Which powers did pharaohs have in Ancient Egypt?

They were considered gods and had all power

Which one of the following sentences about Egyptian painting is false?

Human figures represented movement

The Mesopotamian civilization appeared in ____________________

Between the Tigris and the Euphrates river

Why were the first civilizations called "River civilizations"?

Because they lived near big rivers, so they use water for agriculture

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1º ESO - Unit 2 - Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt

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1
What area of Egypt was known as Lower Egypt?
The Southern area
The capital
The Nile Delta
The area conquered by pharaohs in the Middle Kingdom
2
What was the Egyptian capital in the Middle Kingdom?
Heliopolis
Memphis
Thebes
Alexandria
3
What did the Egyptians use the Nile river for?
Its water was used for agriculture
It provided water for human needs like drinking whater, cooking...
All are correct
It was used as route of communication
4
The Egyptian civilization appeared near to the river ____________________
Indo
Tigris
Euphrates
Nile
5
What was the role of the priest in Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations?
Led religious rituals
Led the army
Led the construction of monuments
Write and read royal orders
6
Which group made up the majority of the population in Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations?
Nobility
Peasants
Clergy
Army
7
What type of material did Mesopotamians use to write?
Paper
Stone blocks
Papyrus
Clay tablets
8
Which powers did pharaohs have in Ancient Egypt?
They controlled the army
They were considered gods and had all power
They had magical powers and controlled the water level of the Nile river
They only had religious power
9
Which one of the following Mesopotamian civilizations didn't create an Empire?
Summerian
Assirian
Babylonian
Akkadian
10
Which pharaoh united Lower and Upper Egypt for the first time?
Menes
Thutmose I
Kafra
Akhenaten
11
Which one of the following sentences about Egyptian painting is false?
Human figures represented movement
Figures were painted without perspective
Important people were always represented young and beauty
Figures were represented in herarchical order
12
What was the first type of writing?
Hieroglyph
Alfabetic
Cuneiform
Cyrillic
13
What were Zigurats?
Granaries
Temples
Fortresses
Palaces
14
What materials were frequently used by Mesopotamians in architecture?
Wood
Marble
Stone blocks
Adobe bricks
15
The Mesopotamian civilization appeared in ____________________
Between the Tigris and the Nilo river
Between the Nilo and the Euphrates river
Between the Tigris and the Euphrates river
Between the Nilo and the Indo river
16
Where did writing appear for the first time?
Egypt
Mesopotamia
China
Greece
17
In which period were pyramids built?
The Old Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
Pyramids were built in all these periods
The New Kingdom
18
What were the main inventions of the Mesopotamia architecture?
The use of cement
The bridge and the dome
The arch and the vault
The horseshoe arch and the barrel vault
19
Why were the first civilizations called "River civilizations"?
Because they lived near big rivers, so they could fish
Because they lived far from big rivers
Because they used rivers to move from one place to another
Because they lived near big rivers, so they use water for agriculture
20
What does it mean that Egyptians and Mesopotamians were polytheistic?
They believed in small spirits located in nature
They believed in several gods
They didn't believe in any god
They believed in one only god

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