a) asiab) europe c) africad) asia minor egypt is located on the continent of

a) Asia b) Europe

c) Africa d) Asia Minor

Egypt is located on theContinent of

a) Nile b) Zambesi

c) Euphrates d) Tigris

Herodotus called this river aGift to the people of Egypt

a) Deshret b) Ammit

c) Kemet d) Mattock

This term means black land

a) Deshret b) Piruit

c) Kemet d) Shaduf

This term means red land andRepresents all that is evil

a) Shaduf b) Shemu

c) Shait d) Piruit

The season of flooding orInnundation is called

a) Piruit b) Shait

c) Papyrus d) Deshret

The season of emergence isKnown as

a) Shemu b) Piruit

c) Shaduf d) Shait

The season of harvest isKnown as

a) Nilometer b) Shaduf

c) Shemu d) Mattock

The Egyptian word for plowIs

a) Shemu b) Shaduf

c) Shait d) Mattock

A device used to raise waterfrom the Nile to irrigationchannels

a) Shemu b) Shaduf

c) Nilometer d) Mattock

A device used to measure theHeight of the Nile’s flood

a) Piruit b) Shait

c) Papyrus d) Deshret

The plant used to make paperIs called

a) Tut b) Menes (Narmer)

c) Hatshepsut d) Thutmoses IV

According to an EgyptianLegend who united upperAnd lower Egypt

a) Shaduf b) Vizier

c) Kashta d) Anubis

Pharoahs often depend on anAdvisor to help them run theGovernment efficiently. The Title given to this advisor was

a) 2 kingdoms b) 10 dynasties

c) 12 dynasties d) 3 kingdoms

Egyptian history is dividedInto how many different eras orTime periods

a) Queen b) Pharoah

c) Regent d) Dynasty

A series of rulers from the Same family is called a

a) Old, Renovated, & New b) Old, Middle, & New

c) Old,Intermediate,& New d) Khafre, Cheops, & Tut

The three kingdoms that divideEgyptian history are

a) Tutankhamun b) Ramses

c) Thutmose II d) Nefertiti

Great warrior king who hadOver 100 children

a) Hatshepsut b) Nefertiti

c) Menes d) Ramses III

First women pharaoh inAncient Egypt

a) Senefru b) Khufu

c) Cleopatra d) Thutmose I

The pharaoh who had the GreatPyramid at Giza built. When itWas completed over 2 millionStone blocks were used.

a) Canopic b) Sarcophagus

c) Papyrus d) Cartouche

Oval ring that contains theHieroglyphic name of thePharaoh.

a) Senefru b) Khufu

c) Zoser d) Thutmose I

The pharaoh who had the firstPyramid built during the OldKingdom

a) New Kingdom b) Old Kingdom

c) Middle Kingdom d) Intermediate Kingdom

The time period from 2700 BCETo around 2200 BCE .

a) New Kingdom b) Old Kingdom

c) Middle Kingdom d) Intermediate Kingdom

The time period from 1550 BCETo around 1085 BCE .

a) New Kingdom b) Old Kingdom

c) Middle Kingdom d) Intermediate Kingdom

The time period from 2050 BCETo around 1780 BCE .

a) Cuneiform b) Sanskrit

c) Hieroglyphics d) Helvetica

The name of the Egyptian Writing system was called

a) Wedge shaped writing b) Sacred carved inscriptions

c) Chicken scratch d) alphabet

Hieroglyphics is a GreekTerm which means

a) 750 b) 26

c) 500 d) 100

Approximately how many signsOr symbols did the ancientEgyptian writing system contain

a) Dead Sea Scrolls b) Cleopatra’s diary

c) Rosetta Stone d) Osiris papyrus

What famous tablet discovered In 1799 allowed the EgyptianWriting system to be translated

a) Edubba b) House of Life

c) House of Papyrus d) Mastaba

The name given to the temple,where young boys were taughtto read & write was called the

a) Papyrus b) alluvium

c) Xerox d) Ricoh

Egyptians used a reed likeplant to make a type ofpaper called

a) They gave away their stuff b) They believed in one god

c) They built cities for the dead d) They preserved their bodies

How did the ancient EgyptiansDemonstrate their believe inAn afterlife

a) Sphinx b) Mastaba

c) Burial mound d) Step pyramid

An Arabic word which meansBench and was the first styleOf Egyptian tomb built wasCalled a

a) Imhotep b) Khufu

c) Menes d) Cheops

The architect of the firstStep pyramid built in ancientEgypt was

a) Sinai Peninsula b) Thebes

c) The Nile Delta d) Valley of the Kings

Instead of pyramids many ofEgypt’s greatest pharaohs Were buried in secret cliff side Tombs located in

a) 70 b) 50

c) 3 d) 180

Approximately how many daysDid it take to mummify a body

a) Worship one god b) Prepare for the afterlife

c) Go to the temple each day d) Worship the pharoah

In ancient Egypt, a very important religious practice was to

a) When he died b) When he was born

c) When he was crowned d) When the Nile flooded

When did planning for aPharaoh’s tomb begin

a) They were expensive to build b) They took a long time to build

c) They were often robbed d) They ran out of limestone

Which of the following was NOTA reason why the ancient Egyptians stopped buildingpyramids

a) Piruit b) Natron

c) Shabtis d) Shait

The special salt used to dry theBody during the mummificationProcess was called

a) Mason b) Shemu

c) Shaduf d) Canopic

The special jars used to holdThe internal organs wereKnown as

a) Shaduf b) Shemu

c) Shabtis d) Ammit

Small little servant statues that wereburied with a person and were supposed to do work for the personIn the afterlife were called

a) Undertakers handbook b) Rosetta stone

c) Book of Amon Re d) Book of the dead

The collection of spells,poems,And incantations used by theEgyptians to reach the afterlifeWas called the

a) sarcophagus b) Shait

c) shaduf d) Shemu

Stone coffin in the tomb where the wooden inner coffins werePlaced was the

a) Opening of the mouth b) Capturing of the Ka

c) Weighing of the heart d) Trial of Osiris

Ceremony where a person’sSoul was judged to see if theyWere worthy to go to the fieldOf reeds

a) Howard Carter b) Heinrich Scheilman

c) Indiana Jones d) Lord Greystoke

Who discovered Tutankhamun’sTomb in 1922 in the Valley of The Kings

a) the universe b) nature

c) The government d) machines

Religion played an importantpart in Egyptian life by helpingto explain the workings of

a) Osiris b) Anubis

c) Seth d) Isis

The Egyptian god of theUnderworld was called

a) Field of Dreams b) Valhalla

c) Field of Reeds d) Land of the dead

The Egyptian idea of heavenOr paradise was called the

a) It was illegal b) Grave robbers lived there

c) Wild animals might attack d) Spirits of the dead lived there

Why didn’t ancient Egyptianswant to be on the west bank ofthe Nile after dark

a) Anubis b) Thoth

c) Ammit d) Osiris

The Egyptian god of mummification orembalming was

a) Weighing of the heart b) Opening of the mouth

c) Freeing of the Ba d) Releasing the Ka

The last ceremony performedin mummification was the ___which gave the dead the abilityto eat & speak