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1
What is
ka
?
a case for a mummy
a type of ancient Egyptian hat
a religious ceremony
a person's life force
2
How did trade benefit the Egyptian people?
kept the Nile river clean
brought goods and new ideas from other places
freed the slaves
made Egypt vunerable to attack
3
What job employed most people in ancient Egypt?
craftspeople
farming
scribes
priests
4
Civilization in ancient Egypt began along the......
Euphrates River
Amazon River
Tigris River
Nile River
5
Why did ancient Egyptians believe that a body had to be preserved by embalming?
because the ka would need it in the underworld
to keep the Nile clean
to please the pharaoh
to separate the rich from the poor
6
Why was the Nile Delta well suited for settlement?
fishing and wildlife for food
flooding provided fertile soil
All answers are correct!
good transportation
7
How did archaeologists learn what hieroglyphic symbols meant?
an ancient Egyptian told them
they do not know what they mean
the code was in King Tut's tomb
they used the Rosetta Stone
8
Which of these is an example of an
obelisk:
Washington Monument
Grand Canyon
Temple of Karnak
Lincoln Memorial
9
What do you think happened in ancient Egypt in the years the Nile did not flood?
the Nile never flooded
it was less messy
people starved or had to trade for food
they moved somewhere else
10
Which is true of slaves in ancient Egypt:
some legal rights and could earn freedom
no legal rights
they had high social status
there were many slave in Egypt
11
To the ancient Egyptians, the pharaoh was seen as a....
magician
merchant
ordinary person
god
12
What group was directly beneath the pharaoh in the social hierachy of ancient Egypt?
gods
craftspeople
nobles
farmers
13
What are the two regions that made up ancient Egypt?
right and left Egypt
upper and lower Egypt
old and new Egypt
big and little Egypt
14
What is the purpose of pyramids in ancient Egypt?
burial site for pharaohs
attract tourists
a place for worship
we are not sure
15
In order to use the water from the Nile, ancient Egyptians built....
water treatment plants
wells
swimming pools
irrigation systems
16
Who was the first Pharaoh of Egypt?
King Tut
Ramses I
Hatshepsut
Menes
17
Egyptians practiced....
polytheism
monotheism
whoop-de-do-ism
plagiarism
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Which of these was TRUE of women in ancient Egypt?
they married at an older age
they could work outside the home and had some legal rights
they had no legal rights
they could not work outside the home
