ancient Egypt

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She was the first woman to rule Egypt in her own right.

• Hatshepsut

• Isis

• Nefertiti

• Cleopatra

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What is the area south of the Nile River delta?

• Lower Egypt
• savannas
• Thebes
• Upper Egypt

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Land around the Nile delta is known as...

• Upper Egypt
• Lower Egypt
• savannas
• Memphis

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Which pharaoh tried to give Egypt a new religion?

• Tutankhamen
• Akhenaton
• Thutmose III
• Ahmose

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This is what the river is called when it fans out into the sea

• The Delta
• The Smelta
• The Red Sea
• The Euphrates

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This is a strong, rapid of water found in the river

• river
• waterfall
• cataract
• flood

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The largest group of Egyptian society was made up of

• farmers and workers

• artisans and merchants

• scribes and traders

• soldiers and nobles

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The ancient Egyptians believed that their pharaohs were...

• unfair and cruel

• gods in human form

• greedy and selfish

• the best rulers in the whole wide world

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Why did the Egyptians have problems with their teeth?

• Because they used toothpaste 
• Because their bread was full of sand and grit 
• Because they ate too many sweets
• Because they considered toothless people to be good looking

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Pyramids were...

• houses of worship

• large forts

• tombs for pharaohs

• grain for storehouses

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The process of preserving a body using salts and spices

• maranade

• soaking

• embalming

• papyrus

Artisans

• Created beautiful art

• Common labor for upper class

• Sometimes celebrated / mainly just "Help"

Peasants

• lowest/largest group

• grew/provided food for all

• helped build monuments

• only allowed to keep left overs from crop

Religion

• Polytheistic

• Believed gods controlled everything

• Built temples, offered, prayers and gifts

• Pharaoh = god on Earth

The Afterlife

• Could "overcome death"

• Good life = live forever

• Sinful = destroyed

• Practiced embalming and mummification

• Wealthy only

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Only the _______ and ________ were mummified. Everyone else was buried in a shallow grave at the edge of the desert.

• Pharaohs

• Slaves

• Farmers

• Nobles

Economy

• Buying/selling of goods/services

• Agriculture + trade

• BARTER SYSTEM

• No set currency

• Collected taxes (surplus crops)

• Export: papyrus, pottery, veggies, fish

• Import: timber, gold, copper, livestock

Achievements

• Organized bureaucracy + tax system

• Strong pharaohs

• Papyrus, ink, hieroglyphics

• Architecture: pyramids, temples, sphinx

• 365 day calendar

• Scientific/Medical advancements

Government

• Highest after Pharaoh

• Family of Pharaoh

• Vizier, Chief Treasurer, General of Army

• Vizier = MOST POWER

• Luxurious lives

Social Structure

• Pyramid

• Priests = powerful

• Scribes = respected (educated)

• Peasants = lowest / largest class

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Area around the Nile covered with rich silt

• cataract

• pharaoh

• Red Land

• Black Land

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Title used by Egyptian rulers

• pharaoh

• Ka

• dynasty

• obelisk

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Dry, lifeless desert beyond the Nile

• Black Land

• Red Land

• Rosetta Stone

• sphinx

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Series of rulers from the same family

• pharaoh

• dynasty

• noble

• delta

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Rich and powerful person

• Ka

• obelisk

• noble

• afterlife

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Huge triangular tomb built by the Egyptians

• delta

• Red Land

• Rosetta Stone

• pyramid

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Period from 2700 to 2200 BC in Egyptian history that began shortly after Egypt was unified.

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Ancient Kingdom

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Ancient Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols

• sphinx

• Rosetta Stone

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

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Long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds that Egyptians used to write on

• obelisk

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

• delta

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Egypt’s great pyramids were constructed during the...

• Old Kingdom

• First Intermediate Period

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

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The Rosetta Stone is the stone tablet that…

• on which the oldest written record is found.

• that contains Ramses II’s treaty with the Hittites.

• on which the first legal code is written.

• that helped to decipher hieroglyphics.

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A state controlled by religious leaders.

• monarchy

• theocracy

• democracy

• aristocracy

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The Nile River did all of the following for the Egyptians, except…

• provide several natural resources for the population.

• provide food and water for the people of Egypt.

• provide protection from invaders.

• provide transportation through the kingdom.

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A payment made by one ruler or country to another more powerful one, especially in order to be protected.

• tribute

• regent

• pictograph

• theocrat

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He lived to be one of the oldest pharaohs ever and helped write the first peace treaty in recorded history.

• Hatshepsut

• Akhenaten

• Ramses II

• Amenhotep III

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He was born Amenhotep IV, but changed his name and moved the capital to Amarna to pursue the religious conversion of Egypt.

• Hatshepsut

• Akhenaten

• Ramses II

• Amenhotep III

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He was a young pharaoh who was forced to renounce the Aton and return Egypt to the old gods.

• Tutankhamen

• Khufu

• Menes

• Djoser

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Someone who governs instead of a king or queen, because the king or queen is ill, absent, or still a child.

• monarch

• theocrat

• regent

• technocrat

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Ancient Egyptians believed that when they died that they would...

• meet Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates.

• be judged by their deeds to determine which afterlife they go to.

• be dead. To them there was no afterlife.

• wander aimlessly in an eternal dessert of shadow and dust.

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A religion consisting of many gods.

• polytheism

• monotheism

• deism

• atheism

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The Nile River helped Egypt because

• Rich Sediment for farming

• Transportation

• Irrigation

• All other Answers

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What area of Egypt is considered "red lands"?

• Upper Egypt

• Lower Egypt

• Nile River Delta

• Mediterranean Sea

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What area of Egypt is considered "black lands"?

• Upper Egypt

• Lower Egypt

• Nile River Delta

• Mediterranean Sea

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What or who was Menes?

• an Egyptian leader who united both upper and lower Egypt into one kingdom

• Abraham Lincoln's great-great grandfather

• a triangle shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river

• A famous ruler of England

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What or who was a pharaoh?

• ruler of unified Egypt, literally means "great house"

• a series of rulers from the same family

• a pyramid that was used as a tomb for Egyptians

• an animal used in the desert to carry people and goods for trade

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What do we call the period of stability and order in ancient Egyt between about 2050 and 1750 BC?

• United Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

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What do we called the height of Egypt's power and glory, between 1550 and 1050 BC?

• New Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• United Kingdom

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Who was the New Kingdom ruler renowned for expanding Egyptian trade?

• Princess Leah

• King Solomon

• Ramses the Great

• Queen Hatshepshat

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Under Pharaoh Hatshepsut's time in power, _________________ flourished in the New Kingdom.

• government

• warfare

• the arts

• trade

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This monument best represents

• Pharaoh Ramses II

• Pharaoh Hatshepsut

• Pharaoh Khufu

• Pharaoh Senusret

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The capital of ancient Egypt is:

• Cairo

• Karnak

• Aswan

• Thebes

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Who did the writing for the pharaohs in ancient Egypt?

• farmers

• government officials

• scribes

• merchants

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The largest pyramids were built in the ________ Kingdom.

• New

• Middle

• Old

• Between

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Ancient Egyptian history is broken into three different kingdoms. Identify the names of these three kingdoms.

• Middle

• Old

• Before

• Between

• New

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During the mummification process, the organs were removed and placed into special containers known as __________________.

• organ jars

• canopic jars

• sarcophagus

• preserver jars

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During the mummification process, all of the organs were removed except the _____________.

• intestines

• lungs

• heart

• liver

• brain

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Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?

• the tombs served as museums

• the tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh

• Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom

• Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife

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This pharaoh promoted trade with other countries, built many obelisks, and was the first female pharaoh of Egypt.

• Senusret 1

• Khufu

• Hatshepsut

• Ramses II

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This pharaoh ruled for over 60 years, expanded Egypt through successful military conquests, signed the world's first peace treaty, built Abu Simbel

• Senusret 1

• Khufu

• Hatshepsut

• Ramses II

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A stone pillar with a pyramidal top, created as a monument or landmark.

• dynasty

• vizier

• obelisk

• linen

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What type of "money system" did Ancient Egypt use?

• trade & barter
• coins
• paper money