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Ancient Egypt
1. The pyramids were built by the ancient Egyptians for what purpose?
A. elevated gardens
B. navigational beacons
C. tombs for their rulers
D. astronomical observatories
E. monuments to military leaders
2. Ancient Egyptians had no paper. Instead of paper, they used the dried leaves of what
water plant?
3. Unlike the auk-sample to the right, the real Egyptian Sphinx has the head of a ---- and
the body of a ----.
A. man, lion
B. eagle, ram
C. bear, hawk
D. tiger, goat
E. woman, horse
4. What was the title of the person indicated in this quote?
As in life, he was the incarnation
of the sky god Horus, so in death
he joined the sun god Ra and sailed
the heavens in his celestial boat.
5. According to the Greek historian, Herodotus, Egypt is the gift of ...
A. Isis
B. Osiris
C. the Sun
D. the Nile
E. King Tut
6. The name of what pharaoh is associated with an edifice that rises 475 feet from a square
base that measures about 760 feet on each side?
7. Who is not part of Egyptian mythology?
A. Isis
B. Seth
C. Kali
D. Horus
E. Osiris
8. Artists in ancient Egypt used reed pens and black or red ink to depict ideas or words.
Their system of picture writing is called ...
9. Around 1200 B.C., Egyptians learned to make fine linen from the stalks of ...
A. flax
B. maize
C. cotton
D. yucca
E. palm trees
10. Name the queen who was the wife of her brother, Ptolemy XII, as well as the mistress
of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
11. The great Pyramid of Cheops was constructed from ...
A. basalt
B. marble
C. granite
D. sandstone
E. limestone
12. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone made the translation of the mysterious Egyptian
hieroglyphics possible because it contained a passage of hieroglyphics that was also
written in what other language?
13. Which artifact is directly linked to ancient Egypt?
A. Ishtar Gate
B. Elgin Marbles
C. Rhind Papyrus
D. Forbidden City
E. Pyramid of the Moon
14. What ancient art consisted of extracting the brain through the nose, removing the lungs
and the abdominal organs through an incision, placing the body in a compound of
sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, and finally wrapping the body in many
layers of bandages?
15. Which historical figure is not associated with ancient Egypt?
A. Rameses
B. Cleopatra
C. Amenhotep
D. Hatshepsut
E. Archimedes
16. She was the wife of Akhenaton and is known today chiefly because of the limestone
bust of her that was discovered at Tell el Amarna in 1913. Name this ancient queen.
17. This is a description of a 1995 discovery that occurred in an area of Egypt known as
what valley?
We went through the previously blocked doorway
and found ourselves in a corridor more than 100
feet long. Off the corridor were 20 doors and at the end was a statue of Osiris.
18. Which site was not along the Nile River?
A. Giza
B. Thebes
C. Sparta
D. Memphis
E. Heliopolis
19. Horus was the son of Isis and Osiris. He had the head of a ...
20. Persia conquered Egypt in 525 B.C. and ruled it until it became a Greek state under ...
A. Solon
B. Pericles
C. Alexander
D. Agamemnon
E. Haroun al-Rashid
21. By what right did the pharaohs of ancient Egypt rule?
22. Name the strictly Egyptian architectural form in which a tapering stone needle tipped
with bronze symbolized a ray of the Sun.
A. column
B. obelisk
C. Gothic arch
D. flying buttress
E. post and lintel
23. The date was November 26, 1922. The antechamber contained gilt couches, dismantled
chariots, a golden throne, alabaster vessels, royal robes, musical instruments, and
sentinel statues. Howard Carter had found the tomb of what boy-pharaoh?
24. The area around the delta of the Nile was called ...
A. Nubia
B. Sudan
C. Ethiopia
D. Upper Egypt
E. Lower Egypt
25. A stone or gem carved in the form of a dung beetle, regarded by the ancient Egyptians
as a symbol of resurrection and immortality, is a ...
26. An asp is associated with the death of Queen Cleopatra. What is an asp?
A. a curse
B. a male lion
C. a poisonous snake
D. a ceremonial arrow
E. a northern invader
27. What city in ancient Egypt boasted antiquity's best libraries and an extraordinarily tall
lighthouse?
28. Which bird was sacred to the ancient Egyptians?
A. ibis
B. loon
C. turkey
D. ostrich
E. condor
29. After the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, ancient Egyptian history is divided
into what three kingdoms?
30. A cross with a loop at the top served as the symbol of life for the Egyptians. This
symbol was a(n) ...
A. asp
B. ankh
C. quipu
D. mandala
E. swasti