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Review of Ancient Egypt terms and facts.
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1
Why were the pyramids built?
To honor the pharaohs.
For giant tombs for the pharaoh.
For the pharaoh to communicate with the gods.
For the gods of the pharaoh.
2
How many seasons did the Egyptian calendar have?
4
5
3
6
3
How many days does the body need to be covered with natron?
40
140
60
20
4
A writer who kept records in Ancient Egypt.
Scribe
Trader
Priest
Pharaoh
5
A process done on a dead body to allow the soul to reach the after life.
Deity
Mummy
Unification
Embalming
6
Over time Egypt was ruled by how many dynasties?
41
21
31
11
7
How many years did it take to build the Great Pyramid?
25
23
26
20
8
Another name for gods and godesses is:
deities
ziggurats
kingdoms
empires
9
Members of a family would pass the ruling power down from father to son were called a:
Monothesim
Dynasty
Old Kingdom
Polythesim
10
What was good about the Nile River flooding?
It made great pyramids.
Washed away the top soil.
It created rapids.
It left behind dark rich soil.
11
What was the most important job of the Pharaoh?
To rule the people.
To communicate with the gods.
To make laws.
To communicate to the priest.
12
The first treaty in human history was between the :
Hyksos and Anubis
Hittites and Ramesses II
Nubians and Hyksos
Hittites and Kadesh
13
Imhotep had the idea to build the pyramids with ________ instead of mud bricks.
Stone
Reeds
Mastaba
Papyrus
14
How many men worked on the Great Pyramid?
Over 200,000
Over 20,000
Over 100,000
Over 1,000,000
15
What important plant did the Egyptian use that grew along the Nile?
Papyrus
Mastaba
Artisans
Natron
16
What helped protect Egypt from its enemies?
The Nile Waterfalls and the Desert
The Nile River and The Great Pyramid.
The Red Sea and the Eastern Desert
The Mediterranean Sea and the Delta
17
Mastaba means:
Pyramids made of stone.
A god of mud bricks.
A special grass used for making papyrus.
Bench - made of mud bricks.
18
The Egyptians believed when people died they were passing over to the other world to join:
Re
Osiris
Tigris
Anubis
19
What was the Nile River?
The world's longest river.
A river that provided food.
A river used for farming.
All the above
20
The purpose of the "Opening of the Mouth Ceremony" was to restore:
speech and touch
sight and hearing
speech and hearing
sight and speech
21
System of writing used by the Ancient Egyptians.
Cuneiform
Ziggurat
Torah
Hieroglyphics
22
Who was Anubis?
God of Mummification
God of the Sun
God of the Afterlife
God of the Wind
23
The hieroglyphics contained around ___________ pictures and symbols.
800
600
2,500
26
24
Narrow cliffs and boulders that form wild rapids in the Nile.
Delta
Cataracts
Mesa
Gulf
25
If you were an artist what social class would you have been in?
Upper Class
No class
Lower Class
Middle Class
26
What was a Pharaoh's job?
To make the laws.
All of the Above
Guided every activity.
To be a powerful ruler.
27
In Egypt most babies died before they were:
3
5
1
2
28
A group of lands and people ruled by the Egyptian government.
Slaves
Empire
Middle Class
Pharaoh
29
How did someone become a priest?
D. Both B and C
B. Appointed by the Pharaoh
A. By a vote
C. Inherited from your family
30
Three inventions by the Egyptians were:
calendar, sailboats, alphabet
plow, canals, and cunneiform
pyramids, calendar, papyrus
hierglyophics, cuneiform , and irrigation
