EGYPTIAN PART II QUIZ - RELIGION AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Which of the following best describes how the Egyptians felt about death?

• The Egyptians believed that one could overcome death by serving the Pharaohs of Egypt.

• The Egyptians believed that one could overcome death by worshiping the Pharaoh.

• The Egyptians believed that one could overcome death by praying to the god Osiris.

• The Egyptians believed that one could overcome death by living a good life on Earth.

What is the signifiance of Egyptain writing? 

• The writing of the Egyptians is not important because most of their information was destroyed when Alexander the Great conquered them.

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  The writing of the Egyptians helped preserve their knowledge.

• The writing of the Egyptians is not important because the the Sumerians were the first known civilization to write.

• The writing of the Egyptians is not important because the the Sumerians were the first known civilization to write.

What is papyrus?

• A type of Egyptian paper that was make from the papyrus reed that grew along the bank of the Nile.

• An Egyptian god of writing that the Egyptians worshiped.

• A type of crop that the Egyptians grew along the Nile for a food supply.

• A type of reed that grew along the Nile that he Egyptians used to feed their livestock.

Which of the following would be seen as the most imporatnt god of the Egyptians?

• Thoth

• Ammut

• Ra

• Seth

Which of the following would the Egyptians have needed in order to create the three hundered sixty-five day calander?

• The knowledge of the location of the planet Saturn

• The knowledge of zoology

• The knowledge of biology

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  The knowledge of astronomy

What was the purpose of the mummification process?

• The Egyptians encouraged other civilizations to use the mummification process

• The Egyptians believed that the mummification process was a requirement of all Egyptians.

• The Egyptians believed that the spirit needed to recognize the body.

• The Egyptians believed that Ra would not accept them to the afterlife without mummification process.

Which of the following Egyptian gods would be important to the underworld?

• Osiris

• Seth

• Ra

• Horus

Which of the following would best describe the extent of the Egyptian's knowledge in the area of building ?

• The Egyptians copied the ideas of building structures from the Greeks.

• The Egyptians used only engineering to build their structures.

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  The Egyptians used only geometry to build their great structures.

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  The Egyptians used geometry and engineering to build their great structures.

Which field of knowledge were the Egyptians considered to be the most advanced out of all the ancient civilizations?

• Medicine

• Geometry

• Engineering

• astronomy

Which type of Egyptian citizens were able to have their bodies mummified?

• Only the Pharaohs and their children could be mummified.

• Only wealthy Egyptians could afford the mummification process.

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  Only those Egyptians who believed the the god Anubis could be mummified.

• Only those Egyptians that were chosen by the Pharaoh could be mummified.