Egyptian History Quiz

Compared with any other pharaoh in history, Ramses II produced more

• books of scholarship.

• temples and monuments.

• maps based on expeditions.

• inventions to use in warfare.

Hatshepsut was one of the first pharaohs who was

• a god.

• a child.

• a priest.

• a woman.

Which period is often called the Golden Age, a time when Egypt had reached the height of its power?

• the Old Kingdom

• the Middle Kingdom

• the New Kingdom

• after the New Kingdom

What is one characteristic for which Egypt’s Middle Kingdom is especially famous?

• reunification

• great pharaohs

• widespread wars

• military conquests

Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies?

• to decorate palaces of the pharaohs

• to preserve dead bodies of the pharaohs

• to transport goods up and down the Nile

• to educate and protect the royal children

It was built from more than 2 million stone blocks. It had tunnels inside. What was it?

• the Sphinx

• the White Chapel

• the temple at Abu Simbel

• the Great Pyramid at Giza

Who signed the world’s first peace treaty?

• Egypt and the Hittites

• Egypt and the Persians

• Egypt and the Assyrians

• Egypt and the Babylonians

What natural resource did Senusret I exploit to enhance the beauty of his kingdom's art and architecture?

• vast fields of wheat and barley

• rich deposits of limestone and granite

• mines for gold, copper, and gems

• abundant sources of fresh water

Which phrase best describes Hatshepsut’s monument at Dayr al-Bahri?

• a pyramid constructed in the open desert

• a mud-brick structure found on an island

• a shrine dug out of rock below ground level

• a great temple built into a cliff above the river

What was a major purpose for building the pyramids?

• temples for religious worship

• storehouses for reserves of grain

• homes for the pharaohs' servants

• tombs for pharaohs when they died