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What was Obelisk?
Who was Khufu?
History of Ancient Egypt test review
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Who was Khufu?
Egypt's first pharoah
a pharoah
A pharoah best known for monuments built for him
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What was Obelisk?
Scientific knowledge
Rapids along a river
Specially treated bodies
A tall, four sided pillar that is pointed at the top
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Who was blamed if crops did not flourish or if a disease broke out?
Pharoahs
scribes
peasants
nobles
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who was a part of the human body and a spirit?
king tut
ramses
kha
pharoah
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Ramses the Great, was remembered as a great ...... and.......?
builder and scribe
warrior and scribe
warrior and builder
scribe and noble
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Earliest form of writing.
Hieroglyphics
Obelisk
Cataracts
Queen Hatsphepsut
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A long lasting, paper like material made from reeds.
Papyrus
Obelisk
Mummies
Cataracts
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Why was Rosetta Stone important?
It helped scientists study early ancient Egypt text
Helped people study ancient Egypt text
It helped historians
It helped Historians study early ancient Egypt text
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What formed at the mouth of the Nile River, that looked like a triangle shaped area of soil?
Delta
Red Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
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What was Rosetta Stone?
a study in text
A study in language and text
a language site
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What was Kush?
Kingdom of northern Egypt
Kingdom of eastern Egypt
Kingdom of southern Egypt
Kingdom of western Egypt
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Slaves in Egypt had some legal rights and sometimes could earn their freedom.
true
false
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Who was Ramses the Great?
Pharaoh who fought the Hitties for many years
Man who fought the Hitties for many years
A noble
A pharoah
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Egypt was called the gift of the Nile because it never flooded the land around it.
true
false
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What do most people in Egypt do?
build dams
farm
traded goods
build irrigation ways
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Historians and archaeologists did not know hieroglyphics existed until Rosetta Stone was found.
false
true
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What was the duty of the scribe?
the duty was to write and copy religious and literary texts
they had no duty
write texts down
copy texts down
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Who was Menes?
The first scientist
A pharoah who fought the Hitties for many years
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth
Egypt's first pharoah
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Who built Pyrimids and who were they for?
scribes and peasants
nobles and scribes
nobles and pharoahs
Egyptians, Pharoahs
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When was the middle kingdom started?
1050 B.C.
4050B.C.
3050 B.C.
2050 B.C.
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Why did Herodotus call Egypt "The girft of the Nile"
The Nile River brought life to the region
the Nile River brought fertility and life to the region
The Nile River brought fertility the region
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What was the middle kingdom?
When a god reunited Egypt
When a noble reunited Egypt
when a king reunited Egypt
when a powerful Pharoah reunited Egypt
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What were mummies?
A pharoah
Tall, four sided pillar
Rapids along rivers
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth
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In Egyptian Art, what were usually drawn realistically?
animals
people
spirits
gods
25
The Mediterranean Sea made it easy for other countries to invade Europe.
false
true
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Why would you find art, jewelry, and other treasures in Egyptian tombs?
they were those peoples treasures
They believed the dead enjoyed the stuff in the afterlife
I don't know
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Who were the nobles?
Kingdom of southern Egypt
People from rich and powerfull families
Egypt's first pharaoh
Pharaoh best known for monuments built for him
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What was the biggest factor that contributed to the growth of trade in the New Kingdom?
lots of trade routes
Egypt's conquest of distand lands
many people bought goods
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Rapids along a river.
Sphinx
Hieroglyphics
Obelisk
Cataracts
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What was engineering?
The application of scientific knowledge for practiacal uses
A long lasting paper like material made from reeds
Rapids along a river
Egypt's first pharoah
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Why do many people settle near the Nile River Valley?
The area had lots of water
Not too dry or wet
It was well suited for settlement and farming
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Why was the pharoah blamed for a disease outbreak or crops not growing?
he was a ruler
he was a god
he was a ruler and god
he was a peasant
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Will you study for the quiz?
I don't know
Yes
No
Maybe
34
What was a sphinx?
A Lion
Imaginary creature with a head of an animal and a lion body
A creature
Imaginary creature
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The third dynasty began the period in Egyptian history called the Old Kingdom.
true
false
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Dressed as a man and called herself king.
Ka
Rapids along a river
Queen Hatsphepsut
Imaginary creature
