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Chapter 4 Ancient Egypt & Nubia
Chapter 4 Ancient Egypt & Nubia
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Ideas spread from Egypt to other lands through the buying and selling of goods and services
interdependence
commerce
artistry
bureaucracy
2
From their work with mummies, Egyptians learned much about ___, or the structure of the human body and its organs
hieroglyphics
anatomy
architecture
scribes
3
Which ancient Egyptian leader fought against Hittites in the area that was then called Kadesh?
Osiris
Menes
Ramses II
Hatshepsut
4
What effect did continued trading with Egypt have on Nubian civilization?
Nubians learned to navigate the Nile River.
Nubians adopted many of the elements of Egyptian culture
Nubians stopped trading with other African countries.
Nubians wanted to leave their country and move to Egypt.
5
Because Nubians had less land to farm than Egyptians,
they were more motivated to trade.
they became accomplished sailors on the Nile.
many Nubians moved to Egypt.
they sold their surplus grain to Egypt.
6
Which of the following is NOT true of Nubians?
Their culture was the same as Egypt’s.
They developed their own writing system.
closer contact w/other African peoples than the Egyptians.
Their idea of kings as gods may have spread to Egypt.
7
What aspects of its culture did Nubia take from Egypt?
A system of rule by queens
Gods and the use of pyramids
The use of iron, gold, and ivory
Its writing system
8
Those responsible for using hieroglyphics to record important inform & maintain records
artisans
pharaohs
scribes
bureaucrats
9
What was unusual about Hatshepsut's rule?
She fought too many battles.
She co-ruled with her cousin.
She was a woman ruler.
She built a pyramid in Nubia.
10
How were the Egyptians able to predict when the Nile would flood each year?
A lunar calendar ¬ed the event on the same date each yr.
They watched the horizon for the star Sirius to appear.
Read ancient manuscripts that traced history of the Nile.
not able to predict it b/c the flooding varied from yr to yr
11
Because of the groups of rocky rapids called the Nile cataracts
ships could not travel upstream from Egypt.
Nubians were skillful sailors.
Egyptians couldn't trade w/countries on Mediterranean Sea.
silt would not build up at the mouth of the Nile.
12
The most important god of all those worshiped by the Egyptians was the sun god
Horus
Isis
Osiris
Amon-Re.
13
The Nile delta formed the region known as
Lower Egypt.
the Red Land.
Upper Egypt.
Nubia
14
The Book of the Dead was a well-known piece of Egyptian literature that
explained the succession of pharaohs from 1 dynasty to next.
Egyptian official who was accused of killing a pharaoh.
was a list of important citizens and officials who had died.
served as a guide to the afterlife for dead souls.
15
Trade between Nubia and Egypt created _____ since each country depended on the other for goods it did not have
scribes
pharaoh
interdependence
anatomy
16
The Nubians created one of the world’s first alphabets called _______________ .
cuneiform
English
Meroitic script
Spanish
17
Egyptians were able to share and preserve knowledge thanks to officials called _____________ who knew how to write.
hieroglyphics
scribes
nobles
slaves
18
In order to overcome death like Osiris, Egyptians believed that they needed to
have their bodies buried in the waters of the Nile.
burn their bodies in the temple.
preserve their bodies for the afterlife.
pay tribute to the pharaoh in gold and grain.
19
The geography of ancient Egypt included vast desert areas of burning sands known as
the Red Land.
Lower Egypt.
the Black Land.
Upper Egypt.
20
The system of offices and officials that the pharaohs relied on to handle the business of government was called a
bureaucracy
hieroglyphics
scribes
anatomy
21
The Egyptians developed a calendar with 365 days that was called a
flood calendar.
solar calendar.
Sirius calendar.
lunar calendar.
22
Artists created paintings in pyramids&burial chambers depicting daily Egyptian life primarily
encourage sight-seeing and visitors to the tombs.
decorate and beautify the resting place of the pharaoh.
increase the value of the tomb and pyramid.
provide the person buried w/servants and things they needed
23
According to legend, 1st pharaoh & leader who united the Kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt was
Hatshepsut
Seth
Ramses II.
Menes.
24
Which difference between civilizations of Egypt &Nubia were the Nile cataracts responsible for?
Engineering
Transportation
Government
Food production
25
To construct pyramids,Egyptians needed to be proficient in the fields of engineering and
astronomy
anatomy
chemistry.
mathematics
