stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Ancient Egypt Review Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Ancient Egypt Review
Ancient Egypt Review
30 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
394 plays
Created 2019-2020
Flashcards
30 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
30
Answers
1
What do you call a government representative to another country?
Bureaucrat
Deltalian
Envoy
Dynasty
2
Ra was...
the sun god
the god of chaos
the god of the dead
the sky god
3
What did Thutmose III accomplish?
He did all of these things
He expanded through trade
He established peace
He expanded through war & conquest
4
Religion played an important part in Egyptian life by...
helping them both control people's behavior and explaining natural forces
destroying the power of the pharoah
helping to control people's behavior
explaining and controlling natural forces
5
The writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols was called what?
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Demaltic
Sandscrit
6
Who was the ruler of Ancient Egypt?
The Pharoah
The Arch-Priest
The Pope
The Archmage
7
Which of these is NOT something the Egyptians got from the Nile?
transportation
camping
fertile soil through inundation
fishing
8
What kind of machine were the pyramids to the Egyptians?
A Renaissance machine
A Resurrection machine
A war machine
A Reincarnation machine
9
Which of these is a flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical?
tundra
arctic
sub-sahara
savanna
10
Osiris was brought back to life by his wife...
Hera
Thoth
Bastet
Isis
11
The first pyramid the Egyptians built was the...
red pyramid
bent pyramid
pyramids at Giza
step pyramid
12
What did Hatshepsut accomplish?
Peace through trade
She did all of these
established a one-god religion
conquest through war
13
Horus was the...
sky god
god of the dead
sun god
chaos god
14
Which of these means a government official?
bureaucrat
worker
farmer
peasant
15
What was the name for the reed plant that grows wild along the Nile River?
cactus
dalia
lily
papyrus
16
Sobek was the...
god of the dead
crocodile god
god of chaos
moon god
17
Early in its history, which of the following did Egypt NOT get from Nubia?
slaves
trade goods
ships
soldiers
18
What was the earliest age that girls in ancient Egypt got married?
12
18
10
15
19
What is the name for the fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea?
peninsula
phlagarian
delta
scepter
20
Which of the following was provided by the Nile river to the Egyptians?
all of these are correct
papyrus for houses
papyrus for paper
papyrus for clothing
21
In ancient Egypt, most of the people belonged to what social class?
priests
farmers
Both workers & farmers
workers
22
Which of the following did the Egyptians get from the Nile river?
Trade
Farming
Transportation
All of these are correct
23
Set was...
the sun god
the god of chaos
the sky god
the god of death
24
The most famous of Egyptian Pharoahs, because his tomb was found a hundred years ago, with everything still in it, was..
Hapshepsut
Thutmose III
Tutankhamen (King Tut)
Ramsey II
25
How did the ancient Egyptians demonstrate their belief in life after death?
they didn't believe in an afterlife
believed in only one God
became famous warriors
preserved the bodies of their dead for the afterlife
26
What discovery allowed scholars to unlock the mystery of reading hieroglyphics?
Hatshepsut's Obolysk
King Tut's tomb
A secret entrance to the Sphinx
the Rosetta Stone
27
Which of these is a government of religious leaders in Ancient Egypt?
Democracy
Bureaucratism
Socialism
Theocracy
28
What do you call a line of rulers from one family?
dynasty
bureaucrat
empire
pharoah
29
As early as 5000 B.C., the earliest Egyptian communities first developed in what part of Egypt?
in the delta of Lower Egypt
between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
in the Nile River Valley in Upper Egypt
in the deserts of Upper Egypt
30
Embalming does which of these?
Helps prevent tooth decay in young people.
Is a magic spell Egyptians used to cast out spirits
Helps with trade with other countries
Helps prevent a body from decaying
