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Unit 4 Test Review
Multiple choice questions: Strategies
• Read the full question several times to make sure you
understand what is being asked
• Look at all answer choices and eliminate ones you know are
not correct
• Choose the best remaining answer based on what you know
I don’t like multiple choice, but you need to know how to answer them!
1) Which statement best explains why people
chose to develop cities around the Nile River?
A. The pharaohs built cities along trade
routes
B. The river provided defenses against
enemy attacks
C. Food production was centered along
the Nile River
D. Egyptians migrated northward along
the Nile toward the seacoast
2) What resulted from the fertility of the Nile
River Valley?
A. Greater political and economic power for
farmers
B. A shift away from agriculture to industrial
development
C. An increase in the food supply which led
to population growth and job specialization
D. Prosperity that helped create a society
with little difference between rich and poor
3) The Nile River empties into which body of
water?
A. the Red Sea
B. the Persian Gulf
C. the Atlantic Ocean
D. the Mediterranean Sea
4) Which of the following is NOT true about
the Nile River?
A. Flows north
B. The water from the river comes from the
Mediterranean Sea to the north
C. Forms a delta that is very fertile and
great for agriculture
D. Longest river in the world
5) Which group had the highest social status
during the reign of the pharaohs?
A. Priests
B. Merchants
C. Scribes
D. Soldiers
6) What is King Menes best known for?
A. Establishing a capital at Memphis
B. Being the first pharaoh of Egypt
C. Unifying the kingdoms of Upper and
Lower Egypt
D. All of the above
7) How did the geography help the Ancient
Egyptians develop a large and powerful
civilization?
A. Egypt was isolated because of the bodies of
water and desert, which made it difficult to
attack
B. The geography was great for trading which
made Egypt wealthy
C. There were many large trees in the area,
great for building ships and temples
D. The Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
provided an endless supply of water for
irrigating crops
8) One of the Egyptians greatest accomplishments
was the use of anatomy. What is anatomy?
A. The study of climate and weather
B. The use of machines to make tasks
easier for humans
C. To prevent flooding and to bring water
to crops
D. The study of the human body
9) “The grand vizier, whose power was second only to that of the
pharaoh, was in charge of the ministry of agriculture. Other government
officials were responsible for managing the fields or livestock.”
The information presented above best supports:
A. The use of slave labor to build irrigation systems
B. The need for a strong military to protect trade routes
C. The government’s role in managing farming
D. The importance of building pyramids for food storage
10) Which pharaoh(s) ruled the longest?
A. Hatshepsut
B. Thutmose III/Thutmose IV
C. Thutmose IV/Hatshepsut
D. Akhenaten
11) List the 7 characteristics of a civilization:
12) How did archaeologist decipher (figure
out) the meaning of hieroglyphics?
Answers that would not get full credit:
• Through the Rosetta Stone
• They noticed the Rosetta Stone had three languages and it was the
same message in each
• They could read Greek
• They found a stone with writing on it
Who is they? What is it?
12) How did archaeologist decipher (figure
out) the meaning of hieroglyphics?
Answers that would get full credit:
• “When the French discovered the Rosetta Stone, they already knew
Greek. They realized that all 3 languages on the stone said the same
thing, so they were able to use the Greek to decipher Hieroglyphics”
• “In 1799, the French found the Rosetta Stone. It had a message
written in 3 different languages. They realized that the message was
the same in each language, so they able to compare Greek to the
Hieroglyphics and figure out the meaning.”
13) Compare and contrast Mesopotamia and
Ancient Egypt. List at least two similarities and two
differences between the civilizations.
Answers that would not get full credit:
• Egypt mummified their dead (then what did Mesopotamia do?)
• Both created writing systems (what were they called?)
• Egypt had a pharaoh, Mesopotamia did not (what did Mesopotamia
have?)
• They both lived near rivers (which rivers?)
• They were both religious (add more detail)
• Egypt had better technology (give examples)
13) Compare and contrast Mesopotamia and
Ancient Egypt. List at least two similarities and two
differences between the civilizations.
SIMILARITIES
Answers that would get full credit:
• The Egyptians and Sumerians (from
Mesopotamia) were similar because they
both relied on rivers that flooded once a
year which made it possible to farm. In
Egypt, the Nile River flowed north and
flooded each July. In Mesopotamia, the
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flooded each
spring.
• Both the Egyptians and Sumerians (or
Mesopotamians) used irrigation systems to
increase the amount of crops they could
farm.
• Both the Egyptians and Sumerians were
polytheistic, meaning they believed in
many gods.
DIFFERENCES
Answers that would get full credit:
• The Sumerians created the world’s first
written language, called cuneiform. The
Egyptians created a writing system called
hieroglyphics.
• The Sumerians wrote on clay tablets, while
the Egyptians used papyrus to make paper.
• The Sumerians built large temples called
ziggurats, while the Egyptians built pyramids.
• The Sumerians created new technology like
the wheel and the plow. The Egyptians
created advanced technology, like using
architecture to build large pyramids and using
anatomy to learn more about the human
body
14) Describe the religious beliefs of the Ancient
Egyptians. Please include specific details!
2 main things I am looking for:
• The Egyptians were
polytheistic and believed in
over 2000 gods
• The Egyptians would mummify
the bodies of the dead to
preserve them for the afterlife
Ka (spirit) lives on
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22) The triangular-shaped deposit of rich soil at a
river’s mouth. This is where a river ends and
meets a larger body of water.
23) The belief in one god.
24) A reed plant that grows on the banks of
the Nile River, used for making paper.
25) Created around 3000 BCE, this is the Egyptian
writing system. Symbols stand for meanings and
sounds.
26) This is a term for the ruler of Egypt.
Believed to be the Child of Re (the sun god).
27) The belief in more than one god.
28) A family that rules for several generations.
Power is passed down through heredity.
29) A stone with three languages (Egyptian,
Demotic, and Greek) that allowed archaeologists
to translate the meaning of Egyptian
hieroglyphics.
30) A structure that was built to be the tombs of
pharaohs. The entrance always faces towards the north.
Unit 4 Test Re-takes will be this
th
week in 6 Block
• 79% is the max score on a re-take
That means if you got above 79%, re-taking the test
cannot help you
• You are responsible for preparing for the re-take
Review your study guide and class notes. Check my wiki
page if you lost notes or you are confused.