Egypt Unit Test Review

Question 1

In a theocracy in Ancient Egypt, they were usually the second in command, who was?

Accepted Answer

Viser

Question 2

Who rose to power in Upper Egypt and unified the two kingdoms by taking control of Lower Egypt & married their princess?

Accepted Answer

Menes

Question 3

Menes wore a purple crown that to symbolize his leadership over the two kingdoms.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Who is best known as the architect of a famous pyramid in Giza?

Accepted Answer

Khufu

Question 5

Egyptians believed that when a person died, his or her what left the body and became a spirit?

Accepted Answer

Ka

Question 6

How did Egyptians organize their calendar?

Accepted Answer

based on the annual flooding of the Nile River

Question 7

What was the name of the temple that honored the queen, Nefertari?

Accepted Answer

Abu Simbel

Question 8

What borders the Nile River valley on the east?

Accepted Answer

Nubian Desert

Question 9

The ruler of the upper and lower kingdom would wear a red crown when in the lower kingdom.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Whose finest architectural achievement was the White Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Senusret I

Question 11

According to tradition, Menes rose to power in Upper Egypt & unified the two kingdoms by taking control of Lower Egypt.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Who sometimes dressed in men’s clothing, even putting on the fake beard male pharaohs wore?

Accepted Answer

Hatshepsut

Question 13

What is the native language of Kush called?

Accepted Answer

Meroitic

Question 14

What borders the Nile River valley on the west?

Accepted Answer

Libyan Desert

Question 15

Hatshepsut sometimes dressed in men’s clothing, even putting on the fake beard male pharaohs wore.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

In the upper kingdom of Egypt, the king wore a red crown.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

What was used to make paper in ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Papyrus

Question 18

Whose tomb was found in 1922 and he was buried inside 3 coffins?

Accepted Answer

Tutankhamen

Question 19

What was a beautiful temple built by the Kushites was in honor of the glory of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Jebel Barkal

Question 20

A large monument to Hatshepsut a this great temple was called what?

Accepted Answer

Dayr al-Bahri

Question 21

What is a colossal limestone statue of a mythical creature with a lion’s body and a human head called?

Accepted Answer

Great Sphinx

Question 22

Khufu emphasized his supreme power by declaring himself a king.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Who had hundreds of statues of himself built throughout Egypt, some of which stood over 60 feet high?

Accepted Answer

Ramses II

Question 24

Egyptian life revolved around this rivers annual flooding?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 25

What was capital city of Upper Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Nekhen

Question 26

How long is the Nile River?

Accepted Answer

4000 miles

Question 27

What was the capital of Lower Egypt and was in the northwest Nile Delta?

Accepted Answer

Pe

Question 28

What is the name of Ramses’ greatest project, a temple complex?

Accepted Answer

Abu Simbel

Question 29

Kushites worshipped an African lion-god named Apedemak rather than Egyptian gods.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

What Egyptian principle which stressed the importance of truth, order, and balance?

Accepted Answer

Ma'at

Question 31

What word means "Great House?"

Accepted Answer

pharaoh

Question 32

What term means all political authority comes from religion?

Accepted Answer

Theocracy

Question 33

The Nile River provided the valley with natural irrigation and fertilization causing the rise of civilizations.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

The tomb of King Tutankhamun was found in 1922 and was empty except for hieroglyphics that told of the ancient pharaohs.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

Pyramids displayed amazing engineering or the application of scientific knowledge.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

What is more than 13 acres at its base and stands 481 feet high and is in Giza?

Accepted Answer

Great Pyramid

Egypt Unit Test Review

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Egypt Unit Test Review

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