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Chpt 5 Lessons 1-3 of (mostly 1/2/achievements)
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1
Egyptians were some of the first peoples to quarry _____ for columns and temples.
clay
stone
sand
cement
2
What river runs through Egypt?
Indus
Euphrates
Nile
Tigris
3
This ruler united Upper/Lower Egypt
Tut
Narmer
Menes
Piye
4
What caused the decline and fall of the Egyptian empire?
The Nubians took over Egypt
Priests of Amun gained too much power
People built too many temples/ran out of $
Egyptians were attacked by neighboring peoples
5
A tall reed that grows in the Nile delta is called what?
parchment
papyrus
Cuneiform
bamboo
6
Ancient Egypt's writing system was called what?
cuneiform
cave man paintings
spanish
hierogplyphics
7
The Nubian people came from the African Savanna’s south of the
First Cataract
Eastern Desert
Sahel
Nile River
8
What continent is Egypt located in?
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia
9
What is it called? "A series of rulers come from a single blood line (family)"
Pharoahs
Culture
Dynasty
Kingdom
10
The ancient Egyptian civilization was the first to publish books describing advances
Irrigation
Medicine
Mathematics
Astronomy
11
Hieroglyphs are
Pictograms
Phonograms
12
The Egyptians created a calendar that had 365 days in a year.
True
False
13
Today we call it Sudan. The ancient Egyptians called it
Ethiopia
Giza
Memphis
Nubia
14
After breaking away from Egyptian rule, Kush eventually
Refused to trade with Egypt
Gave up all Egyptian customs/beliefs
Signed a peace treaty with Egypt
Conquered Egypt
15
As a result of being conquered by Egypt, Nubians
Stopped worshiping their own deities
Gave up their previous way of life
Adopted many Egyptian beliefs/customs
Refused to accept any Egyptian beliefs/customs
16
Advantages of Nile’s yearly flooding...
Grew papyrus
Silt
Water for crops
Irrigated during the dry season
17
The object in the image (arguably the most important Egyptian artifact)
Epic of Gilgamesh
Hammurabi's Code
Rosetta Stone
Narmer Palette
18
UPPER EGYPT IS ____ OF LOWER EGYPT
SOUTH
NORTH
19
The "Age of Pyramids" was the...
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
First Intermediate Period
Middle Kingdom
20
Egyptian invention to prevent pharaoh’s body from decomposing was
Creating a dummy stuffed with straw
Surveying the pyramid
Removing only the eyes
The act of embalming
21
The Egyptian Empire was....
The Old Kingdom
All 3 Kingdoms
The New Kingdom
THe Middle Kingdom
22
The natural barrier that protected Egypt in the south was the
Sahara
Mediterranean
Cataracts
Red Sea
23
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
24
What religion did Ancient Egypt practice?
Daoism
Monotheism
Polytheism
Buddhism
25
Egyptians would set broken bones back into place for people if they needed it.
false
true
26
The Nile River’s flooding could be described as
Rare
Gentle/predictable
Destructive
Unpredictable
27
A process of embalming and drying corpses.
Dehydrating
Mummification
Cremation
28
What are you looking at?
the great sphinx
temple
pharaoh