Ch. 5 Ancient Egypt and Kush

Egyptian women had more rights than other women of this time period.

• True
• False

This ruler united Upper and Lower Egypt by marrying the princess of Lower Egypt.

• Ramses II
• Tutankhamen
• Piye
• Narmer

The Nile River's flooding could be described as:

• destructive
• unpredictable
• gentle and predictable
• rare

The natural barriers that protected Egypt were:

• cataracts
• deserts
• deltas
• all of the above

How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile's yearly spring flooding?

• They irrigated during the dry season.
• They grew papyrus.
• They created hieroglyphics.
• They became successful farmers.

The Nubian people came from the African savannas south of the...

• Arabian Desert
• Eastern Desert
• Sahara
• Red Desert

To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied the...

• Book of Spells
• Book of Prayers
• Book of the Dead
• Book of Life After Death

Savannas are fertile marshes...

• True
• False

Incense is a material used to make furniture.

• True
• False

The New Kingdom pharaoh Amenhotep was successful in establishing a new religion based on the worship of Aton, the sun god, as Egypt's only god.

• True
• False