SEMESTER 1 EXAM 2019

What is irrigation?

• an independent city-state

• the artificial movement of water to a new location

• to bother someone

• using artificial chemicals to make crops grow faster

What does monotheism mean?

• a one celled disease

• the belief in many gods

• a military tactic used by the Hebrews

• the belief in one god

What is silt?

• tiny pieces fertile sediment that is left behind after a flood

• a fabric similar to silk

• a terraced farm with one level

• dry soil with little to no nutrients

What is a city-state?

• a city that is as large as a state

• a city and its surrounding land that has an independent government

• a state that is as small as a city

• the capital of a state

What is a dynasty?

• a very powerful country

• a family of rulers

• a collection of city-states

• when one country controls all the countries around it

Farmers in ancient Egypt and even today used a _________________________to scoop basins in the

earth to store river water.

• Papyrus

• Cataract

• Shadoof

• Delta

Egyptians used a combination of pictures and sounds, known as _________________; whereas Mesopotamians used wedged shaped symbols knowns as _________________.

• Cuneiform; hieroglyphics

• Hieroglyphics; cuneiform

• Cuneiform; shadoofs

• Shadoofs; hieroglyphics

A _______________ is a type of government where the pharaoh is in charge of both the government and the religion. Officials who are appointed by the pharaoh to carry out government orders/projects (supervising construction of dams, irrigation, etc). are known as ________________

• Bureaucrats; Theocracy

• Theocracy; Bureaucrats

• Democracy; Bureaucrats

• Bureaucrats; Democracy

he was the architect of the step pyramid and also a doctor

• Narmer

• Imhotep

• pharaoh

• Ramses II

• Hyskso

Egyptian pharaoh during the time of Moses; great military leader

• Narmer

• Imhotep

• pharaoh

• Ramses II

• Hyskso