Egypt History Test

This is the main geographical feature of Egypt.

• Atlas Mountains

• Nile River

• Sahara Desert

• Waswi Escarpment

This crop was the most common food crop grown by ancient Egyptians.

• Corn

• Rice

• Wheat

• Potatos

This king was the first to unite both upper and lower Egypt. He did so in ca. 3100 BC.

• Menes

• Tutinkamen

• Ramsey II

• Ramsey I

What relationship did Egyptians believe exist between the Pharaohs had to the gods?

• Believed pharaohs were a god

• Believed pharaohs were a representative for the gods

• Believed there was no relationship between pharaohs and the gods

• Pharaohs encouraged the Egyptian people to only worship one god.

Egyptian armies occupied Nubia mainly for this purpose.

• Technology

• Crops

• Gold

• Irrigation

In the period between the Old and Middle Kingdom there existed a period of_______________

• Unity

• Chaos

• Great Wealth

• Expansion of the Empire

In circa 1700 BC the Hyskos invaded lower Egypt. Hyskos means___________

• People from the desert

• People from a far off land

• Invaders from a foreign land

• Ruler of a foreign land

The New Kingdom was a 500 year period of__________ for Egypt.

• Frequent Invasion from outside forces

• Constant Change

• Political and Economic Stability

• Pain and Suffering

Among the contributions of these invaders were new animals, crops and weapons

• Hyksos

• Nubians

• Persians

• Assyrians

These people helped the pharaoh in day to day running the kingdom.

• Farmers

• Priests

• Vizier

• Bodyguards