Ancient Israel and Egypt Practice Quizizz

What is this?

• the Tanakh

• the Tabernacle

• the Ten Commandments

• the Ark of the Covenant

How were the Israelites different from the people who lived in Mesopotamia?

• they were farmers

• they were monotheistic

• they could not write

• they had laws

The Israelites believed that they were given Canaan as their homeland because _______

• they were more powerful

• they had no where else to go

• they worshipped only one god

• no one else was living there

The Phoenicians were all of the following except _____

• sailors

• traders

• enemies of the Israelites

• shipbuilders

What made Canaan a good place for the Israelites to live?

• it was far from Mesopotamia

• It was near Egypt

• it was between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River

• it was far inland

The region where the Israelites lived is called the Levant. Levant means _______

• to rise

• to set

• to lay

• to do

Identify the labeled regions on the map.

a

b

c

d

e

Mediterranean Sea

Nile River Delta

Red Sea

Nile River

Sahara Desert

Where did most Egyptians live?

• in pyramids

• by the Red Sea

• along the Nile River

• in the Sahara Desert

Why was the Nile sometimes difficult for travel?

• it flooded a lot

• it had a delta

• cataracts made it fast and bumpy

• it was too narrow

What does this show?

• judgement in the afterlife

• inequality of women and men

• mummification

• choosing a pharaoh