Ancient Egypt

What is the name of the river that supplies life to Egypt and floods every year, allowing Egyptians to grow a great variety of crops?

• Thames

• Mississippi

• Nile

• Amazon

Who was the king that united upper and lower Egypt?

• Tut

• Menes

• Ramses II

• Akhenaten

Starting in the New Kingdom, Egyptians rulers were referred to as:

• Pharaohs

• Kings

• Caliphs

• Priests

Ancient Egyptians wrote on a type of paper known as:

• carbon copy paper

• Printer paper

• Clay tablets

• Papyrus

The Egyptian form of writing, consisting of many symbols, is called:

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

• Cyrillic

Most of the pyramids - and the Great Sphinx - were built during which period of ancient Egyptian history (Old, Middle, or New Kingdom)

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Ancient Kingdom

The first female pharaoh of Egypt was:

• Helen of Troy

• Ramses II

• Thutmose III

• Hatsheput

List each ancient Egyptian societal group in order from most important to least important:

• gods, pharaoh, nobles and priests, artisans and merchants, farmers, slaves

• artisans and merchants, gods, slaves, farmers, nobles and priests

• Nobles and priests, merchants and artisans, slaves, farmers, slaves, pharaoh

• Pharaoh, nobles and priests, gods, artisans and merchants, farmers, slaves

Ancient Egyptian religion was:

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

• Atheistic

• Animistic

Which pharaoh is often viewed as the most powerful Egyptian leader? (hint: he lived to be over 90 years old!)

• Hatshepsut

• Tutankhamen

• Amenhotep IV

• Ramses II