Ancient Egypt

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1 point

Who was at the bottom of the Egyptian social pyramid?

merchants

slaves

Pharaoh

priests

1 point

Egyptians believed pharaohs were sent to Earth to rule for the gods. What inference can you make from this statement?

Egyptians were monotheistic

Egyptians were scavengers

Egyptians were polytheistic

Egyptians were traders

1 point

Which of the following BEST describes where the Egyptian civilization developed?

along the Nile River

along the Indus River

along the Tigris River

along the Huang He River

1 point

How did the Sumerian and Egyptian forms of writing differ?

Sumerians used cuneiform and Egyptians used oracle bones

Sumerians used cuneiform and Egyptians used hieroglyphics

Sumerians used oracle bones and Egyptians used Sanskrit

Sumerians used Sanskrit and Egyptians used cuneiform

1 point

Which of the following is a type of Egyptian architecture?

acropolis

ziggurats

pyramids

great wall

1 point

Which of the following BEST describes how Egyptian civilization developed?

Farms replaced cities and then pyramids

Cities broke off into scattered farms

Farms grew into villages and then cities

Villages replaced towns

1 point

How was Egypt able to build pyramids and temples?

It collected payments from Sumer

It collected taxes from the people

The priests held religious festivals

The pharaoh's family paid the costs

1 point

What is the most likely reason the Egyptian civilization grew up along the Nile?

The area surrounding the Nile was wiped out by drought

The area surrounding the Nile was fertile farmland

The area surrounding the Nile was settled by Indians

The area surrounding the Nile was barren land

1 point

What geographical feature isolated Egypt?

mountains

river

rain forest

desert

10.

1 point

What factor contributed MOST to the growth of trade in the New Kingdom?

Egypt's defeat of the Sinai Peninsula

Egypt's conquest of distant lands

Egypt's creation of the pyramids

Egypt's creation of an army

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