Ch 4: Egypt

Question 1

Egypt is located on this continent.

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of the three periods of ancient Egyptian history?

Accepted Answer

First Kingdom

Question 3

A cataract is another name for a waterfall.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Which region was conquered by Egypt in the Middle Kingdom

Accepted Answer

Northern Nubia

Question 5

To predict means to tell/foresee ahead of time.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Where was Egypt's largest New Kingdom temple? Who was it for?

Accepted Answer

Karnak ; Amon-Ra

Question 7

In what way was the Middle Kingdom a time of advancement in art and literature?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

Which of these is NOT true regarding papyrus?

Accepted Answer

Was less useful than clay tablets

Question 9

The Great Pyramid at Giza was the tomb of which Egyptian king?

Accepted Answer

Khufu

Question 10

When were most of the pyramids constructed, as well as the Sphinx?

Accepted Answer

Old Kingdom

Question 11

Which of the following was a danger trading caravans faced?

Accepted Answer

Long, slow travel

Question 12

The Old Kingdom fell due civil war and famine.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

What was Egypt's standing army used for during the New Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Both red and blue

Question 14

What is the nickname given to the Nile by ancient Egyptians?

Accepted Answer

"Giver of Life"

Question 15

Under whom did the Egyptian Empire reach its greatest size?

Accepted Answer

Thutmose III

Question 16

Which dynasty marked the high point of the Middle Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 17

A delta is a steep desert cliff.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Which of the following is true of the Rosetta Stone

Accepted Answer

Used to decipher ancient Egyptian texts

Question 19

Akhenaton changed his name to Amenhotep and favored one god.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Narmer chose Cairo as his capital city.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

Which pharaoh was the first female pharaoh and sent trading expeditions to the Red Sea?

Accepted Answer

Hatshepsut

Question 22

Who was the first king of Dynasty 12?

Accepted Answer

Amenemhet

Question 23

Nefertiti was the wife of which pharaoh?

Accepted Answer

Akhenaton

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT a major feature of the Nile River?

Accepted Answer

Desert

Question 25

The Nile River runs through the Serengeti Desert.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Egypt had plenty of _____ to trade. They traded for _____.

Accepted Answer

Grains ; wood

Question 27

Egypt's borders stretched all the way from Nubia to the Euphrates in SW Asia during the New Kingdom.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Narmer

Question 29

What irrigation methods were used by ancient Egyptians?

Accepted Answer

Dams, dykes, and ditches

Question 30

If an area is arid, then it is very wet

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

Egypt had ___ dynasties over a 3,000 year period.

Accepted Answer

31

Question 32

The Labyrinth was a series of forts made to protect the Nile Delta.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

The Hyksos were able to conquer Lower Egypt because of their superior weapons the and weakened Egyptian gov't

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

From did the Egyptians potentially borrow the idea of hieroglyphics?

Accepted Answer

Sumer

Question 35

Afterlife means a life before death.

Accepted Answer

False

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Ch 4: Egypt

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