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High school level intro to Ancient Egypt quiz
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1
Egyptians created a type of writing using pictures called _______________.
Polytheism
Cuneiform
Oral Traditions
Hieroglyphs
2
About how many stones were used in the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza?
More than 200 million
More than 2 million
More than 20 million
More than 200,000
3
How many dynasties occurred during the 3 kingdoms of Egyptian rule?
11
31
21
41
4
Egypt is known as the Gift of the ______
Mediterranean
Desert
Pharaohs
Nile
5
Egyptians waited for the yearly floods to deposit a layer of _______ to help the crops grow.
Water
Cataract
Myths
Silt
6
This Egyptian queen was a regent and then became Pharaoh, though she had to prove herself to get the throne.
Nefertiti
Queen of Sheba
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra
7
During mummification, what major organ was removed because it was thought to be useless?
Stomach
Liver
Brain
Heart
8
The God of Mummification would weigh a person's _______ to see if they were worthy to enter the afterlife.
heart
stomach
brain
lungs
9
Which direction does the Nile River flow?
South to North
West to East
North to South
East to West
10
Region of Egypt where the Nile runs into the Med Sea, and the soil is VERY fertile.
Rapids
Swamp
Hollow
Delta
11
The people of Egypt used the Nile River for trade like what?
Highway
Train Tracks
Bike lane
Airport runway
12
Ancient Egyptian History is divided up into how many time periods or "Kingdoms."
Five
Six
Four
Three
13
Pyramids were built to serve a tomb for whom?
Any person who could afford it
Just the Pharaoh
A Pharaoh and his wives
The whole royal family
14
Who was known as the Goddess of Truth and was part of the divine order of the world that the needed protected?
Anubis
Osiris
Isis
Ma'at
15
In ancient Egypt, the Pharaohs were considered BOTH a ________ and __________.
Priest and King
General and King
Artisan and Priest
King and God
16
Besides +, -, X, /, and simple fractions, what type of math was invented to help them measure buildings accurately?
Algerbra
Calculus
Statistics
Geometry
17
Egyptian paper, called papyrus, was made out of what?
Wood Chips
River Reeds
Cotton Cloth
Strips of Leather
18
Most famous of all the Pharaohs because he was a child and his tomb was found in 1922.
Tutunkahmon
Hatshepsut
Thutmose II
Cleopatra
19
Someone who studies the sky and other objects in the sky.
Pharaoh
Regent
Astronomer
Mummy
20
This stone is what allowed French historians to finally decode hyrogliphics in the 1800s.
Rosetta Stone
Babbler Stone
Cobble Stone
Pharaoh's Stone
21
Egyptians mummified their dead because they believed...
That they had to use the same body in the afterlife
That their Gods would one day return to raise all of the dead
It would help them look "beautiful" for all eternity
There Gods told them it was the proper way to look at death
22
The largest 3 Pyramids were built where?
Nubia
Luxor
Thebes
Giza
23
The 31 dynasties of Ancient Egypt were broken up into what time periods?
Old, Middle, & New
Now, Soon, & Later
1st, 2nd, & 3rd
Beginning, Middle, & End
24
Egyptians believed their gods look like what?
Human body-human heads
Animal body-animal heads
Human body-animal heads
Animal body-human heads
25
T/F. The are THREE (3) sources of the Nile River, the Red, White, and Blue.
False
True
