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1
The economy of Egypt was based on
fishing
growing want your family needed
farming
trade
2
Without the Nile River life in Egypt would not be possible because
the land was desert
the land was mountains
the land was rainforests
the land was tundra
3
Women in Egypt were
put in their own class
treated equal with men
only allowed to work in the home
treated unfairly
4
In old kingdom, the Pharaohs were both a ________ and __________
King and God
Top General and King
Priest and King
Chief Builder and Priest
5
Egyptians were polytheistic until Akhenaten changed them to _____
notheism
pantheism
atheism
monotheism
6
Egyptians created a type of writing using pictures called _______________
Cuneiform
Caligraphy
Monographs
Hieroglyphics
7
The role of the pharaoh
stayed the same over time
changed over time
was not important
was of a religious leader only
8
People invented so many innovations due to the Nile River because
they wanted to please the gods
they wanted to prove they could
they needed to defend their land from invaders
they needed to use the river to their benefit
9
The Egyptians had a _________ for their social structure.
pharaoh
monarchy
line
hierarchy
10
Most Famous of all the Pharaohs because his tomb was found almost intact.
Tutunkahmon
Akenaton
Emhotep
Ramses II
11
Pyramids were built to serve as a tomb for pharaohs, this showed that ____ was important to Egyptians.
jobs
the afterlife
spending money
building
12
In the Middle Kingdom Period the Egyptians were taken over by what foreign people?
Hyksos
Babylonians
Phillisteins
Phoenecians
13
God of death who would weigh a person's heart to see if they were worthy of an afterlife
Amen Ra
Ruso
Isis
Osiris
14
Egyptians were conquered by these people, before Alexander the Great conquered them.
Cathaginians
Persians
Greeks
Israelites
15
The Old Kingdom collapsed because of crop failures and overspending on...
The Military
Trade with Mesopotamia
Building Pyramids
A new capital of Cairo
16
Egyptians mummified their dead because they believed...
It would help them look "beautiful" for all etunity
That they had to use the same body in the afterlife
That their Gods would one day return raise all the dead
There Gods told them it was the proper way to look at death
17
The yearly floods inundated the land with water and silt which created ___
Swamp grass
a mess
Dead Fish
fertile land for farming
18
Egyptian paper, called papyrus, was made out of what?
River Reeds
Cotton Cloth
Strips of Leather
Wood Chips
19
During mummification, what major organ was removed because it was thought to be useless?
Heart
Bladder
Stomach
Brain
20
This stone is what allowed French historians to finally decode hieroglyphics in the 1800s
Babbler Stone
Pharaoh's Stone
Rosetta Stone
Cobble Stone
21
Ancient Egyptian history is divided up into how many time periods or "Kingdoms."
Five
Four
Three
Six
22
The __________ River was central to life in Egypt.
Mediterranian
Desert
Nile
Pharaohs
23
The Egyptians invented this to help irrigate their crops.
Algebra
Shaduf
Bucket
Boats
24
Egyptians gods looked like a mix of human and _____
animal
robot
flower
mountain
