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Mr. Nyhan - Ancient Egypt
Mr. Nyhan - Ancient Egypt
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Test your knowledge of ancient Egyptian culture.
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1
The granite for the great pyramid came from _________.
across the Red Sea in Sinai.
a quarrie near the Siwa Oasis.
quarries in the Nile delta.
quarries near Aswan
2
This city served as a capital, and houses the great temples of karnak and Luxor.
Cairo
Memphis
Alexandria
Thebes
3
Pyramids were built using these two kinds of stone.
Limestone and Granite.
Limestone and Gravel
Sandstone and Limestone
Granite and Quartz
4
This device helped the Egyptians measure the flooding season and predict the crop yield.
a yard stick
a nilometer
a metre stick
a flail
5
Peret was the word for _________.
flooding season
growing season
harvest season
pyramid building season
6
This city was founded by Alexander the Great, and still stands today.
Thebes
Alexandria
Cairo
Memphis
7
The largest pyramid in Egypt was built in _________.
Saquarra
Tanis
Cairo
Giza
8
The Akhet was the Egyptian word that meant ________.
plantation
harvest
inundation
constipation
9
This dude was god of the Nile, had the head of a crocodile.
Thoth
Amun
Sobek
Jacob
10
The reason it is very difficult to travel southward along the Nile.
Impassable swamps in the Sudan cannot be navigated.
The Nile is too shallow beyond Aswan for large boats.
The cataracts of the Nile are impassable by boat.
A series of high waterfalls near Kom Ombo block the river.
11
This goddess was responsible for protection, healing, mother hood, children and nature.
Ptah
Hathor
Sobek
Isis
12
Granite was used for this part of the pyramid.
making the base super strong.
to create chambers and passageways
for smooth polished facing stones.
to make the cap stone on top of the pyramid.
13
There are a total of _____ pyramids built at Giza.
3
6
2
4
14
The Nile is the largest river in the world.
False
True
15
This god was the god of the sun.
Ra
Amun
Sobek
Amun Ra
16
There were this many large pyramids built during the Egyptian times.
95
33
456
138
17
This made up god was created by the Pharoah Akenaten, but was rejected after his death.
Hathor
Ra
Amun
Aten
18
Archaeologists have found evidence that shows Jewish slaves were used to build monuments.
False
True
19
This was the Egyptian word for the flood season (inundation).
Shemu
Peret
Hubbazah
Akhet
20
This goddess shown with cows horns was probably the goddess of love.
Ptah
Hathor
Set
Isis
21
The great Pyramid of Giza was built for this Pharoah.
Tutankamen
Akanaten
Khufu
Khafre
22
Early humans started settling in the Nile valley about this many years ago.
8000
5000
10000
4000
23
Egyptian queens were buried .....
In regular graves like the rest of the people.
In smaller tombs built on the same site.
In the pyramid with the Pharoah.
In a Pyramid of their own.
24
This city was the capital in the time of Akenaten, and was built to honor Aten - a made up god.
Alexandria
Amarna
Thebes
Memphis
25
The most dangerous animal in the Nile area is a ______.
hippo
donkey
lion
crocodile
26
This city contained the temple of Sobek, the river god.
Kom Ombo
Tanis
Memphis
Crocodilopolis
27
The most important export crop that made the Egyptians rich was _______,
papyrus
flax
barley
wheat
28
The god of death, the Underworld and Rebirth, he was also Isis’ helper, who was his sister.
Ra
Anubis
Osirus
Thoth
29
The ancient Egyptians used this plant to make clothing.
papyrus
flax
wheat husks
reeds
30
The ancient Egyptians believed that the flood was caused by the tears of this god/goddess.
Anubis
Isis
Aten
Bastis
31
The Nile is the longest river in the world.
False
True
32
The ancient Egyptians developed this technology to increase their farmland.
irrigation
dam building
composting
using animals to pull farm tools.
33
For the ancient Egyptians, the purpose of the pyramid was to ...
to help the pharoah transition to the afterlife.
To be an impenetrable fortress in times of war.
act as a long lasting monument to the pharoah.
keep all of the treasure buried with the pharoah safe.
34
Papyrus was primarily used to make ...
tools
paper
sandals
linen
35
The Nile River is about this long.
5506 Kilometers
556 Kilometers
6550 Kilometers
5560 Kilometers
36
The most important thing that the Nile provided to the ancient Egyptians was...
drinking water.
building materials.
easy transportation.
fertile land.
37
The first pyramids were this kind of pyramid.
step pyramids
layered pyramids
rubble piles
mound pyramids
38
This god/goddess invented embalming and was the god/goddess of death.
Anubis
Hathor
Osiris
Isis
39
It took this long to build the great Pyramid.
15 years
40 years
12 years
23 years
