Deck 3: Early Africa and Egypt

Question 1

Elaborate on the role of climate,geography,and the overall environment on the development of Africa.

Answer 1

Answers would include a discussion of the 5 climatic zones,Bantu migration,and the Nile River.

Question 2

All of these natural barriers effectively protected Egypt from invasion EXCEPT the

A) Sinai Peninsula.
B) western deserts.
C) Mediterranean Sea.
D) Nile.
E) eastern deserts.

Answer 2

Sinai Peninsula.

Question 3

In what ways and to what extent did a preoccupation with death influence Egyptian society?

Answer 3

Answers would include a discussion of the pantheon of deities in Egyptian culture,the fact that Osiris and Anubis refer to gods of the otherworld,that all life came from below,the democratization of the afterlife in Egyptian culture,the ka or spirit,class issues,issues of judgment,reward,cycles,and the role of priests.

Question 4

Discuss Egyptian Imperial history using the appropriate periodization and highlighting the role of the Pharaoh.

Question 5

Egyptian climate is noted for

A) supporting two crops per year.
B) its volatility.
C) the predictable flooding of the Nile.
D) very few storms, but violent ones.
E) extensive rain for three months of the year.

Question 6

Which of the following would not describe the Middle Kingdom?

A) Political stability for half a millennium.
B) Increased trade with neighbors.
C) Worsening conditions for poor laborers.
D) A more "democratic" sense of who would be able to enjoy the afterlife.
E) Development of the first real empire.

Question 7

Explain and elaborate on Egyptian religion,examine specific deities and significant conflicts between priests and pharaohs.What does Egypt's religion reveal about its civilization?

Question 8

According to the Egyptian belief system,the pharaoh was

A) a demi god.
B) divine.
C) a reincarnation of the god Horus.
D) a semi-god related to Horus.
E) Horus come to rule the Egyptians through his divinity.

Question 9

A typical early Egyptian village would have

A) houses close together.
B) the majority of the population working with hand fashioned tools.
C) fields, irrigation networks and animals.
D) All of the options are correct.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 10

The Bantu speaking people are associated with which of the following?

A) Extensive written sources.
B) Massive and numerous monuments.
C) Restricting their migration to North Africa.
D) Acquiring iron technology, learning to breed livestock, and growing grain.
E) Having no political organization whatsoever.

Question 11

During the period from 3100 B.C.E.to about 2500 B.C.E.,Egypt

A) had a series of pharaohs from different dynastic lines.
B) experienced its most significant cultural achievements.
C) began to practice agriculture for the first time.
D) founded its first hamlets and villages.
E) experienced extended periods of warfare with its neighbors, causing societal stagnation.

Question 12

During Egypt's Empire period,many free farmers

A) became wealthy enough to go into business for themselves.
B) became debtors and then, usually, serfs.
C) left farming to become professional soldiers.
D) bought prisoners of war and then enslaved them to work the land.
E) began to trade their crops with people in other regions.

Question 13

Although the pharaoh governed through a group of officials,he

A) often chose not to take their advice.
B) never directly asked them for advice.
C) was the one mystical link between the people and the gods.
D) seldom involved himself in giving direct orders to the people.
E) gave them hardly any local control, maintaining instead a highly centralized system of government.

Question 14

Describe the exchanges of goods and cultural aspects that occurred between Egypt and its trading partners.

Question 15

Place Egypt within the larger context of Africa discussing other civilizations and their relationship with Egypt.

Question 16

Analyze the significance of the Nile River Valley on the development and character of Egyptian Civilization.

Question 17

Africa is divided into ____ climatic zones.

A) 2, the Saraha and sub Saharan Desert
B) 3, the North, South, and Central
C) 5, Sahel, desert, rainforest, temperate, and savanna
D) 4, north and south, wet and dry
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 18

The Hyksos peoples are described as

A) having crossed the Sinai to conquer the lower Nile.
B) rulers of an Egyptian dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period.
C) people with near magical powers that rivaled those of the pharaoh.
D) the leaders who governed Egypt's southern provinces.
E) invaders who stole the loyalty of the people and permanently changed Egypt's value system.

Question 19

Because of the achievements of this period,including the economic prosperity and the construction of the pyramids,we consider Egypt's most successful period to have been that of the

A) New Kingdom.
B) First Intermediate Period.
C) Middle Kingdom.
D) Second Intermediate Period.
E) Old Kingdom.

Question 20

Experts have divided prehistorical Africans into three groups.These groups are identified by which of the following?

A) Foodstuffs
B) Language
C) Religion
D) Political development
E) Economic development

Question 21

The pharaohs continually worked to improve trade with other regions and peoples,because they

A) hoped to expand their territorial base.
B) hope to sell their excess crops for a profit.
C) needed such Egyptian rarities as timber, ivory, and gold
D) hoped to purchase large numbers of slaves.
E) wanted to serve as middlemen between the Mediterranean west and Southwest Asia.

Question 22

The major center of iron production in Africa was/were

A) Cairo and Egypt.
B) settlements of the Hyksos.
C) Memphis and Egypt.
D) Meroe in the Kush Kingdom.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 23

Their religious beliefs suggest that,to Egyptians,the most important need for their society was

A) order, "rightness," and stability.
B) caring for friends and family.
C) acceptance of the pharaoh's divinity.
D) accepting one's place in society without complaint.
E) moral preparation for the afterlife.

Question 24

The end of Egypt's independent existence was the conquest by the

A) Phoenicians.
B) Hittites.
C) Kushites.
D) Sudanese.
E) Persians.

Question 25

The word "pharaoh" means literally

A) "divine ruler."
B) "god on earth."
C) "from the great house."
D) "of the sun."
E) "omnipotent leader."

Question 26

The Pharaoh ruled in the name of the falcon god ____________________.

Question 27

Akhnaton and Nefertiti are usually associated with

A) the introduction of serfdom.
B) the expulsion of the Assyrians.
C) an experiment in monotheism.
D) the pyramids at Giza.
E) the development of Egyptian art.

Question 28

The ____________________ is an insect that forms an almost geographic barrier to human settlement in Africa almost to the present day.

Question 29

Ptah was the god in charge of

A) weather
B) the sky.
C) the sun.
D) mummification.
E) life on earth.

Question 30

The peoples who were most heavily impacted by Egyptian culture were those in

A) Arabia.
B) southwest Asia.
C) the western Mediterranean Sea.
D) India.
E) Nubian kingdom of Kush.

Question 31

Aton was the

A) goddess of the Nile.
B) god of Akhnaton.
C) god of living creatures.
D) god of the individual's Ka.
E) goddess of harvests.

Question 32

According to Egyptian belief,the souls of the dead underwent a judgment from

A) Isis.
B) Ptah.
C) Aton.
D) Osiris.
E) Akhnaton.

Question 33

The priest in Egypt

A) was more prominent in Egypt than in any other civilization.
B) was only sought out upon the death of a loved one.
C) held no real power in Egypt.
D) was the "power behind the throne".
E) was not important in Egyptian culture.

Question 34

Egyptian writing is known as ____________________.

Question 35

The deity Anuket was

A) god of all earthly life.
B) goddess of the sun.
C) a twin to Ra.
D) ruler of the afterlife.
E) goddess of the Nile and fertility.

Question 36

Which of the following groups had the greatest impact on Egypt by marking the end of an independent Egypt?

A) Persians
B) Nubians
C) Hyksos
D) Hittites
E) Kushites

Question 37

Egypt's greatest monuments,including the Great Pyramids,were built during the

A) Old Kingdom.
B) First Intermediate Period.
C) Middle Kingdom.
D) New Kingdom.
E) Second Intermediate Period.

Question 38

Which of the following was true of Egypt's religion?

A) It was strongly polytheistic, with over 3000 separate gods and goddesses.
B) The ruling pharaoh was believed to be a reincarnation of the son of Osiris and Anubis.
C) Osiris ruled the afterlife, and Anuket served as goddess of the Nile and of fertility.
D) Early Egyptian religion focused very little on eternity and very much on good behavior while living.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 39

Regarding an afterlife,most Egyptians believed that

A) they would receive a reward.
B) no afterlife existed.
C) eternity would be peaceful, but they would be required to work for it.
D) they would go on to revolve around the moon throughout eternity.
E) only descendants of the Sun god would be able to go to Heaven.

Question 40

The pyramids of Egypt

A) were built at the death of the pharaoh.
B) were simple in their construction.
C) are mostly intact today.
D) reveal Egyptial civilization at its most impressive.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 41

Hieroglyphics meant,literally,____________________ carvings.

Question 42

The ____________________ is the artifact responsible for deciphering the Egyptian language.

Question 43

The civilization that initially was under Egyptian control,but was able to gain independence to the south of Egypt was ____________________.

Question 44

The most significant of the Egyptian deities,the god of the sun is known as ____________________.

Question 45

____________________ attempted to introduce monotheism to the Egyptians but was repulsed.

Question 46

The most fertile and successful time for Egypt is commonly acknowledged to have been the ____________________.

Question 47

The British archaeologist ____________________ discovered King ____________________'s tomb in Egypt in the 1920s.