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Ancient Egyptians hoped they'd pass the judgment process and go to?
Purgatory
Noon
The Field of Reeds
Heaven
2
What do Egyptians call those who have died?
Easterners
Nubians
Foreigners
Westerners
3
What is an artisan?
A farmer
A skilled worker
Someone who manages trade
Someone who likes to paint
4
The wrapped body of a preserved dead person is known as what?
Osiris
Pharaoh
Mummy
Anubis
5
The gift of the Nile
Fertile soil
Great Pyramid
Ancient Egypt
Hatshepsut
6
The most powerful of the Egyptian gods (the creator god) who sails across the sky with the sun is:
Anubis
Isis
Osiris
Ra
7
One of the writing systems used by the Egyptians is known as?
Pictographs
Hieroglyphs
Cuneiform
Quipu
8
This was an evil god who murdered Osiris to take his throne.
Ammitt
Seth
Aten
Osiris
9
What is the this?
Pyramid
Shadoof
Irrigation canal
Nileometer
10
Who is the god of mummification?
Anubis
Isis
Thoth
Osiris
11
The fan shaped area of the Nile River Valley is called what?
Giza
Upper Egypt
Lower Nubia
The Delta
12
A bowl-shaped hole used for the purpose of holding water for later use is known as what?
Ditch
Granary
Basin
Levee
13
To believe in one god
Polytheism
Unitheism
Judaism
Monotheism
14
What is the goddess whose feather is used to weigh against the heart?
Ma'at
Seth
Isis
Anubis
15
Who is the god of the harvest and the after-life?
Osiris
Amity
Anubis
Maat
16
Why did the Egyptians stop building pyramids?
They were complicated to build, and were all robbed.
As time went on those who knew how to build them died.
Egyptians stopped mummifying their dead.
Egyptians stopped believing in the after-life.
17
Capital of Egypt during the New Kingdom
Giza
Thebes
Memphis
Alexandria
18
He was the first to unite Upper and Lower Egypt
Mentuhotep
Menes
King Tut
Ramses
19
The eater of souls is:
Anubis
Ammitt
Aten
Thoth
20
The floods came many times during the year in Ancient Egypt.
False
True
21
The Nile flows from central Africa to what body of water?
The Red Sea
The Indus River
The Tigris River
The Mediterranean Sea
22
Ancient Egypt was never conquered and continues to this day.
True
False
23
What is social mobility?
Having friends over for dinner.
The ability to move around ancient Egypt
The ability to move down the social ladder
The ability to move up the social ladder
24
What is the river along which the civilization of Egypt developed?
Tigris River
Huang River
Indus River
Nile River
25
Other than the slaves, who is at the bottom of the social class pyramid in ancient Egypt?
Peasants
Artisans
Merchants
Soldiers
26
The economy of Egypt is based on farming and the ________________of goods like food and artisan objects.
Trading
Religious belief
Empire
War
27
The judgment process weighed your heart against the feather of truth and justice.
False
True
28
The waterfalls or rocky rapids found along the Nile are known as what?
Cataracts
Basins
Reservoirs
Dams
29
The Egyptians are responsible for the ziggurat and geometry
True
False
30
New Kingdom Egypt declined in power because: instability of religion & hard to control empire
False
True
31
What does the Double Crown of Egypt signify (mean)?
The unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
Egypt and Nubia
The Pyramids and the Valley of the Kings
The Old and New Kingdoms of Egypt
32
The Egyptians were the first to use this plant to make paper.
Dogwood
Flax
Papyrus
Clay
33
Belief in multiple gods
Buddhism
Polytheism
Unitheism
Monotheism
34
What is this irrigation tool called?
cartouche
Granary
Basin
shadoof
35
The Nile is an easy river to travel on as the current flows north to the Mediterranean Sea. How do people travel south?
By engaging the motor to travel against the current.
By pulling boats along with mules.
The prevailing winds blow south so you put up a sail.
By taking boats out of the water and carrying them.
36
The three time periods associated with Ancient Egypt are:
Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age
1st, 2nd and 3rd Kingdoms
Golden, Silver and Bronze Ages
Old, Middle and New Kingdoms
37
The famous female pharaoh who ruled in place of her son.
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra
Nefertari
Nefertiti
38
The bringing of water to fields through canals, basins, and shadoofs is known as:
Irrigation
Agriculture
Polytheism
Nileometer
39
This is the leader of the Egyptian government and religion and also considered a god.
Chief-priest
Vizier
Pharaoh
Noble
40
Egypt declined in power as priests and pharaohs fought over religion
True
False
41
During the New Kingdom pharaohs were buried where?
Pyramids in Giza
Thebes
Mortuary Temples
Valley of the Kings
42
What is this symbol?
wadjet
stele
oval
cartouche
43
What was built only during the Old Kingdom?
Great Library at Alexandria
Ziggurats
Cataracts
Pyramids
44
The purpose of the pyramids was to?
Be a marketplace for trade goods
Honor the pharaohs of the New Kingdom
Be a tomb for the mummified body of the pharaoh
Store grain
45
The god of the living pharaoh (Osiris's/Isis's son) is:
Horus
Maat
Anubis
Ammitt
46
This is the original tomb built for pharaohs before the pyramids.
Ziggurat
Temple
Mastaba
Step pyramid
47
The pharaoh is helped in his role as head of the government by whom?
The Soldiers
The Vizier
The Scribes
The Peasants
48
Capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom (near the Delta)
Thebes
Giza
Memphis
Alexandria
49
To bring water to fields through ditches/canals is called?
Irrigation
Embalming
Polytheism
Papyrus
50
This brought fertile soil to the desert area of Egypt and allowed for agriculture/farming.
Flooding Time
Summer Time
Planting Time
Harvesting Time
51
What newly created god is pictured in the top center of this picture?
Aten
Ammitt
King Tut
Ra
52
What is being weighed against the heart of the dead person in the judgment process?
Feather of Ammit (eater of souls)
Feather of Maat (goddess of truth and justice)
Fether of Anubis (god of mummification)
Feather of Isis (protector of women)
53
This goddess is very powerful and the protector of women:
Nefetari
Isis
Bastet
Nefertiti
54
What year will come after 2500 BCE?
2501 BCE
2499 BCE
55
The Nile flows in which direction?
North
West
East
South
56
A granary was used for what?
As a marketplace
To store important papyrus records
To store grain for later use
For religious services
57
The red and black lands of Egypt refer to what?
The desert (red) and the fertile soil (black)
The Red Sea and its prongs
The Mediterranean Sea
The Black Sea and the city of Troy
58
The civilization of Egypt was surrounded by what?
Desert
Cliffs
Cataracts
Mountains
59
What is this tool the boy is using?
Clay Tablet
Pen and paper
Papyrus
Menhed
60
The god of writing who writes down who passes the judgment process is:
Ammitt
Thoth
Anubis
Aten
61
Collection of spells and prayers meant to help Egyptians get to the after-life.
The Book of the Living
Papyrus scrolls
The Book of the Dead
The Book of Mummification
