Traditions & Encounters A Global Perspective on the Past 6Th Edition By Jerry Bentley – Test Bank
Chapter 03
Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations
Multiple Choice Questions
1. (p. 51) 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
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
2. (p. 52-53) 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
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
3. (p. 53) 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.
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
4. (p. 54) 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
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
5. (p. 54) 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.
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
6. (p. 54) Tradition suggests that Egypt was united around 3100 B.C.E. by the conqueror
A. Menes.
B. Khufu.
C. Sargon of Akkad.
D. Hatshepsut.
E. Hammurabi.
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
7. (p. 55) The largest Egyptian pyramids were built during the
A. Middle Kingdom.
B. Old Kingdom.
C. New Kingdom.
D. Archaic Period.
E. Second Intermediary Period.
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
8. (p. 55) The pyramid of ________ is the largest of all the pyramids.
A. Sargon of Akkad
B. Khufu
C. Hyksos
D. Menes
E. Giza
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
9. (p. 55) The capital of the kingdom of Kush was
A. Kerma.
B. Axum.
C. Memphis.
D. Harappa.
E. Harkhuf.
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
10. (p. 55) 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.
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
11. (p. 57) 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.
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
12. (p. 54) 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
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
13. (p. 56) The Hyksos were
A. nomads who eventually settled around the city of Babylon.
B. horse-riding external invaders who eventually captured Memphis and levied tribute throughout Egypt.
C. Mesopotamian kings.
D. the priestly class in ancient Egypt.
E. demons who punished the wicked in the Egyptian underworld.
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
14. (p. 56) Horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons were introduced into Egypt by the
A. Hyksos.
B. Babylonians.
C. Kushites.
D. Harappans.
E. Qin.
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
15. (p. 57) 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
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
16. (p. 57) The Egyptians were the most imperialistic during the
A. First Intermediary Period.
B. Archaic Period.
C. New Kingdom.
D. Old Kingdom.
E. Middle Kingdom.
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
17. (p. 58) 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
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
18. (p. 58) Around 760 B.C.E. the Kushite king Kashta
A. ended the rule of Egypt by the pharaoh.
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.
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
19. (p. 59) In the mid-seventh century B.C.E. Egypt lost its independence and became a part of the
A. Assyrian empire.
B. Arabic empire.
C. Persian empire.
D. Roman empire.
E. Harappan empire.
Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
20. (p. 61) 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.
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