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What was the most important river in Egypt?
Amazon
Mississippi
Platte
Nile
2
Which king unified Egypt, marking the beginning of the Old Kingdom?
Ramses
Ahmose
Menes
Hatshepsut
3
A fertile, flat area of land left behind where a river drains into a larger body of water.
delta
irrigation
plateau
desert
4
What is Islam's sacred text?
Torah
Rosetta
Bible
Quran
5
What organ was left in the body during mummification?
lungs
brain
heart
liver
6
Identity letter A.
Red Sea
Sahara Desert
Nile Delta
Mediterranean Sea
7
What is the joining together of two groups or nations called?
transportation
civilization
irrigation
unification
8
What was the system of writing in ancient Egypt called?
cuneiform
sandscript
hieroglyphics
Hatshepsut
9
Tomb or burial place for a Pharaoh.
pyramid
Quran
sarcophagus
rosetta
10
Diagram illustrating social divisions in ancient Egyptian culture.
Rosetta stone
Koran
Quran
social pyramid
11
Identify letter G.
Mediterranean Sea
Egypt
Nile River
Red Sea
12
The three time periods of ancient Egypt were ______, ______, and _____.
Old Pharaoh, Middle Pharaoh, New Pharaoh
Old Times, Middle Times, New Times
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
Old Stone Age, Middle Stone Age, New Stone Age
13
Which area of Egypt is most fertile?
Sahara
Upper Egypt
Central Egypt
Lower Egypt
14
What organ was thrown away during mummification?
brain
lungs
liver
heart
15
Which Pharaoh had the Great Pyramid built to serve as his tomb and a symbol of his power?
Ramses
Menes
Khufu
Tutankhamun
16
Who was the female Pharaoh that organized trade expeditions to Punt?
Tutankhamen
Ramses
Meses
Hatshepsut
17
What were two of the most important uses of the river in ancient Egypt?
transportation and bathing
swimming and irrigation
irrigation and transportation
bathing and irrigation
18
The way people/governments manage money and resources for the production of goods and services
civilization
transportation
irrigation
economy
19
Black stone that was found by a French soldier that helped in the decoding of hieroglyphics?
Koran
Sarcophagus
Rosetta
Quran
20
Identify letter D.
Upper Egypt
Red Sea
Lower Egypt
Mediterranean Sea
21
Which direction does the Nile flow?
east
south
west
north
22
Egyptians mummified their dead because they ________________.
wanted the body to smell good
wanted to learn from the body
need their body in the afterlife
wanted to scare people
23
A mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil.
delta
irrigation
Silt
papyrus
24
A reed plant that grows along the Nile, used to make paper, boats, and shoes.
silt
papyrus
flax
scribe
25
What is another name for Egypt?
Valley of Kings
Gift of the desert
Double Crown United
Gift of the Nile
26
Which pharaoh's tomb provided archaeologists valuable information about ancient Egypt?
Tutankhamen
Ramses
Hatshepsut
Menes
27
What the two parts was Ancient Egypt divided into?
upper and lower
top and bottom
north and south
east and west
28
Identify letter B
Sahara Desert
Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
Nile River
29
Identify letter C.
Sahara Desert
Upper Egypt
Nile delta
Lower Egypt
30
Who do Muslims worship?
Pharaoh
Mohammed
Allah
many gods
31
Identify letter H.
Nile River
Sahara Desert
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
32
Only ________ could attend scribe school.
men
girls
boys
women
33
What was the name given to Egyptian rulers (meant Great Palace)?
King
Pharoah
Emperor
Monarch
34
Identify letter F.
Upper Egypt
Nile delta
Sahara Desert
Lower Egypt
35
The stone coffin for a Pharaoh is called ________.
koran
rosetta
sarcophagus
pyramid
36
Ancient Egyptians were ___________________.
atheists
Christians
monotheists
polythesists
37
Egyptians thought their Pharaohs were ________?
evil
aliens
humans
gods
38
On which continent is Egypt located?
Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
39
What body of water does the Nile empty into?
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
Red Sea
40
The practice of one person owning another.
slavery
social pyramid
mummification
Islam
41
The watering of crops with a system of canals or pipes.
delta
scribe
pyramid
irrigation
42
What hill tribe from Asia invaded Egypt and ruled lower Egypt for for 100 years?
Hyksos
Isaelites
Sumarians
Mesopotamians
43
Identify letter E.
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
Red Sea
Sahara Desert
44
Before the unification, Egypt was divided into ____ parts
4
5
2
3
45
What is Islam's afterlife?
reincarnation
heaven
no afterlife
sheol
46
Boys' future jobs were generally determined by ______________ ?
their father's job
their size
what they had interest in
What they were good at
47
Who was the founder of Islam?
Mohammed
Moses
Abraham
Jesus Christ
48
Girls were trained to be ___________?
housewives and mothers
scribes
government officials
merchants
49
What process was used to prepare a dead body for burial in ancient Egypt?
slavery
mummification
pyramid
sarcophagus
50
A professional writer that kept records, copied letters and official documents.
papyrus
merchant
pharaoh
scribe
51
Ancient Egyptians used the tombs for _________?
places of worship
homes for families
storage of goods
burial sites for Pharaohs
52
Which area of Egypt is most fertile?
upper
west
lower
middle