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1
Which of the following best defines dynasty?
a collection of queens
a collection of kingdoms
series of rulers from different families
series of rulers from the same family
2
Branches of the Nile fanned out to form a triangle-shaped area of soil called
Crescent
Beta
Crest
Delta
3
Which of these events occurred first in Egyptian history
1237 BC Ramses the Great Dies
4500 BC Agriculture Begins
1472 BC Hatshepsut becomes Pharaoh
3100 BC Menes unites Egypt
4
The Egyptians built pyramids for all people who died.
True
False
5
After the wars in the Middle Kingdom, Egypt
created a Middle Kingdom god.
created a professional army.
destroyed all its temples.
disbanded the scribes.
6
Which is an example of a primary source?
Translation of an Ancient Egyptian Book
Writings by an Archaeologist in Egypt
A website about Egyptian Rulers
Your Textbook
7
Besides a food source, what other advantage did Egypt’s location provide for early Egyptians
It had natural barriers to protect against invaders.
It had temples in which to worship.
It had two dynasties to celebrate religious traditions.
It had Sumerian artwork to use as decoration.
8
Which of these events is associated with the Middle Kingdom?
Egypt taken over by the Hyksos
Unification of upper & Lower Egypt
Building of the Pyramids
9
The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called
Delta & Mountains of Egypt
Mesopotamia & Fertile Crescent
Eastern & Western Egypt
Upper & Lower Egypt
10
What job employed the most people in Egypt?
farmer
scribe
architect
merchant
11
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of trade?
Developing Allies
Gaining materials not found in your land
Learning about other cultures
Getting an unfair price for your goods
12
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?
Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the king
The tombs served as museums.
Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the af
The tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh.
13
What artifact found in 1799 in the Egyptian desert helped historians decipher hieroglyphics?
Cataract
Rosetta Stone
King Tut's Tomb
Sphinx
14
Pyramids are
temples where the people are allowed to come and pray.
royal tombs with four triangle-shaped sides that meet in a p
stone tombs with four rectangle-shaped sides that join a lim
warehouses where surplus food is stored.
15
Which Egyptian pharaoh united all of Egypt?
Khufu
King Ezana
Menes/Narmer
Hatshepsut’s
16
In Egypt the pharaoh was considered a(n)
Egyptian
god
Cat
Persian
17
Royal tombs with four triangle shaped sides that meet in a point on top are called
Obelisks
Sphinx
Pyramids
temples
18
Why were the pyramids built?
as tombs
"Aliens"
to please the gods
as monuments
19
Egypt was the "Gift of the Nile"
False
True
20
Who would the people of Egypt blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?
Calvin Harris
the pharaoh who was both ruler and god
the mummies whose ka was disturbed
the farmers whose small villages were unclean
21
Pyramids were built mainly during what Egyptian Kingdom
Middle
New
Old
22
Hieroglyphics means
Ancient Egyptian Facebook. Just posting cats on walls
Picture Writing
Cuneiform
23
Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs?
Ahmose of Thebes
Ramses the Great
Queen Hatshepsut
King Tutankhamen
24
Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?
the pyramids
cats, cats, and more cats
the pharaohs
the afterlife
25
Which statement best describes the burial practices of Egyptians?
Egyptians preserved bodies as mummies.
Egyptians buried their dead in the river.
Egyptians carried their dead to neighboring countries.
Egyptians used a funeral pyre to burn their dead.
26
What is the name of the long lasting, paper-like material Egyptians made from reeds?
sheep skin
scrolls
parchment
Papyrus
27
How was Egypt able to build pyramids and temples?
The pharaohs’ families paid the costs.
It collected taxes from the people.
The priests held religious festivals.
It collected payments from Sumer.
28
Why did Egyptians put objects in tombs?
Because they made nice decorations
so the priests had something to do
So the pharaoh would haunt them
To be used in the afterlife
29
The Nile helped civilization develop in Egypt in all of the following ways except by
enriching the soil along its banks
allowing farming to develop
protecting against invasion from the west
providing a source of food and water
