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World History River Valley Civilizations #2
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1
What issues brought an end to the Old Kingdom?
Tsunami, Earthquakes, Volcanoes
Economic problems, invasion and famine
An invasion from the people from what is now Syria
Rivers of blood, plagues of locusts and boils
2
When the Egyptians buried their dead, what other items were buried with them?
Their neighbors possessions
any old junk
Their parent's possessions
Their possessions
3
Osiris was murdered and chopped into pieces by his brother (Egyptian god of war, chaos and storms). what was his name?
Set
Seth
Suetekh
Thor
4
True or false, Tutankhamun’s tomb is located in the Valley of The Kings.
False
True
5
What did Anubis weight the human heart (soul), against, to see if they were good or bad people?
The Tilapia of fact
The feather of Truth
The weight of the Great Devourer
The beer of the Gods
6
The Rosetta Stone of Ptolemy V, allowed what?
Decipherment of Heiroglyphs.
Greater Understanding of the Greco--egyptian period
The Secret of the Sphinx
The location of Cleopatra's tomb.
7
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings..." goes the poem by Percy Shelly, Ozymandius is the greek name for which Pharaoh?
Ankhatun
Tutankhamun
Rameses II
Tutmoses IV
8
The ancient Egyptians built the pyramids for a specific purpose, what?
To be seen from a great distance
To confuse future generations why & how they were built
To use up the Old Kingdom's stone surplus
To protect a Pharaoh’s body and possessions from theft.
9
Queen Hatsheput took power from whom?
Her uncle Amenhotep IV
Her young son, after the death of her husband Tutmoses II
Her Father Thutmoses III
Her mother Ahmose
10
Name the terrible monster with the head of a crocodile, body of a lion & behind of hippopotamus
The Great Devourer
The Great Belzoni
The Great Pretender
The Great Hippocrocolion
11
Which god brought civilization to Egypt?
Set
Isis
Horus
Osiris
12
In which period of ancient Egypt were the Pyramids of Giza built?
Middle Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Upper Kingdom
New Kingdom
13
Which single deity did Akhenaten shift the worship of the Ancient Egyptians to?
Osiris -god of fertility and rebirth
The Jackal Headed god Anubis
The Aten- The Sun
The Sacred Scarab
14
The Egyptian word for foreigner was:
Barbarians
Demestos
Hyksos
'muricans
15
What nationality was one of Rameses the Great’s wives, married to him to settle a war?
She was a Syrian
she was a Hyskos
She was a Sumerian
She was a Hittie
16
Ramses The Great's famous temple, was rebuilt when a dam was built on the river Nile, was?
The Temple of Hatsheput
The Temple of Abu Simbel
Temple of Ra at Karnak
Temple of Osiris at Thebes
17
Pharaoh Akhenaten made significant changes during his reign, he:
Moved the capital from Thebes to Amana, became a monotheist.
Built the infamous "Inverted Pyramid".
Wrote propaganda about defeating the Hittites
Developed a trading pact with the kingdom of Punt
18
How did Carter find Tutankhamen's tomb ?
He broke trough from the tomb next door
He found it by accident
He studied spoil heaps from excavations
He studied ancient maps
