World History Ch 5-6

In early times Egypt consisted of a number of small states called..

• Mizraim

• nomes

• Memphis

• Thebes

Egyptian writing developed into 700 characters known as..

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• phonemes

• alphabet

What teenage pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922?

• Herodotus

• Menes

• Ramses II

• Tutankhamen

Name the Asiatic warriors who brought the Egyptian Middle Kingdom to an end.

• Giza

• Hyksos

• Menakure

• Khufu

What Frenchman was able to decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosetta Stone?

• Champollion

• Copts

• Menes

• Thutmose III

What structure best symbolized the Egyptian concept of state and society?

• pyramid

• Delta River

• Nile River

• Tombs

Strong rulers and pharaohs consolidated the states of Egypt until there were only two that were called ​ (a)   and ​ (b)  

• Upper Egypt
• Lower Egypt
• Thebes
• Memphis
• Cairo

Name the Greek "Father of History" who called Egypt the "gift of the Nile."

• Hatsheput

• Amenhotep II

• Herodotus

• Ramses II

What kingdom was the greatest ancient civilization in Africa's interior?

• Ghana

• Cush

• Mali

• Songhai

Who was the first African on record to become a Christian?

• Edesius

• Frumentius

• Ethiopian eunuch

• Simon of Cyrene