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Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt
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1
A series of rulers from the same family or line:
dynasty
monarchy
hierarchy
patriarchy
2
The pharaoh buried in the Great Pyramid of Giza:
Tutankhamen
Honey Boo Boo
Khufu
Ramses
3
According to the video, which organ was
least important
during mummification?
brain
liver
kidneys
heart
4
The Great Pyramid is located in:
Giza
Thebes
Regina
Ibiza
5
Pictograph
writing was eventually replaced by:
comic sans
cucumberform
scribbles
cuneiform
6
Sumerians lived under the Code of:
Harambe
Hallelujah
Hammurabi
Babylon
7
The Sumerians believed that the gods spoke through:
Pictographs
Priests
Kings
Animals
8
In which period were most pyramids built?
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
9
Most pharaoh tombs fell vicitm to:
grave robbers
earthquakes
flooding
natural disasters
10
The Tomb of Tutankhamen was discovered by:
Howard Carter
Indiana Jones
Ridley Scott
Bill Nye
11
Egyptians believed in life after death.
True
False
12
Which modern day country was
NOT
part of the Fertile Crescent?
Kuwait
Iraq
Iran
Sudan
13
The Middle Kingdom ended when Egypt was conquered by the:
Mykonos
Hyksos
Outsiders
Greeks
14
Which of the following river was
NOT
in the Fertile Crescent?
Euphrates
Tigris
Nile
15
Which is
NOT
a reason Egypt fell into decline:
foreign invaders
cost of maintaining a huge army
spent too much money on temples
horrible droughts
16
What was the name of our Nile River tour guide?
Bologna
Bettany
Brittany
Bethany
17
In reality, Tutankhamen’s reign lasted only:
1 year
5 years
9 years
6 months
18
The Sumerians invented ______________ to keep records.
rapping
spreadsheets
Edsby
writing
19
The
Fertile Crescent
can best be described as:
desert
rainforest
rich farmland
a circular valley
20
Which group did
NOT
invade Egypt at some point?
Romans
Assyrians
Persians
Floridians
21
Originally, about
nine out of every ten
Sumerians were:
hunter/gatherers
priests
slaves
farmers
22
The Sumerians had many gods.
True
False
23
Sumerian religious temples were called:
zigarettes
zigars
zapes
ziggurats
24
The Nile River Delta empties into the:
Black Sea
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Salt Bae
25
Egypt's rulers were called
Pharaohs
, which means:
El Presidente
Big Boss
Great House
Head Honcho
26
The country
south of Egypt
from which Egyptians brought gold, ivory and slaves
Nubia
Morocco
Indus
Nigeria
27
Who was the last pharaoh of Egypt?
Cleopatra
Nefertiti
Ramses
Beyonce
28
Egyptian civilization is divided intro three parts. Which
DOES NOT
belong?
New Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Old Kingdom
United Kingdom
29
What major
DISADVANTAGE
did Mesopotamia have?
It offered no protection from invaders
It was too damn hot!
It flooded regularly
It was hard to spell
30
The people that settled in modern day Iraq, nearly 7,000 years ago:
Rastafarians
Sumerians
Egyptians
Syrians
31
Egypt began as:
East and West Egypt
Old and New Egypt
Top and Bottom Egypt
Upper and Lower Egypt
32
Egypt traded with cities along the:
Tigris River
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Ganges River
33
What is common characteristic of the civilizations we looked at?
river valleys
mountainous regions
natural protection from invaders
matriarchal power structures
34
Hammurabi's Code
can best be described as:
an eye for an eye
soft on crime
focused on rehabilitation
compassionate
35
Like the rest of the New Kingdom pharaohs, Tutenkhamen was buried in the:
Valley of the Kings
Mountains of the Monarchs
Desert of the Dead Dudes
Plains of the Pharaohs
36
Seasonal flooding made farming a challenge, so they invented:
sailboats
ploughs
windmills
irrigation canals
37
The word
Mesopotamia
comes from a Greek word that means:
"the place beyond the mountains"
"the valley of the sun"
“the land between the rivers"
"the fertile crescent"
38
Who united Egypt to begin the middle kingdom
Cleopatra
Justin Trudeau
Hammurabi
Mentuhotep
39
Horse-drawn vehicles used in war:
sailboats
bugattis
chariots
ploughs
40
Egyptians developed a paper-like material from:
Staples
Sand
Papyrus
Rock