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The world Longest river is the
a. Amazon
b. Euphrates
C. Nile
D. Tigris
C. Nile
The Old Kingdom started about
a. 2575 BC
B. 2130 BC
c. 1472 BC
d. 1070 BC
a. 2575 BC
Where did the rain fall that caused the Nile to flood
a. Mediterranean Sea
b. Eastern Desert
c. Ethiopian Plateau
c. Ethiopian Plateau
Why did Khufu build the Great Pyramid?
a. to please the Gods
b. to show how great he was
c. the house his family
b. to show how great he was
What system involved bartering?
a. trading
b. farming
c. hunting
a. trading
Egyptian homes were made out of?
A. Animal Hides
b. mud bricks
C. stone
D. wood
b. mud bricks
The Pharaoh Khufu built the
a. obelisk
b. Valley of the Kings
C. Great Pyramid
D. Step Pyramid
C. Great Pyramid
What device was used for spreading water across lands?
a. the cataract
b. the hieroglyph
c. the shadoof
c. the shadoof
a. Amenemhet I
b. Ramses II
c. Akhenaton
a. Amenemhet I
What word is related to papyrus?
a. plateau
b. paper
c. pyramid
b. paper
One of the highest jobs in ancient Egypt was
A. merchant
B. artisan
C. Priest
D. Farmer
C. Priest
During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt was invaded from the Northeast by the
a. Hittites
B. Hyksos
C. Nubians
B. Hyksos
What resource did Egyptians get from Nubia
a. silt
b. flax
c. gold
c. gold
How did Egyptian art change under Akhenaton?
a. became more realistic
b. focused on beauty
c. hid physical flaws
a. became more realistic
advantages did the Nile offer for transportation?
a. deep channels
b. very swift current
c. could easily travel both north and south
c. could easily travel both north and south
Astronomy helped ancient Egyptians develop
A. Farming techniques
b. a calendar
c. writing system
D. medicines
b. a calendar
The queen who became Pharaoh after her husband dies was
a. cleopatra
b. Hatshepsut
c. Isis
b. Hatshepsut
a. pharaohs
b. priests
c. scribes
b. priests
How did Hatshepsut's reign end?
a. she was killed in war
b. She retired to Nubia
c. No one knows
c. No one knows
Who did the New Kingdom pharaohs try to hide their tombs from?
a. piye
b. grave robbers
c. Hittities
b. grave robbers
a. positive
b. monotheistic
C. polytheistic
D. simple
C. polytheistic
Pharaoh Akhenaton changed Egypt's
a. agriculture
b. economy
c. religion
d. army
c. religion
What process was supposed to help people use their bodies after death?
a. cremation
b. embalming
c. bartering
d. irrigation
b. embalming
What did Egypt experience under Ramses II?
a. constant war
b. famine
c. stability
c. stability
According to the Book of the dead, what did bad deeds do,
a. made the heart heavy
b. make a strong mummy
c. made Isis angry
a. made the heart heavy