Michaelangelo
Donatelo
Leonardo
Rafael
Master Splinter
100
The king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt was
Ahmose
100
Bureaucrats, or elected officials, appointed by the pharaoh
collected tax payments of grain from farmers
100
The capital of Kush, located on a trade route, was
Napata
100
The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing was
the act of embalming
100
Today we call it Sudan. The ancient Egyptians called it
Nubia
200
The young king ____________________ was the son-in law of Akhenaton.
Tutankhamen
200
The forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered peoples are called
tributes
200
An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a
mummy
200
The place where Egyptian families spent time together was their
rooftops
200
The word ____________________ originally meant “great house.”
pharaoh
300
Historians think the Nubian people came from the African savannas south of the a. Arabian Desert. b. Eastern Desert. c. Red Desert. d. Sahara.
d. Sahara
300
Who tried to give the Egyptians a new religion?
Amenhotep
300
The Nile River—the longest river in the world—is ____ miles long. a. 6,437 b. 4,000 c. 1,046 d. 650
b. 4,000
300
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.
300
The chief god of the Egyptians was
Re
400
One of the reasons the Kushites moved their capital to Meroë was to be close to
iron ore deposits
400
A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is a
dynasty
400
The ______________________________ is one of three monuments still standing at Giza today.
Great Pyramid
400
Why was the government of ancient Egypt called a theocracy?
It was a theocracy because pharaohs were both political and religious leaders.
400
Egyptians traded with the present-day country of Lebanon for a. incense. b. iron weapons and tools. c. ivory and gold. d. wood.
d. wood.
500
How were the Assyrians able to conquer the Kushites?
The Assyrians’ iron weapons were able to defeat the Kushites’ bronze weapons. Or More advanced weapons.
500
Amenhotep felt threatened by the priests’ control or ____________________.
authority
500
____________________ was one of the most impressive monuments built at Thebes under the rule of Ramses II.
Karnak
500
What were some of the achievements of the Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt?
Irrigation and crop production increased. As a result of food surpluses and a canal built between the Nile River and the Red Sea, trade increased greatly. Many temples and tombs were built in the Valley of the Kings.
500
Why was Howard’s discovery of “King Tut’s” tomb in 1922 unusual?
Most tombs of pharaohs had been robbed by thieves, but Tut’s contained his mummy as well as many treasures including a gold mask of his face, so we know what he looked like
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