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Ancient Egypt Test
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What is a cataract?
wild rapids formed by boulders and narrow cliffs
world’s longest river
a reed plant used to make sandals, baskets, river rafts,
and paper
another name for an Egyptian king
How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile’s yearly spring flooding?
They developed geometry.
They became successful farmers.
They could grow papyrus.
They could now live in the desert.
What is another name for an Egyptian ruler?
deity
pharaoh
sultan
Amon-Re
What was the ancient Egyptian writing system that uses thousands of picture symbols?
cuneiform
papyrus
hieroglpyhics
scribe
Also known as Narmer, he united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Ramses II
Menes
Piye
Tutankhamen
The woman pharaoh who concentrated on building the Egyptian economy was
Nefertari
Hatshepsut
Ahmose
Isis
Which Egyptian ruler built many new temples during the New Kingdom period and was known for his great military conquests?
Ramses II
Amenhotep
Akhenaton
Ahmose
Who tried to give the Egyptians a new religion?
Thebes
Ramses II
Osiris
Akhenaton
An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a
corpse
gross thing
mummy
cadaver
The chief god of the Egyptians who was also the sun god was
Bel
Ra
Osiris
Tutankhamen
What shape does a diagram of Egypt’s social classes look like?
a pyramid
a sphere
a cube
a cone
What were the two important roles of the pharaoh?
leader of the army and lead architect for the building projects
leader of the religion and lead commander on military conquests
leader of the religion and government
leader of all the gods and lead artist for tomb paintings
Besides providing a stable food diet, what other advantage did Egypt’s location provide for early Egyptians?
It had two dynasties to celebrate religious traditions.
It had natural barriers to protect against invaders
It had Sumerian artwork to use as decoration
It had temples in which to worship
Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?
the heavens
the pyramids
the pharaoh
the afterlife
Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs?
King Tutankhamen
Ramses the Great
Ahmose of Thebes
Queen Hatshepsut
The Rosetta Stone was important because
It represented peace.
It had Greek, Cuneiform, and Egyptian writing on it.
It led to the decoding (understanding) of Hieroglyphics.
It is a unique artifact.
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Using the map on the left, in which part of Egypt are the Great Pyramid and Sphinx located?
Lower Egypt
Nubia
Upper Egypt
Western Desert
Using the map on the left, which of the following is farthest north?
Nubia
Second Cataract
Cairo
Upper Egypt
Using the chart to the left, which is NOT a similarity between Egypt and Mesopotamia?
located along river(s)
a written language
flat plains
farming and trade
Using the chart on the left, Egypt had __________ floods.
dependable and regular
dependable and not regular
unpredictable but safe
unpredictable and threatening
