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HJT Chapter 2: Egypt and Mesopotamia
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1
True or False: Hieroglyphics is a simple writing system that was easily translated.
False
True
2
Deposits of rich soil left by the Nile floods are called...
Silt
Soil
Fill
Loess
3
The richest and easiest place for farming in ancient Egypt
Hills
Plateaus
Plains
Delta
4
This was the first group to smelt iron.
Persians.
Greeks
Hittites
Sumerians
5
This group began using the coin and developed the money economy.
Persians
Babylonians
Greeks
Lydians
6
This is the type of writing used by Egyptians.
Runes
Hieroglyphics
Pictographs
Sanskrit
7
The Nile River was critical for the survival of Egypt because...
it provided the only real source of water for Egypt.
it provided ways to deconstruct the pyramids.
in provided a way for soldiers to invade other kingdoms.
it provided a barrier between the living and the dead.
8
This is a body preserved for the afterlife.
zombie
mummy
ghoul
fossil
9
True or False: The sphinx was probably built to guard the pyramids.
False
True
10
True or False: Egyptian history covers almost 500 years and consists of a dozen dynasties
False
True
11
This object was discovered in Egypt in 1799. It was used to translate hieroglyphics.
Babble Fish
Rosetta Stone
Antikythera mechanism
Glyphstone
12
Hebrews left Egypt during the time known as...
Banishment.
Deuteronomy.
Escapious.
Exodus.
13
This was the source of Egypt's food, water, and trade.
Nile River
Tiber River
Tigris River
Euphrates River
14
True or False: Egyptians could farm in Egypt year round due to the heavy rainfalls
True
False
15
Which of the following was true about the Egyptian religion?
Brains are weighted against a feather in the Hall of Truth.
Egypt was always monotheistic.
Amon-Ra would emerge from the Great Pyramid to reunite Egypt
Afterlife duties are the same as duties in the real world.
16
This group developed a number system based on 60 and the wheel.
Persians
Sumerians
Minoans
Babylonians
17
This group developed the monotheistic belief of Zoroastrianism.
Egyptians
Babylonians
Persians
Hittites
18
Which of the following is true about the Nile River?
It is formed by the White Nile and Blue Nile.
It is the longest river in the world.
It is the world's only major river that flows south to north
All the choices are correct.
19
Pharaohs in Egypt...
were most powerful during the Middle Kingdom.
had massive pyramids built as tombs during the New Kingdom.
were usually women.
were considered living gods by their subjects.
20
The best place for farming along the Nile was
Across the large delta in Northern Egypt.
near the plateau of Lake Nazzer.
along the highlands in Ethiopia.
in the rolling hills of Upper Egypt.
21
The penalty for breaking one of Hammurabi's codes can best be describe as
fine based.
easy to get out of.
an eye for an eye.
swift and violent.
22
This group developed a formal code of conduct that governed personal and public ideas.
Sumerians
Babylonians
Lydians
Romans
