Egypt Test Practice

The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called

• Mesopotamia and Persia

• Upper and Lower Egypt

• Eastern and Western Egypt

• Latveria and Wakanda

Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?

• They used a funeral pyre for the dead.
• They carried the dead to a nearby country.
• They preserved bodies as mummies.
• They were buried in the river.

Pharaohs wore a double crown to symbolize _________.

• pyramids and canopic jars

• their rule over upper and lower Egypt

• Osiris and Isis

• that farming and herding were both important

Ancient Egyptians wrote in __________.

• papyrus

• canopics

• natrons

• heiroglyphics

Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?

• It helped archaeologists translate Egyptian writing.

• It gave clues about building.

• It was a book of the dead.

• It told how the pharaohs ruled.

Which Egyptian god ruled the underworld?

• Osiris

• Ra

• Isis

• Mike

Who was the Egyptian goddess of justice, truth, harmony, and balance?

• Ma'at

• Horus

• Seth

• Nepthys

Which pharaoh attempted to change Egyptian culture religion by replacing polytheism with the worship of a single god?

• Hatshepsut

• Tutenkhamen

• Thutmose

• Akhenaten

Select ALL the reasons King Tutankhamen is important to historians today.

• when archaeologists found his tomb in 1922, it was almost completely intact.

• he was a successful builder, general, and conqueror.

• the contents of his tomb were a major source of information on Egyptian burial practices.

• he married Hatepshut.

Ancient Egyptian history is separated into three periods called ________.

• pharaohs

• timelines

• kingdoms

• pyramids