What does the picture show about ancient Egypt?

People were part of different social classes

What was the main reason early culture groups settled in the region shown?

The area served as a source of fresh water

While building the pyramids, the Egyptians created the

A 365 day calendar based on the flooding season

How did the discovery of the Rosetta Stone impact our knowledge of ancient Egypt?

We learned how to read Egyptian writing

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1
This pharaoh was a great builder and military leader, he may have been the leader in the Exodus
Tutankhamen
Ramses II
Cleopatra
Hatshepsut
2
What is the important river in Egypt?
Nike
Nile
Mile
Mississippi
3
This pharaoh disguised herself as a man and ruled Egypt. She increased trade in Egypt.
Hatshepsut
Narmer
Cleopatra
Ramses II
4
Who is this Egyptian god of the dead?
Horus
Isis
Anubis
Thoth
5
What river runs along Egypt?
Nile
Mississippi
Red sea
Indus River
6
What is the land like if you aren't by the Nile River?
deserts
tundra
mountains
oceans
7
What are the 3 time designations Egyptologists use to show different time periods in Egypt?
Old, Middle, and New Kingdom
Ancient, Middle, and Modern Kingdom
Hieratic, Hieroglyphic, and Demotic Kingdom
First, Second, and Third Kingdom
8
A line of rulers from the same family is called?
Delian
Axum
Dynasty
Hierarchy
9
Ancient writing in Egypt was called
symbolglyphs
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphs
Egypto-write
10
What does the picture show about ancient Egypt?
All people were equal according to the law
Egyptian societies were ruled by an emperor
People were part of different social classes
Farmers were highly regarded
11
Which is NOT the name of an Egyptian God?
Anubis
Mitchell
Isis
Osiris
12
What would we NOT find in an Egyptian tomb?
Gold
Hieroglyphics
a mummy
living people
13
Pyramids were made from millions of:
mummies
mud bricks
stone blocks
papyrus leaves
14
Which famous Egyptologist discovered King Tut's tomb in 1922?
George Elliott
Howard Carter
Henrich Schlieman
Sir Archibald Cameron
15
The Nile River flows?
South to North
East to West
West to East
North to South
16
To learn how to obtain life after death the Egyptians studied what book?
The Book of Spells
The Book of Life After Death
The Book of the Dead
The Book of Prayers
17
What writing is found at the top of the Rosetta Stone?
Cuneiform
Phoenician
Greek
Hieroglyphics
18
What is it called when a series of rulers come from a single blood line (family)?
Pharoahs
Culture
Dynasty
19
What were the purpose of pyramids?
to hide their riches
for show
they were tombs for the rich
20
A tall reed that grows in the Nile delta is called what?
papyrus
parchment
bamboo
21
What was the main reason early culture groups settled in the region shown?
The region offered protection from attacks
The area was a holy site
The area served as a source of fresh water
The mountains offered protection
22
How did Cleopatra die?
bit by a poisonous snake
ambushed by government leaders
stabbed by a sword
23
What is this Egyptian artifact called?
Papyrus
Pyramids
Obelisk
Sphinx
24
What grew up next to the Nile river in Egypt?
Museums
Palaces
Hotels
Cities
25
Egyptian paper is made from:
Papyrus plants
Human Hair
Plastic
Barley
26
The Egyptians are famous for these big buildings:
Zigurrats
Pyramids
Skyscrapers
Monuments
27
While building the pyramids, the Egyptians created the
A writing system called Hieroglyphics
Geometry
A 365 day calendar based on the flooding season
A new social class
28
How many great pyramids are there?
5
6
2
3
29
What did the floods do to the soil?
Made it thicker
Made it thinner
Washed it away
Enriched it
30
Which pharaoh does this death mask belong to?
Tutankhamen
Hatshepsut
Menes
Ramses II
31
All pharaohs had a ....
wife
eyeliner
beard
were male
32
Egyptian gods and goddesses usually had heads of:
animals
plants
stone
hieroglyphics
33
Someone who helps to uncover the ancient cities and the way people lived long ago is called:
an expert
an archaeologist
an xxpertologist
an artist
34
A process of embalming and drying corpses.
Cremation
Mummification
Dehydrating
35
What type of government existed in ancient Egypt?
Democracy
Oligarchy
Republic
Monarchy
36
Which of these are a desert in Egypt?
Arabian
Syrian
Sahara
Gobi
37
What two things did Egyptians use to make bricks?
reeds and barley
mud and straw
Playdoh
cloth and water
38
What did scribes do?
Read and Write
Hunt
Sleep
Eat
39
Egyptians were the first to use _____ for columns, and temples.
clay
cement
stone
sand
40
How did the discovery of the Rosetta Stone impact our knowledge of ancient Egypt?
We learned how to read Hammurabi's Code of Laws
We learned about the social hierarchy of the Egyptians
We learned how to read Egyptian writing
We learned how to read Greek writing
41
The pharaoh attempted to change Egypt from a polytheistic to a monotheistic society
Cleopatra
Ramses II
Amenhotep IV
Tutankhamen
42
What is this Egyptian artifact called?
The Piye symbol
The Sarcophagus symbol
The Ankh symbol
The Cartouche symbol
43
How many wives did Ramsses have?
7
11
6
8
44
Why was Egypt so successful?
they had access to water
they had a big population
they were great rulers
45
Which map shows the location of early Egyptians?
C
A
B
D
46
Egyptians would set broken bones back into place for people if they needed it.
true
false
47
What did Howard Carter discover?
Ben Franklin's Tomb
King Carnarvon's Tomb
King Tut's Tomb
King Ramses's tomb
48
What housed the organs during the mummification process?
Canopic Jars
Carabou Jars
Cartouche Jars
Carrier Jars
49
What is the geographic feature called?
Nile plateau
Nile plain
Nile Delta
Nile cataract
50
What are you looking at?
pharaoh
temple
the Great Pyramid
the great sphinx
51
What social class are government official under?
upper
lower
middle
52
What was the Egyptian style of writing called?
Dicotic
Hieroglyphics
Sumerian
Cuneiform
53
Cleopatra fell in love with ______ first.
Agustus
Ptolemy I
Marc Antony
Julius Cesaer
54
What religion did Ancient Egypt practice?
Buddhism
Polytheism
Daoism
Christianity
55
What was the primary purpose of mummification?
To preserve the body for future generations to study
To preserve the body for Osiris to use in the afterlife
To preserve the body so the ka will recognize it
To preserve the body to use in religious ceremonies
56
Which level of Egyptian society was least respected?
Priests and nobles
Unskilled workers
Farmers and herders
Traders and artisans
57
What was the name of the woman who became a pharaoh after her husband died?
Nefreteri
Hatshepsut
Mrs. Pharaoh
Hat
58
What were Egyptian Kings called?
Pharoahs
Head Birds
Kingies
Pharmacies
59
The Egyptians created a calendar that had 365 days in a year.
True
False
60
What mythological creature is this?
Sphinx
Minotaur
Pyramid
Obelisk
61
Which Egyptian pharaoh's tomb was the only one to have ever been discovered intact?
Ramses II
Hatshepsut
Khufu
Tutankhamen
62
Which ruler united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Menes
Tutankhamen
Hatshepsut
Ramses II
63
Many Egyptians believed that after you died you went....
to heaven
to bed
to hell
to the afterlife
64
who was king tut's father?
Ramses II
Amenhotep
Hatshepsut
65
The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh's body from decomposing was?
Surveying the pyramids
Removing the heart from the body
The act of embalming
Creating a dummy stuffed with straw
66
On what was the early people's economy based?
Farming
Trading
Goods and services
Fishing
67
What is the first step in the mummification process?
stuffing with linen and sand
putting it in a sarcophagus
drying out the body with natron
cleaning and purifying the body
68
What was the effect of increased farming and trade?
Geometry was invented
A complex religion was established
An organized government developed
The deserts became more populated
69
What was the long lasting paper-like material made from reeds called?
Cuneiform
Papyrus
Obelisk
Sumerian
70
Women were treated like....
slaves
queens
equals
71
An imaginary creature with the body of a lion and the head of a person is called:
Just Make Believe
a Pharaoh
a Sphynx
a Nile Statue
72
Ancient Egypt's writing system was called what?
cave man paintings
spanish
english
hierogplyphics
73
What is the Egyptian symbol called?
Obelisk
Ka
Cartouche
Ankh
74
How many days would it take to mummify a body?
30 days
70 days
1 year
40 days
75
Egypt is located on the continent of:
Africa
Europe
North America
Asia
76
Cleopatra was the last ________.
queen
king
pharaoh
77
How did the Nile River change each spring?
It grew longer and longer.
It changed direction.
It flooded.
It almost dried up.
78
The pyramids were really:
palaces
burial places
temples
stores
79
Who was the youngest pharaoh?
Amenhotep
King Tut
Ramsesses I
80
Natron was the name of salt used to dry out the body.
false
true
81
Around which natural landform did the early Egyptians settle?
Plateau
Mountains
Island
River
82
What continent is Egypt located in?
Asia
Africa
Australia
Europe
83
What age did King tut die?
9
10
19
20
84
Who built the pyramids?
priests
slaves
merchants
commoners
85
Egyptians started mathematics in order to collect what?
food
property
labor
taxes

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