did irrigation allow people in Egypt to do?
Egyptians could grow forests
Drained Lake Victoria
Agriculture spread beyond the river valley
Build taller pyramids
40
What is the successful underground burial place for pharaohs?
Ziggurat
Pyramids
Nile River
Valley of the Kings
