Ancient Egypt Revision

What is the correct definition for dynasty?

True or false. Parents viewed the birth of a girl as a disappointment.

What does pharaoh mean?

What is the name of the god shown in the image?

True or false. Poor people used the hot climate to preserve the bodies of their loved ones.

At approximately what age did Tutankhamun die?

True or False. A person could be condemned to death for killing a sacred animal.

Which of the following are reasons as to why the pyramids were built?

True or False. There was no marriage ceremony. Couples just 'started a house' together.

True or False. 'Tortoise backs' were mounds of earth that provided protection from the flood.

What ceremony is shown in the source?

What were the names of the three seasons?

Which Greek historian wrote a description of the mummification process?

What was the result of the Battle of Qadesh?

True or False. The Hyksos did not have better armour and weaponry then the Ancient Egyptians.

True or false. It was disrespectful to address a pharaoh by his own name.

Why did Ancient Egyptians build temples?

True or False. Sailing down the Nile to Giza was not easier then sailing up the Nile to Aswan.

True or False. Historians know exactly why the Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids.

Who was the god of the flood?

What is not a symbol of the pharaohs power?

True/False. The spells in the Book of the Dead helped the person reach the afterlife.

What is the name of the device being used in the image?

Which of the following were imports of Ancient Egypt?

True or false. One of the most important occupations a boy could get was as a scribe?

What structures did Rameses build throughout his reign?

True or False. The development of Ancient Egyptian society was determined by the Nile?

Which of the following are features of Intermediate Periods?

Approximately how many spells are contained in the Book of the Dead?

What was not one of the scripts on the Rosetta Stone?

Where was the test of the weighing of the heart held?

Which of the following was not an export of Ancient Egypt?

Why is Menes (or Narmer) also known as the 'lord of the two lands'?

Why was the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb important?

Who was the battle of Qadesh fought between?

Which pharaoh's name was in the cartouche discovered by Thomas Young?

Why was the Nile River important?

How many seasons did the rise and fall of the Nile create?

Where did most of the blocks used to build the pyramids come from?

What was not a feature of houses to help with the heat?

Why would the pharaohs marry female relatives?

The people expect the pharaoh to make sure that...

Women were able to...

True or False. The position of pharaoh was passed from father to son.

Where did Hatshepsut send a trading expedition to?

What did the Hyksos invasion force the Ancient Egyptians to do?

How long did the entire embalming process take?

What was the role of the vizier?

What is shown in this fragment of a wall panel from a tomb chapel at Luxor?

What is the name of the crown depicted in the picture?

At what age did boys begin to work?

How were the first forty days of the embalming process spent?

Which god was responsible for rebirth, reincarnation and protecting the dead?

What is the correct term for the yearly flooding of the Nile River?

Which pharaoh began the festival of the Beautiful Feast of the Opet?

The journey to the afterlife included...

What were the Black Lands?

Which period of time in Ancient Egypt is commonly called the 'golden age'?

True or False. Rameses II had eight wives.

True or False. Ancient Egyptians believed that the gods appeared in animal form.

Although not accurate, is the chronology of Ancient Egypt important?

What was the name of the archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb?

When was Tutankhamun's tomb discovered?

What was flax used for?

Where did embalmers usually establish their business?

True or false. Parents did not arrange their children's marriages.

Approximately how many blocks were put in place every day when building the pyramids?

True or false. The word kingdom does not refer to periods when dynasties had strong control.

How long did a scribe train for?

True or False. It is believed the pyramids once had a layer of polished white limestone.

True or false. Women were always treated as equals?

What happened to the heart if it was heavier then the feather of truth when weighed?

Who were at the bottom of the social pyramid?

At what age were girls married?

Which god is shown as having green skin and holding a crook and flail?

Cats were represented by which gods?

How did workers transport the blocks to the site of the pyramids?

What is the name of the god shown in the image?