a) Asiab) Europe c) Africad) Asia Minor Egypt is located on the Continent of

a) Nileb) Zambesi c) Euphratesd) Tigris Herodotus called this river a Gift to the people of Egypt

a) Deshretb) Ammit c) Kemetd) Mattock This term means black land

a) Deshretb) Piruit c) Kemetd) Shaduf This term means red land and Represents all that is evil

a) Shadufb) Shemu c) Shaitd) Piruit The season of flooding or Innundation is called

a) Piruitb) Shait c) Papyrusd) Deshret The season of emergence is Known as

a) Shemub) Piruit c) Shadufd) Shait The season of harvest is Known as

a) Nilometerb) Shaduf c) Shemud) Mattock The Egyptian word for plow Is

a) Shemub) Shaduf c) Shaitd) Mattock A device used to raise water from the Nile to irrigation channels

a) Shemub) Shaduf c) Nilometerd) Mattock A device used to measure the Height of the Nile’s flood

a) Piruitb) Shait c) Papyrusd) Deshret The plant used to make paper Is called

a) Tutb) Menes (Narmer) c) Hatshepsutd) Thutmoses IV According to an Egyptian Legend who united upper And lower Egypt

a) Shadufb) Vizier c) Kashtad) Anubis Pharoahs often depend on an Advisor to help them run the Government efficiently. The Title given to this advisor was

a) 2 kingdomsb) 10 dynasties c) 12 dynastiesd) 3 kingdoms Egyptian history is divided Into how many different eras or Time periods

a) Queenb) Pharoah c) Regentd) Dynasty A series of rulers from the Same family is called a

a) Old, Renovated, & Newb) Old, Middle, & New c) Old,Intermediate,& Newd) Khafre, Cheops, & Tut The three kingdoms that divide Egyptian history are

a) Tutankhamunb) Ramses c) Thutmose IId) Nefertiti Great warrior king who had Over 100 children

a) Hatshepsutb) Nefertiti c) Menesd) Ramses III First women pharaoh in Ancient Egypt

a) Senefrub) Khufu c) Cleopatrad) Thutmose I The pharaoh who had the Great Pyramid at Giza built. When it Was completed over 2 million Stone blocks were used.

a) Canopicb) Sarcophagus c) Papyrusd) Cartouche Oval ring that contains the Hieroglyphic name of the Pharaoh.

a) Senefrub) Khufu c) Zoserd) Thutmose I The pharaoh who had the first Pyramid built during the Old Kingdom

a) New Kingdomb) Old Kingdom c) Middle Kingdomd) Intermediate Kingdom The time period from 2700 BCE To around 2200 BCE.

a) New Kingdomb) Old Kingdom c) Middle Kingdomd) Intermediate Kingdom The time period from 1550 BCE To around 1085 BCE.

a) New Kingdomb) Old Kingdom c) Middle Kingdomd) Intermediate Kingdom The time period from 2050 BCE To around 1780 BCE.

a) Cuneiformb) Sanskrit c) Hieroglyphicsd) Helvetica The name of the Egyptian Writing system was called

a) Wedge shaped writingb) Sacred carved inscriptions c) Chicken scratchd) alphabet Hieroglyphics is a Greek Term which means

a) 750b) 26 c) 500d) 100 Approximately how many signs Or symbols did the ancient Egyptian writing system contain

a) Dead Sea Scrollsb) Cleopatra’s diary c) Rosetta Stoned) Osiris papyrus What famous tablet discovered In 1799 allowed the Egyptian Writing system to be translated

a) Edubbab) House of Life c) House of Papyrusd) Mastaba The name given to the temple, where young boys were taught to read & write was called the

a) Papyrusb) alluvium c) Xeroxd) Ricoh Egyptians used a reed like plant to make a type of paper called

a) They gave away their stuffb) They believed in one god c) They built cities for the deadd) They preserved their bodies How did the ancient Egyptians Demonstrate their believe in An afterlife

a) Sphinxb) Mastaba c) Burial moundd) Step pyramid An Arabic word which means Bench and was the first style Of Egyptian tomb built was Called a

a) Imhotepb) Khufu c) Menesd) Cheops The architect of the first Step pyramid built in ancient Egypt was

a) Sinai Peninsulab) Thebes c) The Nile Deltad) Valley of the Kings Instead of pyramids many of Egypt’s greatest pharaohs Were buried in secret cliff side Tombs located in

a) 70b) 50 c) 3d) 180 Approximately how many days Did it take to mummify a body

a) Worship one godb) Prepare for the afterlife c) Go to the temple each dayd) Worship the pharoah In ancient Egypt, a very important religious practice was to

a) When he diedb) When he was born c) When he was crownedd) When the Nile flooded When did planning for a Pharaoh’s tomb begin

a) They were expensive to buildb) They took a long time to build c) They were often robbedd) They ran out of limestone Which of the following was NOT A reason why the ancient Egyptians stopped building pyramids

a) Piruitb) Natron c) Shabtisd) Shait The special salt used to dry the Body during the mummification Process was called

a) Masonb) Shemu c) Shadufd) Canopic The special jars used to hold The internal organs were Known as

a) Shadufb) Shemu c) Shabtisd) Ammit Small little servant statues that were buried with a person and were supposed to do work for the person In the afterlife were called

a) Undertakers handbookb) Rosetta stone c) Book of Amon Red) Book of the dead The collection of spells,poems, And incantations used by the Egyptians to reach the afterlife Was called the

a) sarcophagusb) Shait c) shadufd) Shemu Stone coffin in the tomb where the wooden inner coffins were Placed was the

a) Opening of the mouthb) Capturing of the Ka c) Weighing of the heartd) Trial of Osiris Ceremony where a person’s Soul was judged to see if they Were worthy to go to the field Of reeds

a) Howard Carterb) Heinrich Scheilman c) Indiana Jonesd) Lord Greystoke Who discovered Tutankhamun’s Tomb in 1922 in the Valley of The Kings

a) the universeb) nature c) The governmentd) machines Religion played an important part in Egyptian life by helping to explain the workings of

a) Osirisb) Anubis c) Sethd) Isis The Egyptian god of the Underworld was called

a) Field of Dreamsb) Valhalla c) Field of Reedsd) Land of the dead The Egyptian idea of heaven Or paradise was called the

a) It was illegalb) Grave robbers lived there c) Wild animals might attack d) Spirits of the dead lived there Why didn’t ancient Egyptians want to be on the west bank of the Nile after dark

a) Anubisb) Thoth c) Ammitd) Osiris The Egyptian god of mummification or embalming was

a) Weighing of the heartb) Opening of the mouth c) Freeing of the Bad) Releasing the Ka The last ceremony performed in mummification was the ___ which gave the dead the ability to eat & speak