Ancient Egypt - fast answers

Question 1

This woman pharaoh wore a false beard and ruled Egypt while dressed as a man.

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Hatshepsut

Question 2

The ancient Egyptians worshipped Ra, a -- god.

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sun

Question 3

The Egyptians believed these children of Ra taught them to farm and domesticate animals.

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Isis and Osiris

Question 4

The ancient Egyptians believed this ruler was both a king and a god.

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pharaoh

Question 5

The river that flows through Egypt flows mostly in this direction.

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north

Question 6

This architect built the first step pyramid more than 25 centuries Before the Common Era.

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Imhotep

Question 7

Egypt’s great river no longer floods because of a dam built in this city.

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Aswan

Question 8

A nine-year-old boy who is remembered more for the treasure of his tomb than for his rule.

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Tutankhamen

Question 9

This statement best describes the proper use of the term sarcophagi.

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Sarcophagi were elaborate stone coffins.

Question 10

The ancient Egyptians believed they could never completely defeat evil and chaos because

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Horus was unable to defeat Seth, the god of storms.

Question 11

Egyptian writing was deciphered once French soldiers found a stone near this city.

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Rosetta

Question 12

The Great Pyramid at ____ is the largest of the Egyptian pyramids.

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Giza

Question 13

Egyptian civilizations have existed along the banks of this river.

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Nile

Question 14

He became the first ruler of a united Egypt about 3100BCE when he conquered Lower Egypt.

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Menes

Question 15

This pharaoh came to believe that Aton, a god of the sun, controlled all of the other gods.

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Akhenaton

Question 16

Which statement best describes silt?

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Silt is the topsoil deposited after the flooding a river.

Question 17

What was Jean Champollion's greatest accomplishment?

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He deciphered an alphabet of hieroglyphics.

Question 18

He used the wealth from the lands he conquered to build palaces and temples throughout Egypt.

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Ramses II

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