Egypt Crash Course Review

The Pyramids are one of three remaining of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

• True

• False

What type of civilization was ancient Egypt?

• Steppe nomads

• Herders

• River valley

• The Mongols

What are some of the ways that we can look at history?

• Clashes between great men

• A conversation among philosophies

• Who has cooler rocks

• From the point of view of traditionally marginalized communities

The Nile was _______

• regular

• navigable

• divine

• in denial

Agriculture along the Nile was:

• Very difficult and complex

• Not too hard, but not very productive

• Very easy and productive

• Unpredictable and dangerous

What kind of water management did the Egyptians use?

• Basin irrigation

• Complex hydraulic systems

• They let it flood the fields

• They trained the river by giving it treats

Based on how easy agriculture was in Egypt, this contributed to a general sense of __________

• Pessimism (everything is going to go bad)

• Optimism (everything is going to go well)

• Fatalism (I can’t change anything)

• Laziness

The Pyramids are:

• Tombs

• Palaces

• Alien landing pads

• Grain storage

Why is King Tut famous?

• He was a great and innovative pharaoh

• His tomb was left alone until modern day

• He was a hated king

• He was the longest reigning pharaoh

What did Egyptian food surpluses result in?

• Lots of trading

• Lots of time and energy to build things

• Egypt being raided by nomads

• Not paying attention to good farming practices