Ancient Egypt

Question 1

Why was Egypt so well protected from invasion?

Accepted Answer

Natural barriers

Question 2

Kingdom that is known as the Golden Age of Stability.

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The Middle Kingdom

Question 3

Writing system created by the Egyptians around 3000 B.C. It meant "priest-carvings" or "sacred writing."

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphics

Question 4

___ led 17 military campaigns into Syria and Palestine and even reached as far east as the Euphrates River.

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Thutmose III

Question 5

The history of ancient Egypt is divided in...

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Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms

Question 6

Amenhotep changed his own name to ___, “It is well with Aten,” and closed the temples of other gods.

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Akhenaten

Question 7

___ (marriage to one person) was the general rule, but a husband could have additional wives if she was childless.

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Monogamy

Question 8

In the first century B.C., the pharaoh ___ tried to reestablish Egypt’s independence. She committed suicide.

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Cleopatra VII

Question 9

Egyptians knew a lot about medicine, that's why they could transplant organs, like the heart or the brain.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

The Egyptian ruler took the title “_____.”

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Son of Re

Question 11

Directly responsible to the pharaoh, the ___ was in charge of the government bureaucracy.

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vizier

Question 12

Beyond the Black Land lay the deserts, also known as the “___.”

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Red Land

Question 13

Could women keep her properties after getting married in ancient Egypt?

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Yes

Question 14

The ancient Egyptians referred to the river’s yearly flooding as the “___” of the Nile.

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miracle

Question 15

King who united Upper and Lower Egypt creating the first royal dynasty around 3100 B.C.

Accepted Answer

Menes

Question 16

A highly simplified version of hieroglyphics, known as ___, came into being, and was used for daily matters.

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hieratic script

Question 17

God who killed his own brother, Osiris, and cut his body in 42 pieces.

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Seth

Question 18

During the Old Kingdom, a ___ (an administrative organization with officials and regular procedures) developed.

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government bureaucracy

Question 19

Hieratic script was written on ____, a paper made from the papyrus reed that grew along the Nile.

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papyrus

Question 20

Who was on top of the Egyptian social pyramid?

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The pharaoh

Question 21

The __ begins in the heart of Africa and courses northward for more than 6,436 km. It is the longest river in the world.

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Nile River

Question 22

The Egyptians in the New Kingdom were defeated by the ___, and that was the collapse of the kingdom in 1070 B.C.

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Sea Peoples

Question 23

In ancient Egypt, boys and girls from the upper and middle classes could become scribes.

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False

Question 24

The title of ___—originally meaning “great house” or “palace”—eventually became the most common for Egyptian rulers.

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pharaoh

Question 25

The Egyptians were able to divide a year in...

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365 days

Question 26

Canal built during the Middle Kingdom to connect the Nile River to the Red Sea that aided trade and transportation.

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Canal of the Pharaohs

Question 27

A ___ is a family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family.

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dynasty

Question 28

Egyptian pharaohs possessed ___, which meant that they had complete, unlimited power to rule their people.

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absolute power

Question 29

The Egyptians practiced ___, a process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it from rotting.

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mummification

Question 30

Under ___, the Egyptians regained control of Palestine, but were unable to reestablish their earlier empire.

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Ramses II

Question 31

Politically, ancient Egypt was divided in...

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Upper and Lower Egypt

Question 32

Writing form that was used for business transactions, record keeping, and the general needs of daily life by Egyptians.

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hieratic script

Question 33

___, one of the first women to become pharaoh, built a great temple at Deir el-Bahri, near Thebes.

Accepted Answer

Hatshepsut

Question 34

After the flood, the Nile river left a deposit of fertile mud known as...

Accepted Answer

Black Land

Question 35

___ were built as part of a larger complex of buildings dedicated to the dead. They were tombs for the pharaohs.

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Pyramids

Question 36

They were rectangular structures with flat roofs used as tombs for the pharaoh’s officials.

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mastabas

Question 37

The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for...

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King Khufu

Question 38

Group of people from Western Asia that conquered the Egyptians and marked the end of the Middle Kingdom.

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Hyksos

Question 39

The Egyptians were ___ for they had a number of gods associated with heavenly bodies and natural forces.

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polytheistic

Question 40

The Egyptians believed that human beings had two bodies—a physical one and a spiritual one, which they called the ___.

Accepted Answer

ka

Question 41

A ___ is a family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family.

Accepted Answer

dynasty

Question 42

Akhenaten’s changes were soon undone after his death by the boy-pharaoh named ___, who restored the old gods.

Accepted Answer

Tutankhamen

Question 43

Colossal statue is 73 m long and 20 m high. It has the body of a lion and a human head.

Accepted Answer

The Great Sphinx

Question 44

Two of the main Egyptian gods were...

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Isis and Osiris

Question 45

The pharaoh ___ introduced the worship of Aten, god of the sun disk, as the sole god.

Accepted Answer

Amenhotep IV

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