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Unit 3: Ancient Egypt Review
Unit 3: Ancient Egypt Review
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A review of material from Ancient Egypt in social studies class
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1
What is Egypt's economy mainly based on?
investments
agriculture
manufacturing
trade
2
Which pharaoh is known for uniting the two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt into one country?
Tutankhamen
Khufu
Ramses II
Menes
3
Where is the mouth of the Nile River?
at the Mediterranean Sea
in the south
by the Red Sea
West Africa
4
What were the first tombs used by Egyptians?
obelisks
pyramids
Valley of the Kings
mastabas
5
What material did the Egyptians develop to write information down?
clay tablets
vellum sheets
paper
papyrus
6
The Age of the Nobles is another name for Egypt's what?
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Golden Age
7
Where did Howard Carter discover Tutankhamen's intact tomb?
Giza
Valley of the Kings
Arabian (eastern) Desert
at the Nile's delta
8
Mesopotamia was many independent city-states/civilizations...what was Egypt?
a unified nation
the largest empire of the ancient world
a group of nomadic herders
many independent city-states
9
What can be found at the mouth of the Nile River?
the Great Pyramid
mountains
the city of Memphis
its delta
10
How were pharaohs buried during the Old Kingdom?
In graves cut into rock cliffs
In shallow sandy graves
In Mastabas
In pyramids
11
Papyrus is made from what?
silt
river reeds
clay
wood
12
Who was the first female to rule Egypt for 21 years as the pharaoh?
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra
Nefertiti
Akhenaton
13
Polytheism means...?
belief in no gods
belief in one god
beilef in Jesus as God
belief in many gods
14
The Egyptians believed in what after someone died?
Life after Death
Nirvana
Heaven and Hell
Nothing, you were dead
15
Egypt used this for defense...
natural boundaries
Their MASSIVE army
thick city walls
Slaves
16
Who built the Great Pyramid at Giza as his tomb?
Hatshepsut
Khufu
Ramses II
Akhenaton
17
Which pharaoh changed his name to Akhenaton when he tried to make Egypt MONOTHEISTIC?
Djoser
Ramses II
Amenhotep IV
Tutankhamen
18
What was left behind from the Nile's flooding that enriched the soil for farming?
cataracts
sand
papyrus
silt
19
Where is the source of the Nile River?
in east-central Africa
in the Middle East
in the Libyan (western) Desert
at the Mediterranean Sea
20
Based on their religious beliefs the ancient Egyptians were what...
polytheistic
monotheistic
catholic
atheists
21
What are Egypt's natural boundaries?
mountains
it has no natural barriers
seas and plateaus
cataracts and deserts
22
How did Hatshepsut's reign differ from her male counterparts?
was the highest point of Egyptian culture and power
based on military conquest and war
focused on trade and political alliances
focused on changing the nation's religion
23
What is the closest date to the beginning of the ancient Egypt civilization?
3,100 BC
1,050 BC
5,000 BC
4,500 BC
24
To survive in the afterlife the spirits needed to recognize the body so the Egyptians did what?
worshipped many gods
created the ba, the ka, and the akh
buried the bodies deep in the sand
mummified the dead
25
The Nile River flows in this direction...
South
West
North
East
26
Who is probably Egypt's most well known pharaoh due to the discovery of his intact tomb?
Thutmose III
Ramses II
Hatshepsut
Tutankhamen
27
Who led Egypt?
Priests
Scribes
Generals
Pharaohs
28
Who is famous for translating the hieroglyphic language of ancient Egypt?
Howard Carter
Zahi Hawass
Jean Champollion
Mr. Mark Poggensee
29
What was built by the Egyptians that was a Wonder of the Ancient World?
Hatshepsut's Palace at Dier al Bahri
Cleopatra's Obelisk
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Step Pyramid at Saqqara
30
Egypt's economy is based on farming, but became wealthy through what?
manufacturing
mining
banking
trade
31
What is the ancient Egyptian writing system called?
cuneiform
hieroglyphs
alphabet
pictographs
32
The Old Kingdom of Egypt is also known as what?
The Age of Nobles
The Empire
The Age of Pyramids
The Golden Age
33
This could be predicted in ancient Egypt...
flooding of the Nile
when the pharaoh would die
how much land could be farmed next year
who would attack next
34
Which powerful pharaoh used his military to expand Egypt's borders to their largest extent?
Menes
Ramses II
Thutmose III
Tutankhamen
35
Who ruled Egypt for 67 years and is considered its greatest pharaoh base on Egypt's stability?
Hatshepsut
Thutmose III
Tutankhamen
Ramses II
36
Who discovered King Tut's undisturbed tomb in 1922?
Heinrich Schliemann
Arthur Evans
Jean Champollion
Howard Carter
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Who is said to have built the 1st pyramid, the step pyramid of Saqqara?
Akhenaton
Ramses II
Djoser
Khufu
