Ch. 4 Ancient Egypt

Question 1

Goddess of magic

Accepted Answer

Isis

Question 2

T or F? Women had very few rights in ancient Egypt and were only homemakers and caregivers.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 3

What does "pharaoh" mean?

Accepted Answer

great house

Question 4

Which is NOT something Hatshepsut is well known for?

Accepted Answer

expanding the boundaries of Egypt through conquest

Question 5

Which is NOT a reason New Kingdom Egypt came to an end?

Accepted Answer

the Nile did not flood for a period of five years

Question 6

What job employed the most people in Egypt?

Accepted Answer

farmer

Question 7

A series of rulers from the same family

Accepted Answer

dynasty

Question 8

God of the underworld

Accepted Answer

Osiris

Question 9

Ramses the Great is remembered for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

as a great warrior

Question 10

What did Egyptians write IN and ON?

Accepted Answer

hieroglyphics, papyrus

Question 11

Which statement is NOT true of the building of pyramids and temples in Egypt?

Accepted Answer

The gov officials sold gold to the Nubians to pay for them.

Question 12

Early in its history, Egypt was divided into two kingdoms known as

Accepted Answer

Upper Egypt in the south, and Lower Egypt in the north.

Question 13

Which is NOT true about the Nile River?

Accepted Answer

It had unpredictable flooding

Question 14

What is the New Kingdom most well known for?

Accepted Answer

tombs and temples in the Valley of Kings

Question 15

Most well known of the New Kingdom pharaohs for his long reign & many building projects

Accepted Answer

Ramses

Question 16

Which of the following is not a feature you might find inside an Egyptian temple?

Accepted Answer

sphinxes

Question 17

Which is NOT a correct trading country and trade product for the Egyptians?

Accepted Answer

wheat and barley from Sumer

Question 18

After the wars in the Middle Kingdom, Egypt...

Accepted Answer

created a professional army.

Question 19

Why were tombs filled with food, art, jewelry, and other treasures?

Accepted Answer

believed the dead needed such materials in the afterlife

Question 20

Who would the people of Egypt blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?

Accepted Answer

the pharaoh

Question 21

First Middle Kingdom pharaoh

Accepted Answer

Mentuhotep II

Question 22

What was used to wrap the dead after embalming the body?

Accepted Answer

linen bandages

Question 23

Which is NOT a belief of the Egyptians?

Accepted Answer

a spirit called the karma that a body must be preserved for

Question 24

What did Egyptians use to embalm their dead to preserve the body?

Accepted Answer

natron

Question 25

Which is NOT a famous tomb or temple from the New Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Great Pyramid at Giza

Question 26

Which area was the largest source of gold for the Egyptians?

Accepted Answer

Nubia

Question 27

What is NOT something that increased the wealth of the New Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

iron mining

Question 28

Who was the first pharaoh of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Menes

Question 29

Pyramids are...

Accepted Answer

royal tombs with triangle shaped sides that meet in a point

Question 30

What did Egyptians do with the organs of a body they were mummifying?

Accepted Answer

kept them in canopic jars

Question 31

god of the sky and the pharaohs

Accepted Answer

Horus

Question 32

All of the following are ancient documents that have been preserved for centuries except...

Accepted Answer

dictionaries

Question 33

T or F? Boys were expected to marry young and join the military from the ages of 14 to 30.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 34

T/F: Hieroglyphics can be written right to left or starting from the bottom or the top.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 35

What was Old Kingdom Egypt most well known for?

Accepted Answer

building pyramids

Question 36

Which is NOT a true statement about Egyptian achievements?

Accepted Answer

scribes wrote over 600 hieroglyphic symbols on clay tablets

Question 37

T or F? Ramses was responsible for the first peace treaty which he signed with the Babylonians.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 38

Which is NOT an example of Egyptian artisans?

Accepted Answer

priests and scribes

Question 39

Of the following, who was lowest in Egypt's social hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

members of the military

Question 40

The most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom because he built the Great Pyramid at Giza was...

Accepted Answer

Khufu

Question 41

god of the sun

Accepted Answer

Amon Re

Question 42

Hated by his people for changing their polytheistic religion to the worship of one god, Aten.

Accepted Answer

Akhenaten

Question 43

Which is NOT one of Ramses's famous building projects?

Accepted Answer

the Great Pyramid at Giza

Question 44

Which of the following was NOT one of the beliefs that were central to Egyptian religion?

Accepted Answer

concept of a heaven and a hell

Question 45

What did the first pharaoh do to show the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt?

Accepted Answer

wore a double crown of red and white

Question 46

What were the ancient Egyptians most well known for?

Accepted Answer

engineering, building and art

Question 47

Although they worked year round, farmers were required to pay taxes, while scribes were not.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 48

Who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt to begin the New Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Ahmose of Thebes

Question 49

Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs?

Accepted Answer

King Tutankhamen

Question 50

Which is NOT true of Egypt's geography?

Accepted Answer

it is difficult to predict the flooding of the Nile

Ch. 4 Ancient Egypt

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Ch. 4 Ancient Egypt

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