Unit Review Ancient Egypt

How did the yearly flooding of the Nile River affect the people of Egypt and Kush?

• It isolated the settlements.

• It left silt that improved the soil.

• It spread diseases that destroyed whole empires.

• It attracted hunters and gatherers looking for wildlife.

What was a major purpose for building the pyramids?

• temples for religious worship

• storehouses for reserves of grain

• homes for the pharaohs' servants

• tombs for pharaohs when they died

Which period is often called the Golden Age, a time when Egypt had reached the height of its power?

• the Old Kingdom

• the Middle Kingdom

• the New Kingdom

• after the New Kingdom

Hatshepsut was one of the first pharaohs who was

• a god.

• a child.

• a priest.

• a woman.

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape at the left, rather than the shape at the right?

• The triangle represented the three seasons of the Nile.

• Most people were in the bottom classes, and the fewest people were at the top.

• Scientists like to use a pyramid to keep the layers apart.

• Many structures of that design were built in the desert.

Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from

• a plant.

• soft clay.

• cotton rags.

• animal skins.

Of these four groups, which one had the lowest social status: priests, scribes, artisans, government officials

• priests

• scribes

• artisans

• government officials

How did the kandake Queen Amanirenas help protect Kush?

• She made a treaty with Assyria.

• She led attacks on Roman forts.

• She stopped the Hittite advance.

• She appointed women to top jobs.

When people read from the Torah, they are reading from

• the Prophets and the Writings.

• the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.

• an ancient Egyptian book about the Hebrew people.

• a collection of prayers and poems used by the early Jews.

How did ancient Judaism differ from other religions at that time?

• more elegant temples

• rules for how to act

• famous leader-heroes

• belief in one God