Pharaohs
_________greatest of the New Kingdom pharaohs
Ramses II
Today we call it Sudan. The ancient Egyptians called it
a. | Ethiopia. | |
b. | Giza. | |
c. | Memphis. | |
d. | Nubia. |
d. Nubia.
The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing was
a. | creating a dummy stuffed with straw. | |
b. | removing only the eyes. | |
c. | surveying the pyramid. | |
d. | the act of embalming. |
d. the act of embalming.
The chief god of the Egyptians was
a. | Bel. | |
b. | Re. | |
c. | Osiris. | |
d. | Tutankhamen. |
b. Re.
The king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt was
a. | Ahmose. | |
b. | Amenhotep. | |
c. | Amon Re. | |
d. | Tutankhamen. |
a. Ahmose.
Narmer was a king of
a. | Kush | |
b. | Lower Egypt | |
c. | Nubia | |
d. | Upper Egypt |
d. Upper Egypt
A bucket attached to a long pole that lifts water from the Nile
Shadoof
Which of these was a result of the Nile River’s flooding?
a. | The farmers developed new tools to make their jobs easier. | |
b. | The farmers moved to the desert. | |
c. | The farmers started moving their fields farther away from the banks of the Nile. | |
d. | The farmers used geometry to calculate where their boundary markers should be. |
d. The farmers used geometry to calculate where their boundary markers should be.
Who tried to give the Egyptians a new religion?
a. | Amenhotep | |
b. | Osiris | |
c. | Ramses II | |
d. | Thebes |
a. Amenhotep
_________golden age of prosperity, achievement, and stability in Egypt
Middle Kingdom
The young king ____________________ was the son-in law of Akhenaton.
Tutankhamen
Bureaucrats, or elected officials, appointed by the pharaoh
a. | collected tax payments of grain from farmers. | |
b. | distributed land to priests. | |
c. | performed manual labor. | |
d. | supervised the building of the pyramids. |
a. collected tax payments of grain from farmers.
How were the pyramids of the Kushites different from those of the Egyptians?
a. | They built larger, more steeply sloped pyramids. | |
b. | They built more colorful pyramids that were more gently sloped. | |
c. | They built more elaborate pyramids. | |
d. | They built smaller pyramids that were more steeply sloped. |
d. They built smaller pyramids that were more steeply sloped.
Ruled the underworld with her husband Osiris
Isis
Under which leader’s rule did Egypt lose most of its lands in western Asia to outside invaders?
a. | Ahmose | |
b. | Akhenaton | |
c. | Kashta | |
d. | Tutankhamen |
b.Akhenaton
King for whom the Great Pyramid was built
King Khufu
The forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered peoples are called
a. | bribes. | |
b. | surveys. | |
c. | taxes. | |
d. | tributes. |
d. tributes.
The Nile River—the longest river in the world—is ___________ miles long.
a. | 6,437 | |
b. | 4,000 | |
c. | 1,046 | |
d. | 650 |
b. 4000
The Sphinx is an ancient Egyptian ruin
a. | with the body of a human and a lion head. | |
b. | with the body of a human and a tiger head. | |
c. | with the body of a lion and a human head. | |
d. | with the body of a tiger and a human head. |
c. with the body of a lion and a human head.
_________western Asian people who conquered Egypt
Hyksos
Why were Egyptians fiercely loyal to the pharaoh?
They believed the pharaoh was the son of the sun god Re, which would make the pharaoh a god on earth. The pharaoh was also all-powerful, controlling the land and the people.
An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a
a. | cadaver. | |
b. | corpse. | |
c. | morgue. | |
d. | mummy. |
d.mummy.
A diagram of Egypt’s social classes has the shape of a
a. | cone | |
b. | cube | |
c. | pyramid | |
d. | sphere |
c. pyramid
Most Egyptians prayed at home, so ____________________ were used only for special occasions.
Temples
Why were the Hyksos able to defeat the Egyptians?
They had stronger weapons made of bronze and iron. Additionally, they had horse-drawn chariots that made it easy to defeat the Egyptians that were fighting on their feet.