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Belief that the souls of the deceased live on after death...
Sphinx
Mummification
Pyramids
Afterlife
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Religion played an important part in Egyptian life by...
encouraging Egypt to make peace with its neighbors
explaining natural events to the people
destroying the power of the pharaoh
supporting a democratic government
3
Women were respected and had rights, but men were more powerful. This is under what big idea?
Achievements
Geography
Social Classes
Government
4
Egyptian practice of preserving a body so its soul can go on to the afterlife...
Burial
Mummificaiton
Papyrus
Embalming
5
A period of time when Egypt spent their wealth on public works like buildings and irrigation
Middle Kingdom
Late Kingdom
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
6
This is the Egyptian form of writing.
alphabet
hieroglyphs
cuneiform
pictographs
7
What does unpredictable mean: Since the water levels became unpredictable, Egyptians used dams.
stormy
farmable
uncertain
certain
8
Why did ancient Egyptians call their land Kemet, "the black land"?
This area experienced several solar eclipes.
The sky was often darkened by large numbers of insects.
The soil left by the Nile's floods was dark.
A dark plant grew here, covering the desert land.
9
What does fertile mean in this sentence: The land in Egypt is a desert and is not very fertile.
a part of the desert
able to grow things
excessively warm
Too dry to farm
10
What two achievements enabled the ability for Egyptians to keep records?
Paper and hierogyphs
Paper and the alphabet
clay tablets and hieroglyphs
clay tablets and cuneiform
11
Fine soil found on river bottoms is called what?
delta
mud
silt
cataracts
12
Egyptian god of the afterlife...
Horus
Hapi
Isis
Osiris
13
Egyptians made paper from papyrus. What big idea does this fall under?
Achievements
Religion
Social Classes
Geography
14
What is a dynasty?
A series of rulers from the same family
A soap opera in the eighties
A strong flood or rush of water
An Egyptian ruler
15
Upper Egypt is located...
south of the Nile Delta
at the Nile Delta.
South of Nubia
North of the Red Sea
16
Which came first in history?
Cleopatra is bitten by a poisonous snake.
King Tut's reign.
Hammurabi rules Mesopotamia and creates a code of laws.
Abraham leaves Ur and travels to Canaan
17
The Nile was used for transport of resources. What big idea does this fall under?
Achievements
Geography
Economy
Religion
18
What is papyrus?
a plant that grows in the Nile used to make paper
a stone structure built as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.
the application of controlled amounts of water to plants
Picture-like symbols that stand for words and sounds
19
A period of time in Egyptian history when pyramids were built...
The Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom
The Old Kingdom
The First Kingdom
20
Which describes the Egyptian Social Class pyramid?
Priests, pharaoh, farmers, merchants, slaves
Pharaoh, women, craft workers, slaves, farmers
Pharaoh, farmers, scribes, priests, slaves
Pharaoh, priests, craft workers, peasants, slaves
21
Hatshepsut lead Egypt for 15 years. This falls under what big idea?
Religion
Government and Leadersip
Social Classes
Economy
22
The Nile River flows from south to north. What big idea does this fall under?
Geography
Government and Leadership
Achievements
Social Classes
23
If the Nile River began in Washington D.C., where would it end?
Las Vegas, Nevada
Atlantic Ocean
Japan
Pacific Ocean
24
What does prominent mean: The most prominent gods worshipped were Hapi, Ra, Horus, and Osiris.
important
small
inconsequential
interesting
25
Which is NOT true about the Great Pyramid?
in 1799, Napoleon tried to conquer the Great Pyramid.
It is located on the Giza plateau.
It took 20-50 people to drag each stone in place.
Slaves built the pyramids.
26
What is Mrs. Bailey's favorite Thanksgiving dish?
Dressing/Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes
Pumpkin Pie
Turkey
27
Leader during the New Kingdom that built many monuments
King Tut
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra IV
Ramses the Great
28
Ancient Egyptian astronomers studied the stars to...
appoint the next pharaoh
create a new writing system
create new medicines from planst
predict the flooding of the Nile
29
The "red land" beyond the river bank...
absorbed red silt from the highlands
contained six cataracts
protected Egypt and Nubia from foreign attacks.
was perfect for farming
30
A plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water is called a
cataract
river
marsh
delta
31
Which pharaoh tried to change the religious beliefs of the people?
Akhenaten
King Tut
Thutmose II
Ramses the Great
32
This discovery helped rewrite Egyptian history...
The Great Pyramid
The Rosetta Stone
The ancient city of Thebes
The Great Sphinx
33
A group of people that conquered and ruled southern Egypt for a century
Ramses the Great
Hyksos
The Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom
34
Egyptians who kept records using hieroglyphs...
Editors
Pharaohs
Scribes
Copywriters
35
The ruler of the Egyptians
scribe
Pharaoh
Emperor
king
36
How did the ancient Egyptians demonstrate their belief in life after death?
They cremated the bodies of the deceased.
They became famous writers.
They believed in only one god.
They preserved the bodies of their dead.
37
In ancient Egypt, most people belonged to what social class?
peasants
kings and nobles
merchants
artisans
38
Hatshepsut is an example of a...
scribe
priestess
regent
peasant
39
When did the planning for a pharaoh's tomb begin?
when he was born
when he died
just before the Nile flooded
after he was crowned
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Belief in gods that control nature is found in what big idea concept?
Religion
Government
Economy
Geography
