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A revision of Ancient Egypt
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1
What are hieroglyphs?
The god of writing
Ancient Egyptian form of writing
Drawings on the wall of a tomb
Salts used in embalming
2
Which Pharaoh had the largest pyramid?
Khufu
Ra
Kheops
Giza
3
What was the red land?
the fertile land around the nile
barren desert
the land below Egypt
the nile
4
What was kohl?
Makeup
A god
A musical instrument
A type of building
5
The nilometer was used to measure....
How many fish the nile had
How long the nile was
How high the nile rose
How deep the nile was
6
What did the pschent or double crown, worn by the pharaoh, symbolise?
Upper Egypt
Upper and Lower Egypt
The rule of the pharoah
Lower Egypt
7
Temples were the homes of the...
Nobles
Pharoahs
Gods
the dead
8
How long did the civilisation of Ancient Egypt last?
Over 10,000 years
Over 300 years
Over 6,000 years
Over 3,000 years
9
Everyday people in Ancient Egypt lived in...
the desert
Wooden homes
Caves
Mudbrick homes
10
What is Natron
The wife of a Pharoah
The setting of the pyramids to the stars
Salts used for embalming
The god of nature
11
Who was the god of the underworld?
Isis
Khufu
Ra
Orisis
12
The pyramids were built by...
Slaves
The Scribes
Workers
Aliens
13
One of the duties of a scribe was to...
farm the land
trade goods in other lands
keep the government records
rule the land
14
Which was an Ancient Egyptian board game?
Merkhet
Hieroglyphs
Senet
Nilometer
15
What plant did the Ancient Egyptian make paper out of?
Papyrus
Palm Trees
Fig
Wheat
16
When embalming the heart was...
thrown away
sacrificed to the crocodile god Sekmet
kept in the body
placed in jars
17
Howard Carter discovered which tomb in 1922?
Amun Ra
Rameses
Tutankamun
Khufu
18
There is writing in the great pyramid of Giza.
False
True
19
What items were placed in canopic jars?
heart, lungs, liver, and intestines
heart, brain, lungs, and stomach
stomach, intestines, lungs, and liver
stomach, lungs, liver and brain
20
What is the major river that flows through Egypt?
The Yarra River
The Amazon River
The Egypt River
The Nile River
