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Question 1

What was the most important environmental factor in early human settlement?

Answer 1

water

Question 2

What were some uses of water?

Answer 2

drinking, bathing, washing things, preventing disease, food, farming

Question 3

Why was topography important to farmers?

Answer 3

They needed flat land to farm.

Question 4

A long, fertile valley ending in a marshy delta was created by what?

Answer 4

the Nile River

Question 5

What did the Nile River provide the valley that made it easier to farm?

Answer 5

natural irrigation and fertilization

Question 6

What was plentiful in the Nile River Valley that was rare in the dry deserts?

Answer 6

vegetation

Question 7

What type of plant was used to make paper and rope?

Answer 7

papyrus

Question 8

What are some other crops that were grown in the Nile River Valley?

Answer 8

wheat and barley

Question 9

What were some physical features of Canaan?

Answer 9

plains, valleys, hills, mountains, deserts, bodies of water

Question 10

What river flowed through the middle of Canaan?

Answer 10

the Jordan River

Question 11

Was water from the Dead Sea good for farming? Why or why not?

Answer 11

No, it was too salty.

Question 12

What was the main source of water in Canaan?

Answer 12

the Jordan River

Question 13

What freshwater lake was also a good source of water?

Answer 13

the Sea of Galilee

Question 14

Why types of area were hardest for people to settle in?

Answer 14

mountains and deserts

Question 15

Did Canaan have a lot of plant life? Why or why not?

Answer 15

No, the climate was too hot and dry.

Question 16

What was another name for the Old Kingdom?

Answer 16

the Age of Pyramids

Question 17

What was another name for the Middle Kingdom?

Answer 17

the Period of Reunification

Question 18

During which kingdom did Ancient Egypt reach its greatest heights?

Answer 18

the New Kingdom

Question 19

What were the pyramids built for?

Answer 19

tombs for pharaohs

Question 20

What is Pharaoh Khufu most know for?

Answer 20

building the Great Pyramid of Giza

Question 21

What did Khufu declare himself?

Answer 21

a god

Question 22

What crystal stone did artisans create?

Answer 22

purple amethyst

Question 23

Why does Sinuhe leave Egypt in “The Story of Sinuhe”?

Answer 23

because he fears for his life

Question 24

What happened to the White Chapel after Pharaoh Senusret?

Answer 24

It was taken apart.

Question 25

What did archaeologists later do with the White Chapel?

Answer 25

put it back together

Question 26

What did archaeologists later do with the White Chapel?

Answer 26

put it back together

Question 27

Who was one of the first female pharaohs?

Answer 27

Hatshepsut

Question 28

What did Hatshepsut do so that she would be respected more?

Answer 28

portray herself as a man

Question 29

Where did Hatshepsut send ships in order to exchange and trade goods?

Answer 29

the African kingdom of Punt

Question 30

Where did Hatshepsut make a monument?

Answer 30

Dayr-al-Bahri

Question 31

Which pharaoh is well known for his military leadership?

Answer 31

Ramses II

Question 32

Who did Ramses II lead a military campain against?

Answer 32

the Hittite Empire

Question 33

From highest to lowest, what order were the social classes of Egypt?

Answer 33

government officials, priests, scribes, artisans, peasants

Question 34

What was the smallest social class in size?

Answer 34

government officials

Question 35

What was the largest social class in size?

Answer 35

peasants

Question 36

True or False - only men were allowed to own land.

Answer 36

False - women could also own land.

Question 37

What was the main job of the chief treasurer?

Answer 37

to collect taxes

Question 38

Whose duty was it to oversee religious ceremonies?

Answer 38

the high priest

Question 39

What did the Egyptians think happened to a person's body in the afterlife?

Answer 39

It stayed with their dead spirit.

Question 40

What did the Egyptians bury with their dead?

Answer 40

food and goods

Question 41

Who read and kept records for the Egyptians?

Answer 41

scribes

Question 42

How long did scribes spend learning hieroglyphs?

Answer 42

at least 12 years

Question 43

Who were the skilled workers that were not respected by the higher classes?

Answer 43

artisans

Question 44

Which artisans were considered the most skilled?

Answer 44

stone carvers

Question 45

Who were the "unskilled" workers in the fields?

Answer 45

peasants

Question 46

Who did the work to build monuments, temples, and pyramids?

Answer 46

peasants

Question 47

Why was Kush's location so important?

Answer 47

It linked central and south Africa to Egypt and was a good trading center.

Question 48

Egyptians traded grain and linen with Kush in exchange for what?

Answer 48

ivory, leather, timber, gold, slaves

Question 49

After Egypt weakened, what happened to it?

Answer 49

It was conquered by Kush.

Question 50

Where was Kush located?

Answer 50

south of Egypt on the Nile River

Question 51

When was Kush's period of prosperity?

Answer 51

2000 BCE to 350 CE

Question 52

What was the other name for Kush, and why was it called this?

Answer 52

Nubia, because it had a ton of gold, and "nub" meant gold

Question 53

What was the main factor in Egypt's weakening?

Answer 53

political instability

Question 54

The resources and payment that a conquered nation is forced to pay to its conqueror is called what?

Answer 54

tribute

Question 55

The dynasty of rulers started by Piye was named what?

Answer 55

the Black Pharaohs

Question 56

Why did Kushite pharaohs flee from Egypt?

Answer 56

the Assyrian invasion

Question 57

What was the capital of Kush?

Answer 57

Meroe

Question 58

Why was Meroe chosen as the capital of Kush?

Answer 58

It was far away from Egypt.

Question 59

What natural resource was Meroe known for?

Answer 59

iron

Question 60

What was a powerful female leader who ruled Kush called?

Answer 60

a kandake

Question 61

Under which leader did Kush defend itself from the Romans?

Answer 61

Queen Amanirenas