Ancient Egypt- Ch. 5

Question 1

Egyptian women had many rights such as owning property and performing religious ceremonies.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

____________ was the first great engineer who built the pyramids.

Accepted Answer

Imhotep

Question 3

The wife of Amenhotep IV was__________.

Accepted Answer

Nefretiti

Question 4

___________ is a reed plant used to make an ancient Egyptian form of paper.

Accepted Answer

papyrus

Question 5

Which of the following groups had the most power or was higher on the Egyptian social pyramid?

Accepted Answer

priests

Question 6

This young pharaoh became king at 10 yrs. old, following the death of his father Akhenaton

Accepted Answer

Tutankhamen

Question 7

While building the pyramids, the Egyptians developed _______________________.

Accepted Answer

a 365-day calendar with 12 months

Question 8

Egypt was protected by these natural barriers.

Accepted Answer

Nile Delta (north), cataracts (south), and desert (east and west).

Question 9

Where did the Egyptian civilization begin?

Accepted Answer

along the Nile River

Question 10

____________ is the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying.

Accepted Answer

Embalming

Question 11

The Egyptians gained much wealth and land during the _________ Kingdom.

Accepted Answer

Middle

Question 12

_________ was the Egyptian river god.

Accepted Answer

Hapi

Question 13

To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied the _____________________.

Accepted Answer

Book of the Dead

Question 14

Howard Carter was the British archaeologist who discovered King Tut's tomb.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Why did Egypt eventually decline?

Accepted Answer

Both choices (red & blue) are correct.

Question 16

Egypt is called the "Gift of the Nile" because it depended on the resources of the ___________

Accepted Answer

Nile River

Question 17

The Egyptians traded goods such as wheat, gold, and tools to the ______for wood.

Accepted Answer

Phoenicians

Question 18

Why did the Egyptians build pyramids to honor their pharaohs?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 19

Pyramids could be built quickly once the Egyptians became more familiar with the building process.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

A fan-shaped area of fertile marshland near where a river flows into the sea is a _________.

Accepted Answer

delta

Question 21

A line of rulers from one family is called a __________.

Accepted Answer

dynasty

Question 22

About how long is the Nile River?

Accepted Answer

4,ooo miles

Question 23

Ancient Egypt's ruler became known as the ____________.

Accepted Answer

Pharoah

Question 24

This ruler was devoted to peace and ruled for 66 years.

Accepted Answer

Ramses II

Question 25

The ancient Egyptian sun god was known as ____________.

Accepted Answer

Re

Question 26

Egyptian writing system that uses thousands of picture symbols

Accepted Answer

hieroglyphics

Question 27

This pharaoh tried to start a new religion based on one deity, Aton.

Accepted Answer

Amenhotep IV

Question 28

The flooding of the Nile River was unpredictable.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

She was the female ruler who wore a false beard, built temples, and restored monuments.

Accepted Answer

Hatshepsut

Question 30

This king unified Upper and Lower Egypt and began dynastic rule.

Accepted Answer

Narmer

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