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Ancient Egypt and The Israelites
Ancient Egypt and The Israelites
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Jacob and his descendants were treated badly in Egypt, so they left in what is called
The Exodus
The Awakening
The Great Departure
a miracle
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The ancient Egyptian are also known for two calendars based on
the moon and stars
the sun and moon
the sun and clouds
the sun and rain
3
The Great Pyramids of Giza were
great big sand castles made by Egyptian children
tombs for pharaohs
centers where bartering took place
temples
4
Hammurabi's Code and the Ten Commandments were both laws that helped make sure
of complete chaos
everyone went to temples to pray
people worshiped many gods
of societal order
5
The pharaohs of ancient Egypt passed down power to family members. This is called
Democracy
Oligarchy
Dynasties
Dictatorship
6
If you were a king in ancient Egypt you were called a
master
bling master
pharaoh
gangsta
7
Abraham's grandson, Jacob, left Canaan for Egypt because of a
famine
rude neighbor
scary monster that appeared at night
shortage of R&B music
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What is a bureaucracy
a tomb
Gods
a temple
Government officials
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Why did ancient Egyptians treasure the Nile River?
It was filled with treasure chests
They knew without it their land would a hot baked desert.
There were lots of snails in it for purple dye.
It was really pretty to look at
10
Pharaohs wore a double crown because
the Gods required them to
it was a symbol that meant upper and lower Egypt were united
it provided more protection from arrows
it was gangsta
11
What is the name of this Fertile Crescent country formally known as Canaan?
Phoenicia
Egypt
Jordan
Israel
12
The ancient Egyptian were also the firsts to study human organs. This is called
anatomy
geometry
astrology
biology
13
Abraham is known as the father of the first monotheistic religion called
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Hinduism
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How did the Nile Cataracts protect people of Egypt
They blocked the hot sun
They shot out rocks at invaders
They were rocky rapids so no war ships could invade
The Gods lived there and put a spell on any invaders
15
What is this a picture of
Nile Delta
Nile cataracts
A tree in the sea
Scary green sea monster
16
The Israelites were related to other people of the Fertile Crescent, but they were different
because they were monotheists (believed in one god).
because they liked R&B music
because they relied on farming to eat.
because they liked to fish in the sea.
17
When the second Quarter test says " You're going down," you say,
" I want my mommy"
"please don't hurt me"
"yes"
"NO.. NO WAY!"
18
On the journey back to Canaan, Moses received 10 laws on how to live from God. These laws are
The Ten Commandments
The Code of Ethics
Hammurabi's Code
The Laws of the Land
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Ramses II was pharaoh who rule about 200 yrs after Hatshepsut (1275 BC).How did he build Egypt?
By putting 282 laws on a stele
By war and conquest
Farming
trade
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What was the name of the fine mineral that was found in the nile river that made fertile soil?
sugah
powdered sugah
silt
salt
21
One of the most important gods of Ancient Egypt was Amon-Re, the god of
the dead
the sea
the after life
the sun
22
How did Israel get its name?
From Abraham's grandson, Jacob
From Moses
From Abraham's son Isaac
From Abraham
23
Ancient Egyptians, like those of Mesopotamia, believed in many Gods, they were
monotheists
polytheists
atheists
agnostics
24
Building pyramids meant that the ancient Egyptians were good at math, especially
word problems
fractions
statistics
geometry
25
Abraham left Mesopotamia for Canaan because
God promised him the land of Canaan forever.
The Tigris and Euphrates dried up
he got bored with the daily life of Ur.
there was no food
26
Ancient Egyptian writing was called
cuneiform
hieroglyphs
cursive
papyrus
27
One of the greatest achievements of the ancient Egyptians was
making stone tools
cuneiform
mummification
fire
28
Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh who built Egypt's wealth through
gold mining
trade
selling pharaoh Tuthankamun's sarcophagus
war
29
Ancient Egyptian scribes wrote on
construction paper
papyrus
word processors
college ruled paper
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Who was the lower class in ancient Egypt?
scribes
pharaohs
farmers, servants and slaves
nobles