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High school level intro to Ancient Egypt quiz
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1
The Old Kingdom Collapsed because of crop failures and overspending on...
Building Pyramids
Trade with Mesopotamia
A new capital of Cairo
The Military
2
Egypt is known as the gift of the ________
Mediterranian
Pharaohs
Nile
Desert
3
Egyptians created a type of writing using pictures called _______________
Cuneiform
Monographs
Hyrogliphics
Caligrophy
4
Egyptian paper, called papyrus, was made out of what?
Wood Chips
River Reeds
Cotton Cloth
Strips of Leather
5
Egyptians waited for the yearly floods to deposit a layer of _______ to help the crops grow
Swamp grass
Dead Fish
Silt
Water
6
The Egyptians invented this type of math to help them measure shapes and buildings accuratly
Algerbra
Geometry
Calculus
Statistics
7
The largest 3 Pyramids were built where?
Giza
Tyre
Jerusalem
Thebes
8
During mummification, what major organ was removed because it was thought to be useless?
Bladder
Heart
Brain
Stomach
9
The Middle Kingdom Period is dominated by Egypt being taken over by what foreign people?
Phoenecians
Hyksos
Phillisteins
Babylonians
10
Pharaohs started to be buried in the Valley of the Kings because...
They were tired thieves breaking into the tombs
It was Cheaper
All the above
It was closer to the Capital
11
Egyptians mummified their dead because they believed...
That they had to use the same body in the afterlife
It would help them look "beautiful" for all etunity
There Gods told them it was the proper way to look at death
That their Gods would one day return raise all the dead
12
Pyramids were built to serve a tomb for...
Just a Pharaoh
Any person who could afford it
A whole royal family
A Pharaoh and his wives
13
As a way to decontaminate a body, mummies were washed inside and out with...
Sea Water
Beer
Wine
Milk
14
What ancient people were supposedly enslaved by the Egyptians?
Macedonians
Nubians
Isrealites
Phillisteans
15
Only ancient Egyptian queen who also was Pharaoh.
Hatshepsut
Nefertiti
Cleopatra
Erine
16
Most Famous of all the Pharaohs because his tomb was found almost intact.
Tutunkahmon
Ramses II
Akenaton
Emhotep
17
Egyptians were conquered by these people, who let them keep their religion, not their freedom
Isrealities
Cathaginians
Greeks
Persians
18
In ancient Egypt, the Pharaohs were both a ________ and __________
Priest and King
Top General and King
King and God
Chief Builder and Priest
19
This stone is what allowed French historians to finally decode hyrogliphics in the 1800s
Babbler Stone
Pharaoh's Stone
Rosetta Stone
Cobble Stone
20
God of death who would weigh a person's heart to see if they were worthy of an afterlife
Isis
Ruso
Amen Ra
Osiris
21
Ancient Egyptian History is divided up into how many time periods or "Kingdoms."
Three
Six
Five
Four
22
What Animal did the Egyptians consider to be sacred, and thus keep as pets.
Crocodiles
Dogs
Cats
Camels
23
Region of Egypt where the Nile runs into the Sea.
Rapids
Hollow
Mangrove Swamp
Delta
