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1
An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a
corpse.
morgue.
cadaver.
mummy.
2
An ancient type of Egyptian river sailboat.
incense
delta
felucca
savanna
3
A material burned for its pleasant smell.
cataract
incense
papyrus
shadoof
4
Hieroglyphics is a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols.
True
False
5
The Nubian kingdom was formed when the stronger villages overtook weaker ones.
Napata
Kush
Sudan
Kerma
6
Who tried to give the Egyptians a new religion?
Ramses II
Osiris
Amenhotep
Thebes
7
Tried to change Egypt's religion.
Hapi
Aton
Khufu
Akhenaton
8
A pyramid is a great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh.
False
True
9
Egyptians traded with the present-day country of Lebanon for
wood.
iron weapons and tools.
incense.
ivory and gold.
10
The Nile River - the longest river in the world-is ____ miles long.
4,000
2,000
4,050
3,500
11
The Sphinx is an ancient Egyptian ruin
with the body of a human and a tiger head.
with the body of a tiger and human head.
with the body of a human a lion head.
with the body of a lion and a human head
12
The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh's body from decomposing was
the act of embalming.
removing only the eyes.
creating a dummy stuffed with straw.
surveying a pyramid
13
One of the reasons the Kushites moved their capital to Meroe was to be close to
iron ore deposits.
Kerma.
the Egyptians.
Napata.
14
The forced payments sent to pharaoh by conquered peoples are called
surveys.
bribes.
taxes.
tributes.
15
Upper Egypt is located along the Nile River's north delta.
False
True
16
The place where Egyptian families spent time together was their
plazas.
pyramids.
temples.
rooftops.
17
Bureaucrats, or elected officials, appointed by the pharaoh
distributed land to priests.
carried out the pharaohs orders.
performed manual labor.
supervised the building of the pyramids.
18
What type of land bordered the Nile River in Egypt?
deserts
savannas
marshes
mountains
19
Founded a dynasty that ruled both Egypt and Kush from Napata.
Piye
Ahmose
Kemet
Ramses II
20
A fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea
delta
felucca
pyramid
cataract
21
A shadoof is a waterfall or rapids in a river
True
False
22
In 750 B.C. which Kushite king invaded Egypt
Kashta
Ramses II
Ahmose
Piye
23
Under which leader's rule did Egypt lose most of its land in western Asia to outside invaders?
Hatshepsut
Ahmose
Kashta
Akhenaton
24
A cataract is a bucket attached to a long pole that lifts water from the Nile
False
True
25
A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile
savanna
incense
cataract
papyrus
26
The most important gods of the Egyptians were
Hapi and Osiris
Re and Ahmose
Te and Re
Re and Hapi
27
Narmer was a king of
Middle Egypt
Upper Egypt
Upper Nubia
Lower Egypt
28
Kushite traders brought back cotton, textiles, and other goods in exchange for
valuable wood and incense
ivory and gold
iron products and slaves
wheat and rice
29
Formed an army and drove the Hyksos out of Egypt.
Khufu
Hatshepsut
Akhenaton
Ahmose
30
How were the pyramids of the Kushites different from those of the Egyptians?
They built more elaborate pyramids.
They built more larger, steeply sloped pyramids.
They built more colorful pyramids that were more gently sloped.
They built smaller pyramids that were more steeply sloped.
31
Hatshepsut was more interested in starting wars than promoting trade.
False
True
32
During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt conquered new territories, the pharaohs made many improvements, and
many pyramids were built.
the arts flourished
Memphis became the capital.
a civil war divided Egypt.
33
King for whom the Great Pyramid was built
Kemet
Khufu
Hatshepsut
Kerma
34
The Nile is the world's longest river.
False
True
35
A government official.
papyrus
cataract
shadoof
bureaucrat
36
The river god.
Aton
Hatshepsut
Hapi
Ahmose
37
The sun god.
Aton
Atom
Hapi
Khufu
38
As a result of being conquered by Egypt, Nubians
accepted many Egyptians beliefs and customs.
stopped worshipping their own dieties.
refused to accept any Egyptian beliefs and customs.
gave up their previous way of life.
39
THe Hyksos were people from present-day Lebonon.
False
True
40
Most successful of the pharaohs
Kemet
Narmer
Ramses II
Khufu
41
A flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region.
papyrus
Kemet
felucca
savanna
42
A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is a
reign.
delta.
scimitar.
dynasty.
43
Egyptian name for Egypt, means "the Black Lands"
Nubia
Khufu
Kerma
Kemet
44
The Phoenicians were the western Asia people who conquered Egypt.
True
False
