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Review of Ancient Egypt
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1
How many dynasties did Egypt have?
31
212
170
27
2
Which of these is true about Nile River?
All of these
the fertile land provided everything the Egyptian's needed.
It begins near the equator in Africa and flows to the Mediterranean Sea.
It flows South to North
3
Before Egypt was unified, the crown of Upper Egypt was..
Red
White and Blue
White
Blue
4
The person credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt is..
Ramses II
King Tut
Hepshetsut
King Menes
5
The area where the Nile River enters the Mediterranean Sea and "fans" out into smaller rivers is called a:
delta
River Bank
Isthmus
canal
6
In order for someone to move onto the afterlife, their brain had to be lighter than a feather.
False
True
7
What was the benefit of the Nile River overflowing each year?
It brought fresh water to the Egyptians
It provided limestone which was used to build statues
It provided silt
It provided the people of Egypt with papyrus
8
The god of the underworld who had the head of a jackal is..
Anubis
Osiris
Isis
Horus
9
Egypt was known as..
The creators of the first type of paper
Land of great learning
the Gift of the Nile
All of these
10
The Rosetta Stone contained 3 types of writing on it. Which one of these was NOT a form of writing found?
cuneiform
early Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphs
Greek
11
This was ancient Egypt's writing system.
Cuneiform
Pictographs
Hieroglyphs
Cartouche
12
Most gods carried this in their hand. It symbolizes life.
Book of the Dead
crook
Ankh
Cane
13
The Nile helped Egypt to..
Wash away their sins
discover new inventions
develop a civilization
all of the above
14
The Egyptians found the calendar based on..
the phases of the moon
the flooding of the Nile
keeping track of the sunrise and sunset
how the gods spoke to them.
15
This discovery helped scientists to uncover the meaning of Egyptian writing.
Rosetta Stone
Rosa Stone
The bible
King Tut's tomb
16
Ancient Egypt was originally divided into two parts...
Blue and Red
Upper and Lower
Black and Red Lands
Old Kingdom and New Kingdom
17
This was the life force Egyptians had only when they were ALIVE.
SA
KA
BA
Soul
18
A person's position in a society depended on...
The family they were born in to.
Who the Pharaoh was at the time.
What he or she did for a living
Whether or not they owned property
19
About how many pharaohs were there throughout ancient Egypt?
50
700
170
31
20
Egypt's last dynasty was ruled by:
Rames XXXXXXXIII (73)
King Menes
Cleopatra
King Tut
21
This is the sun god
Ma'at
Ba
Ra
Horus
22
Ma'at is the responsibility of every Pharaoh for it's people. Ma'at means...
riches and wealth
safety and comfort
eternal life
health and happiness
23
Horus is the god of..
love
the underworld
writing
sky
24
The "scribe" to the gods was...
Isis
Horus
Thoth
Hathor
25
Except for the area around the Nile River, Egypt is mostly
forest
desert
swamp
mountainous
26
A family of rulers is called...
powerful
a dynasty
Pharaoh
greedy
27
When Egypt was unified, Pharaohs started wearing..
A crown made of pure gold
a black and white crown
a crown made of diamonds
a double crown of red and white
28
Egypt is located on the continent of...
South America
Africa
Europe
Asia
29
A collection of spells that was buried with a mummified body is called:
The Bible
The Book of the Dead
Anubis's Spells
The Book of Mummies
30
This was the first female pharaoh of ancient Egypt.
Amenhotep
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra
A khenaten
31
Ancient Egyptian's form of religion was:
theistic
polytheistic
all of the above
monotheistic
32
During the time of the New Kingdom, Pharaohs were buried in...
Valley of the Kings
hidden tombs
pyramids
under the palace floor
33
The ancient Egyptians filled the tombs of their Pharaohs with personal belongs so that the Pharaohs could:
show their respect for the Pharaoh
take them with them to the afterlife
keep the treasures safe from robbers
honor their death
34
The Great Pyramid at Giza was built for this ruler
Cleopatra
Khufu
Ramses II
King Tut
35
The form of writing that Egyptians used is called:
Greek
Egyptian
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphs
36
He was known as "the boy king."
Khufu
Tutankhamun
Khafre
Ramses II
37
The chief adviser to the Pharaoh was:
Priests
Vizier
other Pharaohs
Wives/husband
38
Which of these took about 70 days to complete?
The swaring in of a Pharaoh
The building of a pyramid
Mummification process
The flooding of the Nile.
