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What do you call a series of rulers from the same family?
senate
kings
relatives
dynasty
2
Who conquered Egypt to mark the end of Middle Kingdom?
Greeks
Hyksos
Nubians
Hittites
3
Which god did Amenhotep start worshiping?
Isis
Ra
Aten
Osiris
4
What is a culture developed by a particular people?
civilization
city-state
kingdom
dynasty
5
What is left behind when the flood waters of the Nile recede?
rocks
silt
fish
crops
6
What was the Ancient Egyptian writing system?
cuneiform
alphabet
pictographs
hieroglyphs
7
What did the Egyptians do to preserve bodies?
burn
mummify
bury
cremate
8
Which part of Egypt was located in the south?
lower Egypt
upper Egypt
9
Who had the Great Pyramid of Giza built?
Menkaure
Khufu
Khafre
Menes
10
What do you call the people who were trained to write?
kings
priests
scribes
record keepers
11
In what did they wrap mummies?
linen
silk
cotten
wool
12
Who was the pharaoh of the most famous tomb ever discovered?
Ramses
Amenhotep
Cleopatra
Tut
13
What is the triangular deposit of land at the mouth of the Nile?
delta
reservoir
isthmus
tributary
14
What sea is located to the east of the Nile?
Mediterranean
Red
Black
Caspian
15
What was the nickname given to Egypt because of its fertile soil?
red land
black land
16
What do you call horse drawn vehicles?
chariot
barge
carriage
cart
17
Where is the great pyramid located?
Memphis
Cairo
Giza
Alexandria
18
What is the nickname given to the desert surrounding Egypt?
black land
red land
19
The snow melt from what geographic feature to the south of Egypt causes the Nile to flood?
mountain
river
desert
plain
20
What is war between two or more groups from the same country?
genocide
civil war
battle
holocaust
21
Along what river was the Egyptian civilization developed?
Nile
Euphrates
Indus
Tigris
22
For what reason were the pyramids built?
tomb
house
temple
monument
23
Which part of Ancient Egypt was located in the northern delta?
lower Egypt
upper Egypt
24
What sea does the Nile empty into?
Mediterranean
Black
Jordan
Red
25
What ancient civilization was located south of Egypt?
Nubia
Harappan
Greece
Mesopotamia
26
What do you call the three periods of Egyptian history?
provinces
dynasties
city-states
kingdoms
27
What do you call an Egyptian ruler?
consul
king
emperor
pharaoh
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What is another name for Khufu?
Menes
Cheops
Sphinx
Khafre
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From what did the Egyptians make paper?
clay
papyrus
trees
rocks