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Unit 2 Ancient Egypt and the Middle East
Unit 2 Ancient Egypt and the Middle East
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Which items were likely to come from Kushites?
salt and pepper
silk, bronze, furs
ivory, leather, timber
glass, pottery, spears
2
A ruler of ancient Egypt is called a...
Pharaoh
Canaan
Top Dog
President
3
Judaism was the very first religion of what type?
None of the above
Atheistic
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
4
What are herders?
Students who study the human ear
Egyptian gods
None of the above
nomads who moved from place to place looking for grasslands
5
What did ancient settlers NOT use the Mediterranean Sea for?
irrigating crops
drinking water
all of the above
watering cattle
6
Why did Egyptians bury food and drink with the dead?
to feed them in the afterlife
To enrich the soil
none of the above
To keep bugs away
7
What form of writing did scribes learn around 3000 BCE?
pig latin
cuneiform
English
hieroglyphs
8
True or False: Men were in charge of Egyptian society
false
true
9
Pyramid showing positions of social classes according to their status a society is called a...
Giza
peasant
festival
social pyramid
10
How was the Jordan River especially helpful?
It provided the Negev w/ more water than deserts usually get
It allowed a great trade route
None of the above
It provided a way for Israelites to get out of Canaan
11
Why did Canaan's climate discourage abundant plant life?
It didn't...the weather was perfect
All of the above
It was too hot and dry
There was too much rain and snow
12
What is the longest river in the world?
Mississippi River
Nile River
Tigris River
Euphrates River
13
Which are environmental factors that influenced early human settlement?
vegitation
all of the above
water
topography
14
What physical feature was most important to ancient settlers of Egypt and Kush?
river
trees
desert
hills
15
For Israelites, The Exodus was them leaving...
None of the above
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Canaan
16
What shape describes the social classes of Egypt?
Rectangle
Cube
Circle
Pyramid
17
What region did Jews consider the promise land?
Ur
Egypt
All of the above
Canaan
18
What Jewish state was created by David and Solomon?
Rome
Babylon
All of the above
Israel
19
What physical feature contributed to fertile soil and foreign trade in ancient Kush?
Mediterranean Sea
Nubian Desert
Nile River
Red Sea
20
Into what body of water does the Nile River empty?
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Lake Michigan
Red Sea
21
For Jews, a strong sense of government was provided by...
God
Jesus
Mohammad
David
22
Most people in ancient Egypt were...
peasants
peiests
pharaohs
scribes
23
True or false: Egyptian women enjoyed more freedoms than most women in the ancient world
false
true
24
One of the top government officials was called a...
king
preist
pharaoh
vizier
25
Why did the Kushites move their capital from Napata to Meroe?
Meroe was further away from Egypt
Napata was flooded by the Nile
Meroe was more beautiful
Napata burned down