Egypt

According to legend, who united Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt?

• Hatshepsut

• Menes

• Narmer

• Thutmose III

Traditionally, how important was the pharaoh to the people of Egypt?

• each pharaoh was all powerful over his particular region or city, but not the country as a whole

• pharaoh was powerful but his mother was more powerful

• pharaoh was the religious leader but the governor had more political power

• pharaoh had absolute power over the people

Why were the pyramids so important to the ancient Egyptians?

• They made sure the pharaoh had a place in the afterlife

• They make it easy to find Cairo

• They brought in much profit from people who wanted to tour them

• They created jobs for Egyptians

The process of __________________ determined the order in which members of a royal family inherited the throne.

• democracy

• the Double Crown

• succession

• war

Who did the New Kingdom pharaohs try to hide their tombs from?

• archaeologists

• grave robbers

• other kings

• tourists

Pharaoh Akhenaton changed Egypt’s

• agriculture

• economy

• religion

• war plans

Women in Egypt

• were treated like personal property

• could not enter temples or be a part of religious rites

• had many rights

• were expected to stay in their homes

The Egyptian religion was

• positive

• monotheistic

• polytheistic

• simple

The process of ___________ was used to preserve bodies.

• burial

• cremation

• embalming

• freezing

Egyptians used ___________ to stand for different words or sounds

• syllables

• hieroglyphs

• letters

• numbers