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1
Who were the only people who wrote Hieroglyphics?
Old Men
Craftsman
Farmers
Scribes
2
What geographic feature borders Egypt to the South?
The Mediterranean Sea
Mountains
The Red Sea
The Sahara Desert
3
What is an empire?
When previously independent people are conquered by one ruler
When there are separate city-states that have their own government and army
When people vote for representatives to make decisions.
When all the people get to vote on all issues
4
What were hieroglyphics used for?
record government records
All of the above
record taxes
record the passage of time
5
Why do all pyramids face north?
They wanted them to face the North Star
They wanted them to face the north pole
They wanted them to face the Mediterranean Sea
They wanted them to face the end of the Nile
6
Which way does the Nile River flow?
From South to North
From West to East
From East to West
From North to South
7
Why did Egyptians believe pharaohs needed to be mummified?
It would bring only the pharaoh to the afterlife
The pharaoh would bring all the Egyptians to the afterlife
It would protect them from Ammit
It would protect them from Anubis
8
What is the extra crops the Egyptians were able to collect called?
Surplus
None of the above
Silt
Irrigation Canals
9
How did the Egyptians benefit after the Battle of Kadesh?
They learned about new gods
The Hittites taught them how to make better weapons
They learned hieroglyphics
They gained more land
10
Why did the Egyptians have to know astronomy?
For farming
To know where the north star is for their pyramids
To create the sphinx
To create statues to the gods
11
Where were pharaoh's buried?
In far away lands
Their homes
The pyramids
the ground
12
Who was the first person to design the pyramids in Egypt?
King Tut
Rameses II
Rameses I
Imhotep
13
How did the Hittites benefit after the battle of Kadesh?
They learned about new gods
The Egyptians taught them how to make better weapons
They got more land
They Egyptians taught them how to farm better
14
Who was the sun god?
Ammit
Ra
Anubis
Hapi
15
Who won the Battle of Kadesh?
Neither side won
The Hittites
The Egyptians
The Persians came in and defeated both
16
When would Egyptians harvest their crops?
When the flood was receding back to the river
They would harvest it the entire year
During the flood
During drought
17
What was the Nile used for besides farming?
Drinking water
Fishing
All of the above
Trade and Transportation
18
What allowed people to understand hieroglyphics after the ability was lost?
The Rosetta Stone
Frankincense
Papyrus
Scribes
19
How long did the Great Pyramid take to build
33 years
19 years
23 years
9 years
20
Which continent is Egypt on?
Europe
Asia
Africa
North America
21
Why did Egypt start to get attacked?
All of the above
They were a small kingdom and easy to attack
They didn't have natural borders
The people they conquered no longer wanted to be ruled by them
22
Who was the god, with a crocodile head, that the Egyptians believed would eat you if you were bad in life?
Hapi
Ammit
Anubis
Ra
23
What geographic feature borders Egypt to the North?
The Red Sea
Mountains
The Mediterranean Sea
The Sahara Desert
24
Why are Ra and Hapi the two most important gods to Egyptians?
They were the most interesting looking gods
They were believed to help with farming, which was most important
They watched over the pyramids
All of the above
25
What did the pharaoh have the craftworkers do after paying them with crops?
Build temples
Build roads
All of the above
Build government buildings
26
What was the purpose of the Sphinx?
To honor King Rameses II
To look cool
To honor King Tut
To protect the mummified pharaohs within the pyramids
27
Which direction do all pyramids in Egypt face?
South
West
North
East
28
What did Akhenaton change in Egypt?
The gods from many to one
He built the pyramids
The gods from one to many
They way the farmed
29
At what age did King Tut die at?
29
79
19
9
30
Which of the following groups of items were brought in by the Egyptians?
silver, timber, furniture, jewelry
ebony, leopard skins, ivory, gold
copper, gems, livestock, plows
corn, wheat, barley, oats
31
How did Egyptians learn about medicine?
They prayed to the gods
They found papyrus scrolls on how to do it
All of the above
They learned about the bodies from when they mummified
32
How did having these natural geographic features bordering Egypt help them?
It allowed them to farm better
It gave them protection from enemy invaders
All of the above
It allowed them to make the pyramids
33
What did the pharaoh do with the taxes (crops) that he/she took?
Gave them to craftworkers as payment
Gave them to the royal family
Gave them back to the farmers
Ate them all
34
Who was the god, with the head of a dog, who would judge people in the afterlife?
Ammit
Hapi
Ra
Anubis
35
What were hieroglyphics written on?
Clay tablets
Papyrus
Walls
Stone
36
What geographic feature borders Egypt to the West?
The Red Sea
Mountains
The Mediterranean Sea
The Sahara Desert
37
What is the belief in many gods?
Theocracy
Religion
Monotheism
Polytheism
38
Who was the god of the river?
Hapi
Anubis
Ra
Ammit
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How many hieroglyphics were there?
80
800
8000
10,000
40
What are pictures that represent the images and sounds of the Egyptian language?
Cunieform
Hieroglyphics
Papyrus
None of the above
41
How many chariots were used in the Battle of Kadesh?
About 500
about 300
About 5000
about 3000
42
What was the battle of Kadesh famous for?
All of the above
Having the most chariots used in any battle
Being the most one sided battle ever
Having the most people die in any battle
43
Who did Egyptians believe the pharaoh was related to?
Ra
Anubis
Hapi
Ammit
44
During which age did Egypt become an empire?
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
None of the above
New Kingdom
45
What geographic feature borders Egypt to the East?
Mountains
The Sahara Desert
The Red Sea
The Mediterranean Sea
46
Which pharaoh expanded trade the farthest?
Rameses II
Hatshepsut
Akhenaten
Tut
47
What was built in front of the pyramids?
A statue of Anubis
Statues of the Pharaohs
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Sphinx
48
What about the Nile made it easier to farm?
It had very fertile silt that made crops grow easier
It was predictable in that it flooded the same time every year
It only flooded once a year
All of the above
49
What did Akhenaton do because the people were mad?
He changed the religion back to the way it was
He moved the capital away from the people
He killed many of them
All of the above
50
What is the process of preserving the dead, by drying them out and wrapping them in linens?
Burying
All of the above
Mummification
Pyramid Dropping
51
How was the Great Pyramid built?
They would use mud slicked ramps from the Nile to bring the stone in
They would use huge stones up to 80 tons
All of the above
Thousands of farmers and laborers would work on it during the flood
52
Why did the Egyptians need to know about math?
To create the pyramids
All of the above
To make papyrus scrolls
To mummify bodies
53
Who was the group of people who eventually conquered the Egyptians?
Persians
Romans
Greeks
Hittites
54
Which year happened first?
525 B.C.E.
525 C.E.
44 B.C.E.
1776 C.E.
55
What is the Nile River most famous for?
It is the widest river in the world
It is the longest river in the world
It has the most waterfalls of any river in the world
It is the fastest running river in the world
56
How did the Pharaoh collect taxes?
He took a portion of the farmers crops
He took silver from the farmers
He took gold from the citizens
All of the above
57
What did Akhenaton do that made so many people mad?
He stopped the people from writing hieroglyphics
He stopped the Egyptians from farming
All of the above
He had the statues of the gods destroyed
58
Who was the main enemy that Pharaoh Rameses II fought against?
Romans
Hittites
Persians
Greeks
59
How did that belief help the pharaoh rule?
All of the above
They feared speaking out against him since they thought he was a god
They feared rebelling since they thought he was a god
They did whatever they said because they thought he was a god
60
Which of the following is an idea both Egypt and Mesopotamia shared?
They both had two major rivers running through their civilizations
They both created one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world
All of the above
They both wrote on papyrus
