Chapter 10 Student Quiz

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. Egyptian civilization thrived along the __________ river:

Nile correct incorrect

Euphrates correct incorrect

Amazon correct incorrect

Ganges correct incorrect

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. Seasonal lakes in the Sahara during the Holocene are called:

Oases correct incorrect

Playas correct incorrect

Lagoons correct incorrect

Aquifers correct incorrect

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. According to DNA evidence, cattle found near playas were:

Domesticated in Mesopotamia. correct incorrect

Domesticated independently from Middle Eastern cattle. correct incorrect

Not domesticated. correct incorrect

Domesticated in southwestern Africa. correct incorrect

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. By the late Neolithic, megalithic structures are found at some Nabta Playa sites. These may be aligned according to:

The positions of bright stars. correct incorrect

The position of the moon. correct incorrect

The direction of prevailing rainfall. correct incorrect

The position of the elite leader's dwelling. correct incorrect

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. The Predynastic period of Egypt (beginning about 4500 BC) consisted of:

The Badarian culture, which practiced ritual animal burials. correct incorrect

The Amratan, Gerzean, and Naqada cultures, that laid the foundations for the Phaeronic state. correct incorrect

The early Phaeronic culture. correct incorrect

Both a and b. correct incorrect

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. The shift from pithouses to mudbrick houses in the Nile Valley around 3700 BC reflects a shift:

From nuclear to extended family households. correct incorrect

From extended to nuclear family households. correct incorrect

From hunting and gathering to agriculture. correct incorrect

From seasonal transhumance to sedentism. correct incorrect

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. Though the first pharaohs are hard to identify archaeologically, they likely lived around 3300 BC. Some early pharaohs may be buried at:

Memphis. correct incorrect

Cairo. correct incorrect

Abydos. correct incorrect

Giza. correct incorrect

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. If Abydos was the temple center for Upper Egypt, what was the temple center for Lower Egypt?

Cairo correct incorrect

Memphis correct incorrect

Tanis correct incorrect

Thebes correct incorrect

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. The Old Kingdom, with dynasties 3-8, began in 2686 BC. Pharaohs of the Old Kingdom are responsible for construction of:

The Giza pyramids. correct incorrect

The Great Sphynx. correct incorrect

The Stepped Pyramid. correct incorrect

All of the above. correct incorrect

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. Heiroglyphs originated primarily as writing to:

Track expenses and debts. correct incorrect

Write hymns and religious poems. correct incorrect

Glorify pharaohs and social elites. correct incorrect

Keep official records. correct incorrect

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. The wealth of Old Kingdom Egypt was based on:

State construction projects. correct incorrect

Agricultural production. correct incorrect

Long-distance trade. correct incorrect

Indentured labor. correct incorrect

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. The motifs and connotations of major and minor deities could be interpreted by:

Common people. correct incorrect

Only priests. correct incorrect

Only officials of the pharaoh. correct incorrect

Only social elites. correct incorrect

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. In terms of the afterlife, Egyptians of the Pharaonic state believed that:

The afterlife was a life of riches. correct incorrect

The afterlife contained what you could bring with you. correct incorrect

The afterlife varied in wealth according to your earned merit in life. correct incorrect

There was no afterlife. correct incorrect

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. After the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, Egypt became part of:

The Ptolemaic Empire. correct incorrect

The Babylonian Empire. correct incorrect

The Roman Empire. correct incorrect

The Ottoman Empire. correct incorrect