Ancient Egypt --Chic

Question 1

How did most government officials obtain their jobs?

Accepted Answer

They inherited the position from a family member.

Question 2

How was Hatshepsut related to her husband, Thutmose II?

Accepted Answer

They were half-siblings.

Question 3

What is an obelisk?

Accepted Answer

An upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar.

Question 4

I was pharaoh for more than 60 years. I was a military leader. I had hundreds of statues.

Accepted Answer

Ramses II

Question 5

Which pharaoh died by being mauled by a hippo?

Accepted Answer

Menes

Question 6

Who united upper and lower Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Menes

Question 7

What is the source of the White Nile?

Accepted Answer

Lake Victoria

Question 8

What is the meaning of hieroglyphics?

Accepted Answer

Egyptian writing using pictorial, phonetic symbols.

Question 9

The types of crops Egyptians grew were

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 10

What was the angle that the "bent" pyramid was changed to?

Accepted Answer

43 degrees

Question 11

Which ruler was the Sphinx made for ?

Accepted Answer

Ramses II

Question 12

Who changed Egypt back to Polytheism and restored Thebes as the capital?

Accepted Answer

King Tut

Question 13

In the Middle Kingdom, How did Egyptians travel far distances East and West?

Accepted Answer

They dug canals and used ships

Question 14

The Pyramids were built so the pharaoh had a place to worship a god/goddess.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Which city is home to the "Great Pyramid"?

Accepted Answer

Giza

Question 16

What is mummification?

Accepted Answer

To embalm and dry a corpse to preserve it.

Question 17

Who is Ramses II?

Accepted Answer

Egypt's most powerful pharaoh who reigned for six decades.

Question 18

What was one of the ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise in social class?

Accepted Answer

Attend scribe school

Question 19

Why did New Kingdom pharaohs choose the valley of the kings for their burial spot?

Accepted Answer

Pyramids were often robbed, so a hidden location was better.

Question 20

Who was the primary suspect in the death of Hatshepsut?

Accepted Answer

Thutmose III

Question 21

In what region of the world is Egypt located?

Accepted Answer

Middle East

Question 22

Hatshepsut claimed she was the daughter of ___________________?

Accepted Answer

Amon-Re

Question 23

Egyptian Children drank beer regularly.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Which pharaoh kept the throne from a step-son for twenty years?

Accepted Answer

Hatshepsut

Question 25

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by a pyramid?

Accepted Answer

Most were in bottom classes; fewer at the top.

Question 26

What was the name of Hatshepsut’s father?

Accepted Answer

Thutmose I

Question 27

What period is the "Golden Age"?

Accepted Answer

The New Kingdom

Question 28

Which group was the PRIMARY builders of the Pyramids?

Accepted Answer

Peasant farmers

Question 29

Tut&#x27;s Tomb: "Everywhere the glint of ___________"?

Accepted Answer

AU

Question 30

Which group conquered Egypt around 2100 B.C. ending the Old Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Hyksos

Question 31

How did Snefru solidify his claim to the throne?

Accepted Answer

By marrying his half sister

Question 32

What was a major purpose for building the pyramids?

Accepted Answer

Tombs for pharaohs when they died.

Question 33

Who was the Great Pyramid built to honor?

Accepted Answer

Khufu

Question 34

______________ was the site of the 1st Dam and the capital of the Old Kingdom

Accepted Answer

Memphis

Question 35

What made the delta perfect for farming?

Accepted Answer

The gentle, yearly flooding left behind silt.

Question 36

Which pharaoh had over 200 children?

Accepted Answer

Ramses II

Question 37

Which Pharaoh tried to change Egyptian religion to monothiesm?

Accepted Answer

Akhenaten

Question 38

Egyptian Spirit body is known as a ________.

Accepted Answer

Ka

Question 39

What is papyrus?

Accepted Answer

A written scroll.

Question 40

What happened to Ingham after he recieved a scarab in the mail?

Accepted Answer

His house burned down twice and then was destroyed by a flood

Question 41

What accomplishment of Hatshepsut’s is depicted on the walls of her temple in Dayr al-Bahri & solidified her reign?

Accepted Answer

A trading expedition in East Africa (Punt)

Question 42

The purpose of the obelisks were

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 43

What is a canopic jar?

Accepted Answer

Egyptian urn to hold organs

Question 44

Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from

Accepted Answer

A plant

Question 45

Vocab term for Rocky Rapids

Accepted Answer

Cataract

Question 46

Hatshepsut was one of the first pharaohs who was

Accepted Answer

A woman

Question 47

Why is King Tut one of the most well-known pharaohs?

Accepted Answer

Amazing artifacts were found in Tut's tomb.

Question 48

Which civilization did the Egyptians steal Gold from because they were inferior militarily ?

Accepted Answer

Nubia

Question 49

Which pharaoh was rolled up in a carpet to sneak out with Marc Antony?

Accepted Answer

Cleopatra VII

Question 50

Egyptians used sand to cut the obelisks because bronze tools were too soft?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

How did Hatshepsut come to hold the authority to govern after the death of her husband, the king Thutmose II?

Accepted Answer

She served as regent for her stepson Thutmose III,

Question 52

Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?

Accepted Answer

To feed them in the afterlife

Question 53

Who is Hatshepsut?

Accepted Answer

Queen of Egypt who became regent for her stepson.

Question 54

Which pharaoh inherited the throne at 9?

Accepted Answer

King Tut

Question 55

Which pharaoh focused on trading and construction?

Accepted Answer

Hatshepsut

Question 56

What caused the fall of Egypt civilization ending the Old Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Civil Wars

Question 57

An Egyptian Citizen would still help build a pyramid for a pharaoh he hated because......?

Accepted Answer

Pyramid building was a way of displaying Egypt's wealth to world.

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