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1
What job employed the most people in Egypt?
architect
farmer
scribe
merchant
2
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of trade?
Developing Allies
Gaining materials not found in your land
Learning about other cultures
Getting an unfair price for your goods
3
The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called
Eastern & Western Egypt
Upper & Lower Egypt
Mesopotamia & Fertile Crescent
Delta & Mountains of Egypt
4
Which Egyptian pharaoh united all of Egypt?
Khufu
Hatshepsut’s
Menes
King Ezana
5
Hieroglyphics means
Picture Writing
Skibity
Cuneiform
Get me a Cheeseburger
6
What artifact found in 1799 in the Egyptian desert helped historians decipher hieroglyphics?
Cataract
King Tut's Tomb
Rosetta Stone
Sphinx
7
Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs?
King Tutankhamen
Ramses the Great
Ahmose of Thebes
Queen Hatshepsut
8
Which of these events is associated with the Middle Kingdom?
Building of the Pyramids
Unification of upper & Lower Egypt
Egypt taken over by the Hyksos
9
Besides providing a stable food diet, what other advantage did Egypt’s location provide for early humans
It had Sumerian artwork to use as decoration.
It had natural barriers to protect against invaders.
It had two dynasties to celebrate religious traditions.
It had temples in which to worship.
10
In Egypt the pharaoh was considered a(n)
god
Cat
Persian
Egyptian
11
Which statement best describes the burial practices of Egyptians?
Egyptians carried their dead to neighboring countries.
Egyptians preserved bodies as mummies.
Egyptians used a funeral pyre to burn their dead.
Egyptians buried their dead in the river.
12
The Egyptians built pyramids for all people who died.
False
True
13
Which is an example of a primary source?
Writings by a Historian in Egypt
Translation of an Ancient Egyptian Book
A website about Egyptian Rulers
Your Textbook
14
Who would the people of Egypt blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?
the pharaoh who was both ruler and god
the farmers whose small villages were unclean
the mummies whose ka was disturbed
Mr. Dachel cuz he's legit
15
Branches of the Nile fanned out to form a triangle-shaped area of soil called
Delta
Sigma
Crescent
Beta
16
How was Egypt able to build pyramids and temples?
It collected payments from Sumer.
It collected taxes from the people.
The pharaohs’ families paid the costs.
The priests held religious festivals.
17
According to modern historians who built the pyramids?
An army of 100,000 lash driven slaves
Egyptian peasants and farmers druing the flood season.
Aliens
The lost city of Atlantis
18
After the wars in the Middle Kingdom, Egypt
created a professional army.
created a Middle Kingdom god.
disbanded the scribes.
destroyed all its temples.
19
The Nile helped civilization develop in Egypt in all of the following ways except by
allowing farming to develop
providing a source of food and water
enriching the soil along its banks
protecting against invasion from the west
20
Pyramids were built mainly during what Egyptian Kingdom
Middle
Old
New
21
What is the name of the long lasting, paper-like material Egyptians made from reeds?
scrolls
Papyrus
sheep skin
parchment
22
Which of these events occurred first in Egyptian history
1237 BC Ramses the Great Dies
1472 BC Hatshepsut becomes Pharaoh
4500 BC Agriculture Begins
3100 BC Menes unites Egypt
23
Pyramids are
warehouses where surplus food is stored.
temples where the people are allowed to come and pray.
royal tombs with four triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point
stone tombs with four rectangle-shaped sides that join a limestone top
24
The Nile River Valley was well suited for settlement. Which of the following statements support
The geography helped to unify the country.
The geography included many areas for hunters to hunt widely
The geography supported various desert plants and birds.
The geography included areas for farming.
25
Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?
the afterlife
the pharaohs
the pyramids
All Dogs Go to Heaven
26
Why were the pyramids built?
So Mr. Johnson would see them and say “santo vaca”
as a way to harness energy
to please the aliens who visited
as tombs for dead pharoahs
27
Royal tombs with four triangle shaped sides that meet in a point on top are called
Pyramids
Obelisks
Sphinx
temples
28
Egypt was the "Gift of the Nile"
True
False
29
Why did Egyptians put objects in tombs?
Because they made nice decorations
To be used in the afterlife
so the priests had something to do
So the pharaoh would haunt them
30
Which of the following best defines dynasty?
a collection of kingdoms
series of rulers from the same family
a collection of queens
series of rulers from different families
31
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?
Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the king
The tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh.
Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife
The tombs served as museums.
