Unit 2 - Ancient Egypt CSA 2

How was Egypt able to build pyramids and temples?

• Collected taxes

• Religious festivals

• Pharaoh wrote a check

• Tribute from Sumer

Which statement best describes the burial practices of Egyptians?

• Buried the dead in the River

• Funeral pyre for the dead

• Carried to other countries

• Preserved bodies as mummies.

What was ka?

• God of the underworld

• Good luck

• A bird

• Personal life force

What factor contributed most to the growth of Egyptian trade in the New Kingdom?

• Conquest of distant lands

• Creation of pyramids

• Creation of an army

• Defeat on the Sinai Peninsula

By the 1400s BC, Egypt was the leading military power. Based on this fact, what conclusion can you make about Egypt's resources?

• It was a poor country

• Heavily taxed resources

• Resources were helping other countries

• It was a rich country

What job employed the most people in ancient Egypt?

• Farmers

• Pharaoh

• Scribes

• Medicine Men

Who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt to begin the New Kingdom?

• Ra

• Tutankhamun

• Ahmose

• Cleopatra

Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us about Egyptian burial practice and beliefs?

• Ahmose of Thebes

• King Tutankhamen

Ramses the Great is best remembered

• as a priest and god.

• a warrior and a builder.

• a scribe and a priest.

• a super nice guy

The ancient Egyptians began to build pyramids during the

• time of Menes

• New Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom