Chapter 2 Chapter Assessment –Page 74
Question
1. Savanna
2. Tribute
Answer
1. C. Grassy Plain
2. F. Forced
Payments
3. Cataract 3. D. Rapids
4. Delta
4. A. Area of
fertile soil at the
mouth of a river
5.
5. E. Egyptian
Hieroglyphics writing system
6. Pharaoh 6. G Title for
Egyptian leaders
7. Papyrus
7. B. Reed plain
used to make
8. What
natural
barriers
protected
Egypt from
invaders
9. What factors
divided
Egyptians into
social classes?
baskets, rafts, and
paper
8. Deserts,
cataracts in the
Nile, marshes
9. Wealth and
power; blood
lines.
10. What were 10.The Egyptians
the Egyptians
believed in many gods
religious beliefs? and goddesses; believed
in an afterlife
11. Where did
11. In large tombs, often
Egyptians of the in pyramids
Old Kingdom
bury their
pharaohs?
12. Why was the 12. It was a time of
Middle Kingdom prosperity; the empire
called the
was strong and
Golden Age?
advances were made in
arts and architecture.
13. Why are
Akhentaton and
King Tut wellknown?
13.Akhentaton: tried to
change Egypt’s religion to
monotheism; King Tutmost well preserved tomb
( archeologists found
many treasures)
14. Where did the
Nubians live?
14. The Nubians lived on the
Nile River in present day Sudan
15. What made the
Kushites wealthy?
15. Trade and Iron gave them
superior weapons and better farming
tools.
16. Identify the four
social groups in ancient
Egypt and explain who
belonged to each
group?
16. Top: Pharaoh and Royal
family
Upper Class: Priests, army
commanders, and nobles
Middle Class: Traders, artisans,
shop keepers, and other skilled
workers
Lower Class: slaves, farmers, and
unskilled workers.
17. How do you think
17. The religious leaders probably
religious leaders
resisted because of loss of power
reacted to Akhenaton’s and challenge to the belief
changes?
systems.
18. Do you agree that
18. Answers will vary.
Egyptian civilization can
be called the “Gift of
the Nile”?
19. In what ways did
Meroe look like an
Egyptian city?
20. Predict what the
kingdom of Axum
would be like.
19. Meroe had small pyramids;
a huge temple at the end of a
grand avenue lined with
sculpture and decorated walls.
20. Axum borrowed ideas from
the Egyptians and the Kush;
the villages and towns were
similar to Kush; iron working
was important.