Gr 8 REVISION Trimester Exam 6

REVISION Trimester Exam : Early CivilizationsFILL IN THE BLANK: For each of the following statements, choose one of the two terms to fill in the blank.1. Egyptians’ surplus food was traded over great distances by_______on land and by ships over the seas. Caravans B. horses2. The pharaohs built huge tombs called ________________ . A. temples B. pyramids3. The Egyptians initiated each year with the appearance of ________ to maintain the accuracy of their calendar.Sirius or the Dog Star B. Sirius or the Sun Star4. The Egyptians developed __________to reestablish boundaries of fields after the floods and to construct pyramids and irrigation canals.A. physics B. geometry 5. Those who could read and write often became_________ and served as clerks, or record keepers, for the government.A. scribes B. priests 6. Egyptian gods were associated with sacred creatures, which included the cat, the bull, the crocodile, and the ____________ (beetle).A. dog B. scarab7. Egyptians believed that the human body had to be preserved through the process of _________in order to make existence after death possible.A. mummification B. reincarnation8. The title of the book placed in the tomb with the dead to guard them from serpents, demons, and other dangers that lurked in the afterlife was ___________________ .A. the book of the sacred B. the book of the dead9. Egyptians believed that the god ________ was responsible for judging the truth of a soul’s testimony and either sending that soul to a place of eternal happiness or throwing it to the Eater of the Dead.A. Osiris B. Ra10. Robbers, or ____________ opened many tombs and plundered them for their precious articles.A. vagabonds B. looters