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Question 1
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Q. How were canals used by ancient Egyptians?
answer choices
food storage system
funeral rituals
religious festivals
irrigation systems
Question 2
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Q. Which body of water does the Nile River flow into?
answer choices
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Question 3
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Q. Which of the following was NOT part of the mummification process?
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burning the body on a raft on the Nile river
placing the vital organs in canopic jars
rubbing the body with natron salts
wrapping the body in strips of linen cloth
Question 4
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Q. What does the term “pharaoh” mean?
answer choices
great house
great ruler
the king is god
Egypt
Question 5
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Q. Where were the richest farming areas in Egypt found?
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in the great basin
in the delta
near the cataracts
on the west bank
Question 6
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Q. Which invention helped Egyptians survey land after the floods?
answer choices
geometry
papyrus
a shadoof
irrigation
Question 7
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Q. Which invention brought by the Hyksos eventually helped Egyptians win an empire?
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copper weapons
granaries
the chariot
collapsible boats
Question 8
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Q. What were pyramids?
answer choices
temples to the gods
prisons
tombs for pharaohs
tombs for nobles
Question 9
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Q. What did Egyptians study to learn about magic spells and the afterlife?
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Book of the Pharaohs
movements of the sun
Book of the Dead
moon and the stars
Question 10
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Q. What is Egyptian writing called?
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cuneiform
hieroglyphic
characters
Sanskrit
Question 11
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Q. Who created the world’s first nation by uniting Upper and Lower Egypt?
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Menes/Narmer
Thutmose III
Amenhotep V
Hatshepsut
Question 12
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Q. What did Ancient Egyptians believe about the afterlife?
answer choices
it was more important than “real” life
it was not considered important
it was only for pharaohs and their families
it was believed end after death
Question 13
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Q. What was the most common form of religious practice in Ancient Egypt?
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hieroglyphics
polytheism
mythology
monotheism
Question 14
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Q. How were Egyptian pharaohs different from Sumerian kings?
answer choices
Pharaohs ruled with a council to advise them.
Pharaohs had absolute power.
Pharaohs were not believed to be gods.
Pharaohs were elected by the people.
Question 15
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Q. Why was the discovery of King Tut’s tomb important?
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It held the key to understanding hieroglyphics.
It taught historians a lot about Egyptian burial rituals.
It helped save the economy of modern day Egypt.
It taught us a lot about the longest ruling pharaoh in Egypt’s history.
Question 16
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Q. Why was papyrus important to ancient Egyptians?
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it made it easier to keep records and communicate
it allowed them to sail too far away ports for trade
it allowed them to create a system of writing
it kept mice out of the granaries
Question 17
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Q. Why was the Rosetta Stone an important discovery?
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It was written in Sumerian and Greek and allowed historians to translate cuneiform.
It was written in Phoenician and Greek and allowed historians to translate the Phoenician alphabet.
It was written in Hebrew and Greek and allowed historians to translate the Hebrew language.
It was written in hieroglyphics and Greek and allowed historians to translate hieroglyphics.
Question 18
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Q. Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?
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slaves
pharaoh
priests
scribes
Question 19
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Q. What vital organ did the Egyptians believe had to be weighed after death?
answer choices
intestines
heart
stomach
liver
Question 20
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Q. Which geographic feature did NOT provide protection to the Egyptians?
answer choices
mountains
desert
delta
cataracts
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