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  • What season did the Nile flood in?
    Summer
  • How were Egypt's kingdom timelines divided?
    Prehistory, ancient history, modern history
    Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms
    Old Kingdom and New Kingdom
    Golden Dynasty, Pharaoh Dynasty, Reign of the Gods
  • What is a sarcophagus?
    A water-based plant used to make paper and other products
    The gold and jewel covered outer coffin of a pharaoh
    The law that was published in the center of the city
    The hidden book that held the secrets of the afterlife
  • Which Egyptian leader changed his name to honor his god?
    Hotshepsut
    Akenhaten
    Imhotep
    Amenhotep IV
  • What determined whether your location was considered Upper Egypt or Lower Egypt
    Whether you were closer to the start (top) of the Nile or the end (bottom) of the Nile
  • What was the job title of those who sold the products made by others?
    Merchant
  • Which was NOT an important advancement by the Egyptians?
    Creating a 365 day calendar
    Using fractions
    Using geometry
    Using cuneiform
  • Who was the goddess that ruled over the dead (also the mother goddess)?
    Isis
    Anubis
    Thoth
    Voltron
  • During which Kingdom did Egyptians stop burying pharaohs in pyramids and buried them in graves in the hills instead?
    The New Kingdom
  • In addition to their regular job, whose job was it to help build pyramids?
    Farmers
    Slaves
    Merchants
    Scribes
  • Why is Narmer/Menes famous?
    He created the Great Sphinx at Gaza
    He defeated the Hyksos using weapons that the Hyksos used
    He was the Egyptian leader that united Upper and Lower Egypt
    She was Egypt's most famous pharaoh
  • Describe a dynasty
    When leadership in a kingdom is passed down from male family member to male family member
  • The place of burial for Pharaohs during the New Kingdom was called?
    The Book of the Dead
    The Valley of the Kings
    The Fertile Crescent
    The River of Eternal Life
  • Which group of Egypt's society was most responsible for creating a surplus?
    The farmers
  • Who was the god of the sun?
    Ra
    Thoth
    Seth
    Osiris
  • Who was the Great Pyramid built for?
    Menes
    King Snafaru
    Thutmose III
    King Khufu
  • What book did the Egyptian believe held the secrets and spells for the afterlife?
    Book of Prayers
    Book of the Heart
    Book of the Dead
    Anubis' Diary
  • Which choice could Egyptian women NOT do?
    Divorce their husbands and remarry
    Become a scribe
    Become doctors
    Own their own land
  • The Nile was made of two smaller sections: the White Nile and the _______ Nile
    Blue
  • Which was NOT a method of war that the Hyksos used to defeat Egypt?
    Bronze weapons
    Compound bows (shooting more than one arrow at once)
    Horse drawn (pulled) chariots
    Siege warfare--surrounding the city and attacking repeatedly
  • What word best describes the floods of the Nile?
    Violent
    Wild
    Destructive
    Predictable
  • What pharaoh changed his name to honor his god?
    Ramses
    Amenhotep IV
    WaffleHouses
    Hapshepsut
  • What was a type of salt used to preserve a mummy, causing it to dehydrate and shrink?
    Cloves
    Incense
    Natron
    Cinnamon
  • What is the fertile (good for farming) land at the top of the Nile river called?
    Delta
  • What word means the belief in many gods?
    Polytheistic
  • Who was the Egyptian god of the sun?
    Anubis
    Hapi
    Grizwaldus
    Re
  • What was Egypt's most important crop (used for food and trade)?
    Papyrus
    Cotton
    Wheat
    Rice
  • What system of math did the Egyptians use to calculate the angles of the pyramids?
    Algebra
    Astronomy
    Geometry
    Anatomy
  • Scribes were in what class of society?
    Top class
    Middle class
    Lower class
    Bottom class
  • What is the current (right now) capital of Egypt?
    Narmer
    Memphis
    Moscow
    Cairo
  • According to Egyptians, which organ of the body was most important?
    The heart
  • Which female pharaoh brought peace to Egypt through trading with other nations?
    Cleopatra
    Hapshetsut
    Re
    Ramses
  • Which is NOT an important pyramid in Egypt's design?
    The Step Pyramid
    The Bent Pyramid
    The Pyramid of Cleopatra
    The Great Pyramid
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