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1
Pyramids were built mainly during what Egyptian Kingdom
Old
Middle
New
2
The Nile River Valley was well suited for settlement. Which of the following statements support
The geography included many areas for hunters to hunt widely
The geography supported various desert plants and birds.
The geography helped to unify the country.
The geography included areas for farming.
3
Which is an example of a primary source?
A website about Egyptian Rulers
Writings by a Historian in Egypt
Translation of an Ancient Egyptian Book
Your Textbook
4
Which statement best describes the burial practices of Egyptians?
Egyptians used a funeral pyre to burn their dead.
Egyptians buried their dead in the river.
Egyptians preserved bodies as mummies.
Egyptians carried their dead to neighboring countries.
5
According to modern historians who built the pyramids?
Aliens
An army of 100,000 lash driven slaves
The lost city of Atlantis
Egyptian peasants and farmers druing the flood season.
6
Egypt was the "Gift of the Nile"
False
True
7
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of trade?
Learning about other cultures
Developing Allies
Getting an unfair price for your goods
Gaining materials not found in your land
8
Which of these events occurred first in Egyptian history
3100 BC Menes unites Egypt
1472 BC Hatshepsut becomes Pharaoh
4500 BC Agriculture Begins
1237 BC Ramses the Great Dies
9
What job employed the most people in Egypt?
architect
scribe
merchant
farmer
10
Which Egyptian pharaoh united all of Egypt?
King Ezana
Hatshepsut’s
Menes
Khufu
11
Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs?
King Tutankhamen
Ahmose of Thebes
Ramses the Great
Queen Hatshepsut
12
After the wars in the Middle Kingdom, Egypt
destroyed all its temples.
disbanded the scribes.
created a professional army.
created a Middle Kingdom god.
13
Why were the pyramids built?
to please the aliens who visited
as tombs for dead pharoahs
So Mr. Johnson would see them and say “santo vaca”
as a way to harness energy
14
In Egypt the pharaoh was considered a(n)
Persian
Egyptian
god
Cat
15
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
16
Hieroglyphics means
Picture Writing
Cuneiform
Get me a Cheeseburger
Skibity
17
Pyramids are
warehouses where surplus food is stored.
stone tombs with four rectangle-shaped sides that join a limestone top
temples where the people are allowed to come and pray.
royal tombs with four triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point
18
Royal tombs with four triangle shaped sides that meet in a point on top are called
Obelisks
Pyramids
Sphinx
temples
19
The Nile helped civilization develop in Egypt in all of the following ways except by
allowing farming to develop
enriching the soil along its banks
providing a source of food and water
protecting against invasion from the west
20
What artifact found in 1799 in the Egyptian desert helped historians decipher hieroglyphics?
Cataract
Sphinx
King Tut's Tomb
Rosetta Stone
21
The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called
Upper & Lower Egypt
Mesopotamia & Fertile Crescent
Eastern & Western Egypt
Delta & Mountains of Egypt
22
Branches of the Nile fanned out to form a triangle-shaped area of soil called
Sigma
Beta
Delta
Crescent
23
Who would the people of Egypt blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?
the mummies whose ka was disturbed
Mr. Dachel cuz he's legit
the pharaoh who was both ruler and god
the farmers whose small villages were unclean
24
Which of these events is associated with the Middle Kingdom?
Unification of upper & Lower Egypt
Egypt taken over by the Hyksos
Building of the Pyramids
25
Which of the following best defines dynasty?
a collection of queens
series of rulers from the same family
a collection of kingdoms
series of rulers from different families
26
The Egyptians built pyramids for all people who died.
True
False
27
How was Egypt able to build pyramids and temples?
It collected payments from Sumer.
It collected taxes from the people.
The priests held religious festivals.
The pharaohs’ families paid the costs.
28
What is the name of the long lasting, paper-like material Egyptians made from reeds?
Papyrus
sheep skin
parchment
scrolls
29
Besides providing a stable food diet, what other advantage did Egypt’s location provide for early humans
It had Sumerian artwork to use as decoration.
It had natural barriers to protect against invaders.
It had two dynasties to celebrate religious traditions.
It had temples in which to worship.
30
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?
The tombs served as museums.
Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife
The tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh.
Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the king
31
Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?
the pharaohs
All Dogs Go to Heaven
the pyramids
the afterlife
