What lead to the fall of the New Kingdom?

Invasions by the Hittites and Sea People

How were beliefs in the afterlife linked to items placed in the tomb?

Items were in the tombs for the Ka when it left the body.

Pyramids were strategically built. What does the point at the top of the pyramid represent?

The Pharaohs journey to the afterlife

What was the purpose of preserving the physical body?

The body needed to be recognized by the Ka, or life force.

The Nile helped civilization develop in Egypt in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

Protecting against invasion from the west.

All of the following lead to the decline of the Pharaohs powers during the Old Kingdom EXCEPT:

Mentuhotep II defeated his rivals.

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Unit 3: Ancient Egypt

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Covers the old, middle and new kingdoms.

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1
The area of Egypt that is closest to the Mediterranean is know as:
Delta
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
Tel El Amarna
2
What factors contributed most to Egypt’s wealth during the New Kingdom?
Less spending by the Pharaohs
The introduction of money
Conquest and Trade
Architectural advancements
3
What lead to the fall of the New Kingdom?
Invasions by the Hittites and Sea People
Internal conflicts
Ahmose defeating the Hyksos
Conquest and Trade
4
How were beliefs in the afterlife linked to items placed in the tomb?
Items were in tombs for raiders to keep them from the body.
Items were in tombs for family to use when they visit
Items were in tombs for Gods when they came to the body.
Items were in the tombs for the Ka when it left the body.
5
The Nile river flows in what direction?
West to East
South to North
East to West
North to South
6
Sumerian: Cuneiform as Egyptian:___________
Rosetta Stone
Pictographs
Phoenician
Hieroglyphics
7
What factor contributed most to the growth of trade in the New Kingdom?
Egypt’s defeat of the Sinai Peninsula
Egypt’s developed stone workers
Egypt’s conquest of distant land
Egypt’s creation of an army
8
Pyramids were strategically built. What does the point at the top of the pyramid represent?
Their precision in building
Alignment to the North Star for guidance
The higher the point, the higher the power
The Pharaohs journey to the afterlife
9
The area of Egypt that is farthest from the Mediterranean is known as:
Upper Egypt
Tel El Amarna
Lower Egypt
Delta
10
The stability of Egyptian civilizations is in part due to:
The influence of the Nile.
The influence of the Western Desert.
Political innovations
Their independence of other cultures.
11
Pharaohs took power and had authority because of:
Threats by foreign invaders.
Their ability to enact a writing system.
Their status as a living God.
Their limitations to local city-states.
12
Egyptians developed a method known as__________ to preserve the body.
Purifying
Embalming
Restoring
Entombing
13
Which of the following best explains why commoners and nobles alike obeyed the Pharaoh?
He protected them against foreign invaders
He was the head of their society
He was a living god
He was the most powerful in all the land
14
What was the purpose of preserving the physical body?
The body needed to be recognized by the family members.
Bodies of important people were displayed.
The Egyptians believed in reincarnation.
The body needed to be recognized by the Ka, or life force.
15
Like the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians were:
Indotheistic
Godly
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
16
Pyramids were built for this purpose:
To use as a tomb
Sacred Temple
Show greatness of civilization
To honor the Gods
17
The Nile helped civilization develop in Egypt in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
Protecting against invasion from the west.
Providing a food and water source.
Allowing farming to develop
Enriching the soil along its banks
18
Unification of Egyptian rule came about through the conqueror:
Hatshepsut
Ta-Seti
Khufu
Menes
19
Conflict with the Hyksos introduced this invention to the Egyptians:
Spear
Chariot
Battle ships
Bow and Arrow
20
All of the following could have been depicted in Egyptian art EXCEPT:
Crowning of kings
Cultural stories
Religious rituals
Founding of temples
21
All of the following lead to the decline of the Pharaohs powers during the Old Kingdom EXCEPT:
Pharaohs did not collect enough taxes.
Too much money was spent on architecture.
Ambitious nobles took power.
Mentuhotep II defeated his rivals.

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