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Egyptians called their land Kemet, a name that comes from what?Read the answer and worked solution →What rectangular structure over a pharaoh's burial chamber was later stacked to form pyramids?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Egyptians build pyramids and preserve bodies through mummification?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sed festival in ancient Egypt marked which event?Read the answer and worked solution →The Egyptian year had 12 months of 30 days plus how many extra days?Read the answer and worked solution →The Egyptian calendar was based on the rising of which star?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Babylonian ruler, who rose in 1792 BCE, compiled a famous code of laws?Read the answer and worked solution →In 2334 BCE the power of the Sumerians was overshadowed by the rise of which city-state?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sumerian number system, which gave us the 60-minute hour, was based on which number?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two inventions are credited to the Sumerians?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the grand temple built for a city's chief god in Sumer called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two rivers drain the land the Greeks named Mesopotamia?Read the answer and worked solution →Along which river basin in northern China did early Chinese Bronze Age cities grow?Read the answer and worked solution →Which dynasty, the first imperial one, is credited with unifying China and probably gave it its name?Read the answer and worked solution →Mehrgarh, the earliest agricultural village in the subcontinent, dates back to about when?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two crops did the people of Mehrgarh cultivate?Read the answer and worked solution →Around 12000 years ago, what change in the environment opened new landscapes for Mesolithic people?Read the answer and worked solution →Which World Heritage Site in Madhya Pradesh has hundreds of painted rock shelters?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappans weighed smaller units in which pattern of multiples?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Harappan site in Kachchh has an elaborate system of water-storing tanks?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Harappan site is known for a huge dockyard built entirely of burnt bricks?Read the answer and worked solution →Later hunter-gatherers invented which weapon along with blade and microblade tools?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sumerians were the first to build which water system for farming?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Egyptians called their land Kemet, a name that comes from what?

  1. The black river soil
  2. The golden desert sand
  3. The red Nile clay
  4. The white hill stone
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Correct answer: A. The black river soil

Kemet means the black, named after the dark fertile soil left by the Nile floods.

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What rectangular structure over a pharaoh's burial chamber was later stacked to form pyramids?

  1. Ziggurat
  2. Obelisk
  3. Mastaba
  4. Sarcophagus
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Correct answer: C. Mastaba

Mastabas were placed one on top of another, which gave rise to the stepped pyramid form.

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Why did Egyptians build pyramids and preserve bodies through mummification?

  1. To store grain safely
  2. To honour the Nile god
  3. To mark the border
  4. To keep the ka alive
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Correct answer: D. To keep the ka alive

They believed each person had a ka that survived death only if the body was preserved.

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