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1
What are scarabs?
Worshipped one god
Sacred beetle representations
Ruler of Egypt
Ancient Egyptian writing
2
What was a major purpose for building the pyramids?
Homes for the pharaoh's servants
Temples for religious worship
Tombs for pharaohs when they died.
Storehouses for reserves of grain
3
The temples were built so the pharaoh had a place to worship a god/goddess.
False
True
4
What is a canopic jar?
Written scroll
place of worship
Oval figure of pharaoh's name
Egyptian urn to hold organs
5
Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?
To feed them in the afterlife
To perform a sacrifice to the gods
To show earthly love
To avoid the risk of poison
6
Which of these was in the sanctuary of the temple?
A statue of a god
A public meeting area
A bench for women only
A pool for washing
7
The latest discovery of a scroll proves that
Pyramids were built using ramps and dragging stones.
A harbor and water canals were used to transport the stones.
8
Who was known to be a puppet king?
King Tut
Cleopatra VII
Ramses II
Hatshepsut
9
Who is Cleopatra VII
Egypt's most powerful ruler.
Egyptologist who earned world fame for the discovery of Tut.
Queen who served as regent for Thutmose III.
Queen who was defeated by Octavian.
10
What was one of the ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise in social class?
Help build a pyramid
Take care of a temple
Attend scribe school
Store a lot of grain
11
Which pharaoh kept the throne from a step-son for twenty years?
Hatshepsut
King Tut
Cleopatra VII
Ramses II
12
Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?
Priests hoping to get jobs at the temples.
Scribes who kept poor records
Peasant farmers during the flood season.
Government officials out of favor.
13
The sacred lake of the temple was the most sacred place in the temple.
True
False
14
The types of crops Egyptians grew were
Lentils
Barley
Wheat
All of the above.
15
What is the meaning of pharaoh?
The worship of one god-Aten
A written scroll
Ruler of ancient Egypt
Regarded as Egypt's most powerful king.
16
In what region of the world is Egypt located?
Antarctica
Middle East
North America
South America
17
What is papyrus?
The Egypt god Amon-Re was the king of gods
An upright 4-sided pillar that tapers into a pyramid.
Place of worship and the depository for food and objects
A written scroll.
18
Why is King Tut one of the most well-known pharaohs?
Tut lived and ruled for more than 70 years.
Tut was the first woman to claim power.
Amazing artifacts were found in Tut's tomb.
Trade expeditions helped Tut learn about faraway lands.
19
Which pharaoh had a brother and a sister killed?
King Tut
Hatshepsut
Ramses II
Cleopatra VII
20
The Queen's Chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza was the burial tomb for Khufu's wife.
False
True
21
Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by a pyramid?
The triangle represented the three seasons of the Nile.
Many structures of that design were built in the desert.
Most were in bottom classes; fewer at the top.
Scientists like to use a pyramid to keep the layers apart.
22
What is an obelisk?
An upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar.
A sodium carbonate used in embalming.
His tomb was found intact.
King of the gods.
23
All Egyptian people, including children, drank beer or wine.
False
True
24
Who is known as the greatest pharaoh of New Kingdom?
Tutmose III
Cleopatra VII
King Tut
Ramses II
25
The purpose of the obelisks were
All of the above.
To give thanks to the gods.
To control the news.
To show off pharaoh's wealth.
26
I was pharaoh for more than 60 years. I was a military leader. I had hundreds of statues.
Ramses II
Hatshepsut
Senusret I
Khufu
27
Who is Hatshepsut?
Egypt's most powerful pharaoh.
Egyptian Queen who was defeated by Octavian.
Queen of Egypt who became regent for her stepson.
His tomb was found intact by Howard Carter.
28
Hatshepsut was one of the first pharaohs who was
A woman
A child
A god
A priest
29
Which pharaoh had over 100 children?
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra VII
Ramses II
King Tut
30
What is the meaning of hieroglyphics?
To embalm or dry as a mummy.
An Egyptian tomb of the Memphite dynasties
Egyptian writing using pictorial symbols and sounds.
An oval figure of a pharaoh's name
31
Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from
Cotton rags
A plant
Animal skins
Soft clay
32
How did most government officials obtain their jobs?
Priests relied on signs from the gods to choose them.
They inherited the position from a family member.
Popular elections showed the vote of the people.
They attended school to learn how to govern.
33
What period is the Golden Age?
The Middle Kingdom
After the New Kingdom
The Old Kingdom
The New Kingdom
34
Why did the Egyptians use sand to cut the obelisks?
Sand was readily available
The bronze and copper tools were too soft to cut stone.
Sand was all they had.
Their fulcrums did not work.
35
Who was a building and trading pharaoh?
Cleopatra VII
King Tut
Ramses II
Hatshepsut
36
Which pharaoh inherited the throne at 9?
King Tut
Hatshepsut
Ramses II
Cleopatra VII
37
What made the delta perfect for farming?
The beautiful forests
The stone quarries enriched the earth.
The gentle, yearly flooding left behind silt.
The Nile River
38
Who is Ramses II?
Queen who was defeated with Marc Antony at Actium.
Egypt's most powerful pharaoh who reigned for six decades.
His tomb was found by Howard Carter.
Egyptologist who earned fame for the tomb of King Tut.
39
What is mummification?
An Egyptian tomb of the Memphite dynasty that is oblong.
To embalm and dry as or as if a mummy.
A written scroll
Place of worship
40
What is the meaning of pharaoh?
The worship of one god-Aten
A written scroll
Regarded by many as Egypt's most powerful king.
A ruler of ancient Egypt
