Chapter 3 AP World

The cult of Amon-Re a. was a failed monotheistic religion in Egypt. b. worshipped the god of the underworld. c. revered a combination of two gods associated with the sun. d. worshipped the Egyptian god of the desert. e. was borrowed by the Egyptians from Nubian sources.

a. was a failed monotheistic religion in Egypt.

Which pharaoh tried, unsuccessfully, to transform Egypt into a monotheistic society? a. Menes b. Akhenaten c. Tuthmosis III d. Ahmose I e. Tuthmosis I

b. Akhenaten

In which of the following societies did women enjoy the most freedom and opportunity? a. Mesopotamia b. Egypt c. Hebrews d. Assyria e. India

b. Egypt

The Hyksos were a. nomads who eventually settled around the city of Babylon. b. external invaders who helped bring about the end of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. c. Mesopotamian kings. d. the priestly class in ancient Egypt. e. demons who punished the wicked in the Egyptian underworld.

b. external invaders who helped bring about the end of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom.

Around 760 B.C.E. the Kushite king Kashta a. officially converted to the Egyptian gods. b. founded a dynasty that ruled Egypt for around a hundred years. c. formed a long-lasting trading agreement with Egypt, marking their first contact. d. surrendered to Assyrian domination. e. surrendered to Egyptian domination.

b. founded a dynasty that ruled Egypt for around a hundred years.

Around ________ B.C.E., peoples of the eastern Sudan started to domesticate cattle and became nomadic herders. a. 25,000 b. 18,000 c. 9000 d. 4000 e. 1500

c. 9,000

The Egyptians were the most imperialistic during the a. First Intermediary Period. b. Archaic Period. c. New Kingdom. d. Old Kingdom. e. Middle Kingdom.

c. New Kingdom.

The Egyptians traded through the Red Sea with a land they called Punt, which was probably a. Harappan India. b. Sri Lanka. c. modern-day Somalia. d. Assyria. e. modern-day Angola.

c. modern-day Somalia.

The Bantu originally came from around a. the Swahili area. b. modern-day Nigeria. c. far southern Africa. d. Egypt. e. modern-day Algeria.

d. Egypt.

Around 3100 B.C.E., the conqueror Menes founded ________, a city that would serve as the capital for early Egypt. a. Heliopolis b. Kerma c. Uruk d. Memphis e. Thebes

d. Memphis

The Egyptian god of the underworld was a. Amon-Re. b. Aten. c. Horus. d. Osiris. e. Ptah.

d. Osiris.

The most vigorous of all New Kingdom pharaohs was ________, who led his troops into Palestine and Syria and who even received tribute from the Mesopotamian city-states. a. Ahmose I b. Menes c. Sargon of Akkad d. Tuthmosis III e. Hatshepsut

d. Tuthmosis III

Hatshepsut was a. a Mesopotamian king of the gods. b. the Hebrew term for their god. c. the first conqueror to unite all of Mesopotamia. d. a woman who ruled Egypt as pharaoh. e. the most important early city of the Harappan society.

d. a woman who ruled Egypt as pharaoh.

Pharaohs in the New Kingdom were a. more powerful than pharaohs of the Old Kingdom. b. descended from a line of Babylonian kings. c. set on the throne by the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. d. more vigorous in their attempts to extend Egyptian authority beyond the Nile valley and delta. e. sacrificed at age thirty-two to insure a bountiful harvest.

d. more vigorous in their attempts to extend Egyptian authority beyond the Nile valley and delta.

Meroitic writing a. has now been completely translated. b. expressed the general Egyptian optimism with life. c. was introduced into India by the Indo-Europeans. d. was a Nubian script that borrowed Egyptian hieroglyphs. e. cannot be read because it's simply too different than its base cuneiform.

d. was a Nubian script that borrowed Egyptian hieroglyphs.

The tribes that, as early as 3000 B.C.E., began to spread their language and agricultural techniques throughout Africa were the a. Mali. b. Persians. c. Xiongnu. d. Kongo. e. Bantu.

e. Bantu.

During the eighth century B.C.E., Egypt fell under the control of the ________ for around a century. a. Persians b. Romans c. Greeks d. Babylonians e. Kushites

e. Kushites

The Bantu probably began their migrations because of a. invasions from the Mediterranean basin. b. a conscious desire for conquest. c. the threat of epidemic disease. d. a desire to spread their monotheistic faith. e. population pressures.

e. population pressures.

In Kush, a. the cities were much larger than they were in Egypt. b. woman's only role was to serve as a slave. c. there were apparently never any female rulers. d. trade was officially restricted with Egypt. e. there is evidence of many female rulers

e. there is evidence of many female rulers

In Africa, iron metallurgy a. was introduced by Persian merchants. b. did not appear until after the rise of trans-Saharan trade. c. arose independently. d. began after an odd meeting between a Kushite king and the Egyptian explorer Harkhuf. e. was imported into the continent by trade with the Mesopotamians.

e. was imported into the continent by trade with the Mesopotamians.

The capital of the kingdom of Kush was a. Kerma. b. Axum. c. Memphis. d. Harappa. e. Harkhuf.

A. Kerma

Egypt was united around 3100 B.C.E. by the conqueror a. Menes. b. Khufu. c. Sargon of Akkad. d. Hatshepsut. e. Hammurabi.

A. Menes

________'s is the largest of all the pyramids. a. Sargon of Akkad b. Khufu c. Hyksos d. Menes e. Giza

B. Khufu

The largest Egyptian pyramids were built during the a. Middle Kingdom. b. Old Kingdom. c. New Kingdom. d. Archaic Period. e. Second Intermediary Period.

B. Old Kingdom

The earliest Egyptian and Nubian states were a. city-states. b. small kingdoms. c. centralized empires. d. trading networks. e. unified early because of the unique nature of the Tigris.

B. small kingdoms

The Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase "the gift of the ________" to describe Egypt. a. Indus b. Huang He c. Nile d. Tigris e. Issus

C. Nile

Harkhuf was a. the capital of Kush. b. the most powerful pharaoh of the Old Kingdom. c. an Egyptian explorer who visited Nubia. d. the largest Middle Kingdom pyramid. e. the first woman pharaoh.

C. an Egyptian explorer who visited Nubia.

The early Sudanic societies recognized a single divine force as the source of good and evil, and they associated it with a. fire. b. the ocean. c. the sun. d. rain. e. the moon.

D. rain

Which of the following societies began the custom of embalming to preserve the body for its life after death? a. Egypt b. Mesopotamia c. India d. China e. Persia

a. Egypt

Horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons were introduced into Egypt by the a. Hyksos. b. Babylonians. c. Kushites. d. Harappans. e. Qin.

a. Hyksos.

By spreading their language across a huge stretch of Africa, the Bantu played a role similar to that played by the a. Indo-Europeans. b. Mongols. c. Xiongnu. d. Visigoths.

a. Indo-Europeans.

Osiris judged whether or not souls were worthy of immortality a. by weighing their hearts against a feather symbolizing justice. b. through their completion of a journey full of tests. c. through the individual's level of sincere faith in Osiris as a redeemer. d. by examining their holiness at the moment of their death. e. through their adherence to the code of Hammurabi.

a. by weighing their hearts against a feather symbolizing justice.

The Greek words meaning "holy inscriptions" refers to a. hieroglyphs. b. cuneiform. c. the Old Testament. d. the Phoenician alphabet. e. the Coptic script.

a. hieroglyphs

In the mid-seventh century B.C.E. Egypt lost its independence and became a part of a. the Assyrian empire. b. the Arabic empire. c. the Persian empire. d. the Roman empire. e. the Harappan empire.

a. the Assyrian empire.