Answer each question by clicking on the letter. Good Luck!
When was Egypt made up of two kingdoms?
c. 5000 B.C.
c. 4000 B.C.
c. 3100 B. C.
c. 6000 B.C.
First you would dig basins, then you would dig canals from the basin to the fields. What type of technology is described here?
Papyrus making
Shadoof
Irrigation
Pyramid making
The Nile River delta empties into what body of water?
Red Sea
Pacific Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
What was the role of the Great Sphinx?
To guard the pharaoh's tomb.
It was built to please the Gods.
To guard the Egyptian kingdom.
The Sphinx played no special role.
How did the Egyptians’ religious beliefs contrast to those of the Mesopotamians?
Mesopotamians left gifts for the dead and the Egyptians did not leave gifts.
Egyptians believed in many gods and the Mesopotamians believed in one God.
Priests were more powerful than pharaohs in Egypt and less powerful in Mesopotamia.
Mesopotamians imagined a gloomy afterlife and Egyptians imagined a place peace and plenty.
The god Horus, was the God of the Pharaoh. He has the form of a falcon headed man wearing a double crown. What is the meaning of the double crown?
To symbolize the unity of lower and upper Egypt.
To symbolize the wealth of the Pharaoh.
To symbolize the power of the Pharaoh.
To symbolize Egypt’s superiority over other civilizations.
Egyptian developed several advances that we still currently use. How was the developed principles of astronomy related to the building of the Pyramids?
They are not related.
Egyptian used astronomy to determine which direction was north.
Egyptians used astronomy to pray to their gods/goddesses.
Egyptians used astronomy to determine which pharaoh to bury in the tombs.
King Tutankhamen only played a small part in Egypt’s history. Why is he the most famous of the pharaohs?
Because he died unexpectedly.
Because he only ruled for 9 years.
Because he was a young pharaoh.
Because most of his treasures were still there when his tomb was discovered.
This pharaoh reigned for 66 years and during his time, regained land in western Asia and rebuilt the Egyptian empire. Who was this pharaoh?
Thutmose III
Amenhotep IV
Ramses II
Tutankhamen
A new form of architecture was created during the middle kingdom. Instead of building pyramids, pharaohs had their tombs cut into cliffs, West of the Nile River. What is this area called?