Egypt

Which pharaoh unified Egypt and started the Old Kingdom?

• Djoser
• Narmer
• Mentuhotep
• Tutankhamen

Which pharaoh started the Middle Kingdom?

• Amenhotep IV
• Tutmosis III
• Tutankhamen
• Mentuhotep

Which pharaoh started the New Kingdom?

• Ahmose
• Narmer
• Mentuhotep
• Tutmosis III

Who was the architect of the Step pyramid and the vizier of Djoser?

• Narmer
• Hatshepsut
• Imhotep
• Nefertiti

Who was buried in the first (Step) pyramid?

• Ahmose
• Djoser
• Tutankhamen
• Chephren

What is the name of the irrigation tool used by the Egyptians?

• Delta
• Silt
• Vizier
• Shadoof

What is the name of the fan-shaped area at the mouth of the Nile River?

• Shadoof
• Delta
• Sea
• Hyksos

What is Egyptian writing called?

• Hieroglyphics
• Cuneiform
• Chinese Characters
• Linear B

What benefit did the Egyptians gain from the Nile?

• Yearly floods which left behind rich soil
• Mud to take mud baths in
• Soil to use to construct the blocks of the pyramids
• Hieroglyphics

What Egyptian artifact was instrumental in deciphering hieroglyphics?

• Narmer's Palette
• Rosetta Stone
• King Tut's Death Mask
• The Great Pyramid