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Where can you find this ancient monument?
Egypt
India
Japan
Canada
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Why were the pyramids of Egypt built?
STORE FOOD SURPLUS
BURIAL TOMBS FOR PHAROAHS
PROTECT FROM ENEMIES
TEMPLES TO WORSHIP GODS
3
Why is King Tut so famous?
TOMB DISCOVERED IN 1922
BUILT GREAT PYRAMID
BUILT MANY MONUMENTS
LONGEST RULING PHARAOH
4
Hieroglyphics were used for everyday writing on papyrus.
False
True
5
Why did Egyptians practice mummification?
preserve the dead so soul can be reunited with the body in the afterlife
preserve the dead so the tomb could be constructed
6
What was the Pharaoh in charge over?
GOVERNMENT
NEITHER
BOTH
RELIGION
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What river was the center of Egyptian civilization?
EUPHRATES
NILE
TIGRIS
AMAZON
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What is the purpose of this Egyptian monument?
guard the tombs of the Pharaohs
guard the gates of the afterlife
insure the flooding of the Nile
protect Egypt from invaders
9
Who was the Egyptian god of the dead and the underworld?
ISIS
OSIRIS
HORUS
RA
10
Why were ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia civilizations SUCCESSFUL?
USED RIVER FOR FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION
PROTECTED FROM OUTSIDE INVADERS
11
What female pharaoh ruled Egypt for over 20 years?
ISIS
AKHENTEN
CLEOPATRA
HATSHEPSUT
12
One of the reasons for the success of early civilizations such as those in Egypt and Mesopotamia was because...
they were able to find ways to make stone tools
they were geographically located in a freezing environment
they formed democratically elected governments.
they used rivers and bodies of water for food and for trade.
13
What is the name of the a fertile, fan shaped land mass where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea?
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
Red Sea
Nile Delta
14
What is process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying called?
Hieratics
Papyrus
Cataract
Mummification
15
What Egyptian god was most important because he was god of the Sun?
ISIS
OSIRIS
RA
HORUS
16
Which social class is in the middle of the Egyptian social class pyramid?
ARTISANS & MERCHANTS
PHARAOH
PRIESTS & GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
FARMERS & SLAVES
17
What is one effect of rivers like the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates flooding in ancient times?
the concepts of cooperation and democracy were founded.
those places were never able to form civilizations.
land around the river was fertile and capable of supporting farming.
people lived in a constant fear of when the next flood would hit.
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Where was ancient Egyptian civilization located?
2
1
3
4
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In Ancient Egypt, the ___________ was both the head of government and religious life.
Pharaoh
Pope
King
General
20
What Egyptian god was the Pharoah believed to be?
OSIRIS
HORUS
ISIS
RA
21
Egypt saw their gods PROTECTIVE but Mesopotamia saw their gods as more THREATENING
False
True
22
What is a series of rulers from the same family called?
MONOTHEISM
KARDASHIANS
DYNASTY
ROYALTY
23
In ancient Egypt, the word ___ was used to describe a series of rulers who shared a common family.
Empire
Legacy
Kingdom
Dynasty
24
Which ancient people believed that Ra, the sun god, and Horus, the god of light, were important gods to worship?
Egyptians
Greeks
Kretans
Sumerians
25
Hieroglyphics was the formal writing system of ancient Egypt used on temples, tombs and monuments.
False
True
26
How did the flooding of the Nile affect the lives of Egyptians?
MADE TRANSPORTATION DIFFICULT
MADE RIVER DANGEROUS
MADE 4 SEASONS
MADE LAND FERTILE
27
What was papyrus used for?
PROTECTION/DEFENSE
TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL
WRITING/COMMUNICATION
IRRIGATION/GROWING
28
What did new irrigation techniques, like the Shadoof, help Egyptians do?
CREATE HIEROGLYPHICS
GROW MORE FOOD
BUILD THE PYRAMIDS
DEFEAT ENEMIES
29
What Egyptian Pharaoh united lower and upper Egypt in first dynasty?
KHUFU
MENES
HATSHEPSUT
RAMSES
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CHOSE ALL CORRECT ANSWER. What did Ramses II accomplish as pharaoh of Egypt?
RULED FOR OVER 60 YEARS
BUILT MOST CITIES
DEFEATED THE HITTITES
BUILT MOST TEMPLES
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What Egyptian Pharaoh had the Great Pyramid at Giza constructed for his royal tomb?
RAMSES
TUT
KHUFU
AKHENATON
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Why were Egyptian cities located near the Nile River?
for military defense
limit contact with other civilizations
allowed trade with the Roman Empire
access to irrigation, trade, & transportation
