god of the dead; half jackal + half man

What was significant about Queen Shanakhdakheto?

She was the first woman to rule Kush

Why were pyramids filled with art, jewelry, and valuable artifacts?

dead pharaohs used that stuff in the next life.

What was weird about Queen Hatshepsut?

She ruled as a king and dressed like a man.

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Ancient Egypt: Mumm's the Word

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Egypt chapter 4 pretest, from Holt, Rinehart & Winston textbook.

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1
A system of people in different lands who trade goods is called
trade network
flea market
center of trade
Craigslist of Egypt
2
What's in a canopic jar?
food
precious stones
perfume
body organs
3
Anubis was
god of the dead; half jackal + half man
half human + half horse
half woman + half snake
half woman + half bird
4
How can you tell that Egypt and Kush were friends once in their history?
Many of the Egyptian rulers were from Kush
The people in Kush used to live in Egypt
Kush helped design the pyramids
They were trading partners
5
What was significant about Queen Shanakhdakheto?
She was the first woman to rule Kush
She was a warrior whose army conquered Nubia
She was King Tut's mom
She was married to King Tut
6
How did trade grow in the New Kingdom?
Egypt had the best prices.
Egypt conquered distant lands.
They built a canal for boats
Egypt made better roads.
7
Which artifact helped historians understand hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
The Tablet of Tokens
The Cave of Calculation
The Basket of Answers
8
Why were pyramids filled with art, jewelry, and valuable artifacts?
The pharaohs didn't want anyone to have them
dead pharaohs used that stuff in the next life.
Pyramids were used for storage
The pyramids used to be kings' temples
9
An imaginary creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human is a
Cairo
Thebes
Mummy
Sphinx
10
Where did the Kushite people get the Meroitic written language?
they made it
from the Egyptians
from West Africans
from the Meroitic people
11
What did the Kushites give the Egyptians as gifts?
ebony and ivory
grain and cattle
emeralds and rubies
horses and sheep
12
The area with the largest amount of gold in Egypt was
Blue Nile River
the Nubian Desert
Red Sea
Kush
13
A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds is called
cardstock
ricepaper
construction paper
papyrus
14
Who were the pyramids built for?
Wives of upper class royalty
All were built for King Tut.
Meeting houses for kings
Dead Pharaohs
15
Whose writing did the Kushites copy?
Egypt's
Hittites
Sumerians
Assyrians
16
The longest river in the world is the
Yangtze
Ganges
Nile
Mississippi
17
What was weird about Queen Hatshepsut?
She was from China.
She was blind.
She ruled as a king and dressed like a man.
She was only twelve years old.
18
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes is called
clinical lab
graphic design
engineering
hypothesis
19
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth were called
embalming
sarcophagus
antibodies
mummies
20
The southern part of ancient Egypt is called
Upper Egypt
South Egypt
Lower Egypt
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