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Egyptians believed that this left a person's body and became a spirit after death
mummy
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organs
sarcophagus
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Why was the Rosetta Stone important to scholars?
It explained how they built the pyramids
It showed how Egyptians made mummies
It helped them translate hieroglyphics
It helped them understand cuneiform
3
Why did the Egyptians build pyramids?
None of these
To show their power
To gain favor with their gods
To be burial tombs for their leaders
4
What does the high position that priests held in Egyptian society tell us?
the early Egyptians worshipped many gods
The pharaoh was a descendant of a god
the government was large and powerful
religion was important in Egyptian life
5
The Nile helped civilization develop in Egypt in all of the following ways except:
providing a source of food and water
enriching the soil along its banks
allowing farming to develop
protecting against invasions
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True or False: most Egyptian children received an education.
False, all children received an education.
False, only the elite or future scribes received education.
True
False, no children received an education.
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Queen Hatshepsut is best known for:
Destroying monuments
Decreasing war and increasing education
Increasing trade and building monuments
Decreasing trade and increasing war
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Pharaoh Ramses II is also known as:
Ramses the Terrible
Ramses the Magnificent
Ramses the Merciful
Ramses the Great
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What did Egypt's geography keep it partially protected from?
Trade
Invaders
Storms
Floods
10
True or False: Egypt was called the "gift of the Tigris" because the river allowed it to thrive
True
False, it is called the "gift of the Nile"
False, it is called the "gift of the Amazon"
False, it is called the "curse of the Tigris"
11
Like the Mesopotamians, the ancient Egyptians' religion was:
monotheistic
monolithic
polytheistic
prehistoric
12
True or False: The Egyptians built pyramids for all people who died.
False, they built pyramids only for pharaohs and the elite.
True
False, they didn't build pyramids.
False, they built pyramids for scribes.
13
Other than the pharaoh, priests, and government officials, no one was more honored than these.
Scribes
Architects
Artists
Farmers
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What did Ramses the Great do that made him be considered "great"?
None of these
Built the Great Sphinx
Defeated Egypt's enemies in war
Built the largest pyramid
15
What is a dynasty?
A sequence of rulers who everybody liked
A sequence of rulers from the same family
A sequence of rulers from different families
A sequence of rulers who nobody liked
16
What was the name of the Egyptian writing system?
hieroglyphics
cuneiform
cursive
capitalism
17
What are the Egyptians best known for building?
pyramids
canals
forts
ziggurats
18
Branches of the Nile form this, a triangle shaped area of soil deposited by a river.
delta
canal
flood plain
cataract
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True or False: Menes rose to power in Upper Egypt and separated it from Lower Egypt.
False, he came to power in Lower Egypt.
False, he separated Egypt from the Nile.
True
False, he united Upper and Lower Egypt.
20
These people wrote and copied religious and literary texts.
Architects
Scribes
Merchants
Artisans
21
What was the southern part of Egypt called?
Lower Egypt
Mesopotamia
South Egypt
Upper Egypt
22
Where was the most fertile soil in Egypt located?
the desert
the cataracts of the Nile
the Nile Delta
to the South of Egypt
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True or False: A delta is a triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river.
False, the soil is deposited by the ocean.
False, the soil is washed away by a river.
False, it is a square-shaped area of land
True
