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NAME:_________________________________ DATE:_________________________________ PERIOD:________________________________ EGYPT PRACTICE QUIZ 1. If we could travel back to the Sahara earlier than 4,000 B.C., what would we see? A. The desert was exactly the same B. The desert was even bigger and drier C. There was an ocean there D. It was a region of grasslands with many animals 2. What did Egyptians call their land and why? A. The Middle Kingdom, because they thought they were in the center of the world B. The Land of the Black-Haired People, because everyone had black hair C. Kemet, the Black Land, because of the fertile soil D. The Land of the Rising Sun, because they worshiped the sun 3. What is silt? A. Silt is desert sand B. Silt is rich, fertile soil deposited by a river C. Silt is the fabric made from reeds 4. What is a delta? Where did the word come from? A. A bay where there is an inlet to a river; from Latin letters B. A mountain range; from the an Egyptian god C. A long river; from the Egyptian D. A protruding piece of land pushed out by a river; from the Greek letter delta 5. A. B. C. D. Why is Upper Egypt south of Lower Egypt? The curve of the earth only makes it appear to be this way Upper Egypt is at a higher altitude than Lower Egypt, and the Nile runs north Egyptians had the compass, but it pointed south Upper Egypt refers to where the kings and nobles lived 6. What was the significance of the cataracts on the Nile? A. These formed a barrier for navigation, dividing the regions B. These made a natural barrier against invaders C. These were so beautiful that the rulers built their capital city here. ANKH EBONY NECROPOLIS CATARACT SCARAB OBELISK DELTA NATRON PHARAOH PAPYRUS FLAX SCORPION KING 7. A natural salt used to dry out mummies ____NATRON_________________________ 8. A plant used to make writing material (our English word “paper” comes from this word) _____________PAPYRUS_____________________________________________ 9. Our letter “D” is from this Greek letter _____DELTA__________________________ 10. The name for the Egyptian ruler __________PHARAOH________________________ 11. Greek word for “city of the dead” _______NECROPOLIS_____________________ 12. A dark, hard wood, prized by the Egyptians _____EBONY_______________________ 13. A religious symbol, representing eternal life _____ANKH___________________________ 14. A plant the Egyptians used for fibers to make cloth ____FLAX_______________ 15. A shiny dung-beetle the Egyptians admired because of its ability to go inert and then apparently come “back to life” ____________SCARAB_______________________________ 16. A tapering square tower with a pyramid shape on top _______OBELISK_____________ 17. Rock-filled rapids ____________CATARACT______________________________ 18. The oldest known name of an Egyptian ruler ____SCORPION KING_____________ 19. What was the symbol of unified Upper and Lower Egypt? A. The ankh C. The scorpion B. The scarab D. The two crowns in one 20. If a trader wanted to go from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt, would they have their sails raised or lowered? A. Raised to go with the wind upstream. B. Lowered, to go with the current against the wind. 21. What is a dynasty? A. The ruler of an empire B. A series of rulers from the same family 22. What is a monarch? A. A representative government B. A single ruler C. A priest in a temple D. A new religion C. Religious government D. A series of rulers PENICILLIN KA SENET SARCOPHAGUS CANOPIC CLEOPATRA LINEN KHUFU THE SEA PEOPLES SPHINX SNEFRU HIEROGLYPHICS 23. The name of the jars that kept a mummy’s internal organs preserved __CANOPIC____ 24. The mysterious people who invaded Egypt ____THE SEA PEOPLES______________ 25. A creature with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh ____SPHINX___________ 26. A famous Egyptian board game _____SENET___________________________ 27. The style of picture writing invented by the Egyptians ____HIEROGLYPHICS___________ 28. The fabric Egyptians used to make their clothing ____LINEN____________________ 29. Greek word for the stone or gold coffin that held mummies ___SARCOPHAGUS_________ 30. Egyptian word for the soul ________KA_____________________________________ 31. The pharaoh who built the Step Pyramid, the Bent Pyramid, and the Red Pyramid (second largest) _______________SNEFRU___________________________________________ 32. The last Greek ruler of Egypt, famous lover of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, killed herself with a poison snake (an asp) rather than surrender to the Romans ____CLEOPATRA______ 33. People wonder if the Egyptians discovered this, because an ancient medical remedy called for “moldy bread” to be applied to wounds __________PENICILLIN__________ 34. The son of Snefru; the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid at Giza ____KHUFU_________ 35. What is a theocracy? A. A representative government B. A single ruler C. Religious government D. A series of rulers 36. How did deserts influence Egypt’s development? A. The deserts allowed more people to invade B. The deserts made it harder to farm C. The deserts made it very quiet and relaxing in temples D. The deserts made it hard for invaders to reach Egypt, leaving them isolated 37. How did Egypt become an empire? A. They had a king C. They conquered other people and ruled over them B. They formed a confederation D. They elected a ruling council 38. What item did Egypt desperately need to trade for? A. Stone C. Iron B. Wood D. Food 39. Who was the famous female ruler who controlled Egypt for 22 years? A. Ramses C. Snefru B. Anubis D. Hatshepsut 40. What did Egyptians believe about the afterlife? A. They believed that after you die, there is nothing that follows. B. They believed that it was necessary to preserve a person’s body after death in order for the soul to exist in the afterlife. C. They believed that the rich would be punished and the poor would be rewarded. 41. What has recent research shown about the building of the pyramids? A. It took fewer people than previously thought, it was done in a shorter time, and the workers were not slaves. B. It took more workers than previously thought, it was done over a longer time, and the workers were all slaves. C. The pyramids were actually built a thousand years earlier than previously thought. D. Aliens built the pyramids. 42. What were the builders of the pyramids obviously worried about? A. Erosion C. Thieves B. Earthquakes D. Floods 43. Were they right to worry about this? A. Yes, almost all ancient treasures were stolen. B. Yes, earthquakes destroyed most pyramids. C. No, floods never threatened the pyramids. D. No, erosion was not a serious problem in Egypt. 44. What did Moses do with regards to Egyptian history? A. He led the Jews out of their slavery in Egypt B. He led the Jews into slavery in Egypt C. He made the Egyptians believe in one God 45. What did Akhenaton do in Egypt? A. He made the Egyptians polytheistic B. He tried to make the Egyptians monotheistic C. He tried to make the world’s largest empire 46. What was special about King Tutankhamen? A. He was the pharaoh who met Moses B. He was the most powerful pharaoh ever C. His tomb was found with many of its treasures still present D. His pyramid was the largest of all the ones at Giza 47. Where were many Egyptian tombs located? A. The Well of Souls C. the center of Memphis B. The Valley of the Kings D. inside Nubia MONOTHEISM HORUS CAT POLYTHEISM OSIRIS ASSYRIAN ANUBIS ISIS PERSIAN AMUN-RA SCENTED FAT ALEXANDER THE GREAT 48. What did the Egyptians put on their head in cones to melt a perfume smell over their bodies? _______SCENTED FAT_______________________________________ 49. What common animal did the Egyptians domesticate and consider magical? _CAT___ 50. Belief in one god ____MONOTHEISM_____________________________ 51. The first empire to stretch from Mesopotamia to Egypt ___ASSYRIAN_______ 52. The person who conquered the Persian Empire _____ALEXANDER THE GREAT_______ 53. Belief in many gods ____POLYTHEISM______________________________ 54. Jackal-headed god of the underworld, inventor of mummification __ANUBIS_____ 55. The empire that conquered Assyria and ruled all the land from India to Greece to Egypt; the largest the world had ever seen until then ____PERSIAN____________________ 56. The sun-god, ruler of the gods, god of the sky, father of the gods, most important god _______AMUN-RA___________________________________________ 57. The god of the living and the dead, judge of the dead, god of the afterlife _OSIRIS___ 58. Wife of Osiris, mother, protector of children __ISIS______________________ 59. Son of Isis and Osiris, god of war, god of vengeance. Head of a falcon ___HORUS_____ 60. What has the social structure of ancient Egypt been compared to? A. A pyramid –the pharaoh on top, peasants and slaves on the bottom B. An oasis – the rich at the water, the poor in the desert C. A city with both fancy temples and ghettos 61. What was the name of the artifact that allowed archaeologists to decode ancient Egyptian writing? A. The pyramids C. The Sphinx B. The Rosetta Stone D. The Book of he Dead 62-63. How was Egypt different from Mesopotamia? (Circle Two) Egypt was polytheistic Egypt became an empire Egypt had a monarch Egypt had more stone for building Egypt was in a river valley Egypt invented her own writing system Egyptian farmers grew a surplus Egypt’s deserts protected her from invasion TRUE OR FALSE? (write T or F for each) 64. Mummies were ground up into powder for medicine 65. Pets were sometimes mummified T T 66. There are no pyramids outside of Egypt F 67. Some American cities are named after Egyptian cities T 68. History teachers will sometimes “walk like an Egyptian” 69. The brain was kept in a jar to preserve it T F 70. Dancing in New Orleans funerals is an African tradition that may have its roots in ancient Egypt 71. They still speak Egyptian in Egypt F CHALLENGE questions: Who was the crocodile-headed god who was patron god of the military? SOBEK Who was the mystery-animal-headed god who murdered Osiris? SETH Who was the god of writing (with an ibis head)? THOTH What was the Egyptian book of spells and stories of the gods? THE BOOK OF THE DEAD T