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Chpt 5 Lessons 1-3 of (mostly 1/2/achievements)
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1
Advantages of Nile’s yearly flooding...
Created hieroglyphics
Became successful farmers
Irrigated during the dry season
Grew papyrus
2
What were the purpose of pyramids?
to hide their riches
they were tombs for the rich
for show
3
What continent is Egypt located in?
Africa
Australia
Europe
Asia
4
Egyptians would set broken bones back into place for people if they needed it.
false
true
5
What caused the decline and fall of the Egyptian empire?
Egyptians were attacked by neighboring peoples
People were too interested in their religion
Egyptian crops failed because of drought
People built too many temples/ran out of $
6
Why was Napata a favorable location for trade?
Powerful king ruled the city
Trade caravans crossed the upper Nile there.
Strong army afforded protection from bandits
There were many merchants/artisans
7
The capital of Kush, located on a trade route
Ur
Giza
Kerma
Napata
8
What religion did Ancient Egypt practice?
Polytheism
Christianity
Daoism
Buddhism
9
The Egyptians created a calendar that had 365 days in a year.
True
False
10
The Nubian people came from the African Savanna’s south of the
Arabian Desert
Red Desert
Eastern Desert
Sahara
11
This ruler united Upper/Lower Egypt
Piye
Narmer
Tut
Ramses II
12
What river runs along Egypt?
Nile
Red sea
Mississippi
Indus River
13
What is it called when a series of rulers come from a single blood line (family)?
Pharoahs
Dynasty
Culture
14
A process of embalming and drying corpses.
Cremation
Dehydrating
Mummification
15
The Nile River’s flooding could be described as
Rare
Gentle/predictable
Destructive
Unpredictable
16
The ancient Egyptian civilization was the first to publish books describing advances
Irrigation
Astronomy
Mathematics
Medicine
17
Egyptians started mathematics in order to collect what?
food
labor
property
taxes
18
What are you looking at?
pharaoh
the great sphinx
temple
19
Why was Egypt so successful?
they were great rulers
they had access to water
they had a big population
20
A tall reed that grows in the Nile delta is called what?
parchment
papyrus
bamboo
21
Today we call it Sudan. The ancient Egyptians called it
Ethiopia
Memphis
Nubia
Giza
22
After breaking away from Egyptian rule, Kush eventually
Conquered Egypt
Gave up all Egyptian customs/beliefs
Signed a peace treaty with Egypt
Refused to trade with Egypt
23
Egyptian invention to prevent pharaoh’s body from decomposing was
Removing only the eyes
Surveying the pyramid
The act of embalming
Creating a dummy stuffed with straw
24
Many Egyptians believed that after you died you went....
to the afterlife
to hell
to heaven
to bed
25
The natural barrier that protected Egypt in the south was the
Sahara
Sudan
Cataracts
Red Sea
26
Egyptians were the first to use _____ for columns, and temples.
stone
sand
cement
clay
27
As a result of being conquered by Egypt, Nubians
Refused to accept any Egyptian beliefs/customs
Gave up their previous way of life
Accepted many Egyptian beliefs/customs
Stopped worshiping their own deities
28
Ancient Egypt's writing system was called what?
english
spanish
hierogplyphics
cave man paintings
29
One of the reasons the Kushites moved their capital to Meroe was to be close to
Napata
The Egyptians
Kerma
Iron ore deposits
30
How were the pyramids of the Kushites different from those of the Egyptians?
More colorful with more gently sloped
Smaller/steeply sloped
More elaborate
Larger, more steeply sloped
