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- 1. Multiple Choice
Ancient Egyptians mummified the deceased to
preserve bodies for life in the underworld
prevent the god Seth from destroying their souls
preserve bodies for research purposes
prevent the smell of decomposition
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy were tombs filled with art, jewelry, etc.....?Tombs were museums.Tombs were private storage for the pharaoh.Tombs were the safest place in the kingdom.They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceA book of spells used to help obtain life after deathBook of the DeadAfterlife BookBook of ScribesBook of Life
- 4. Multiple ChoiceProcess of embalming and drying a corpse to preserve itMummificationBurialCremationPreservation
- 5. Multiple Choice
What was Osiris the god of?
The underworld and the dead
The sky and wind
Knowledge and wisdom
The moon and stars
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who was the “King of the gods,” and the sun god?
Amut
Thoth
Osiris
Amun-Ra
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who was the god of the sky and the protective god of the pharaoh?
Geb
Hapy
Poseidon
Horus
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who was the god of marriage, magic, and motherhood?
Ptah
Hathor
Amun
Isis
- 9. Multiple Choice
What was Egypt's writing called?
Hieroglyphs
Egyptian
Cuneiform
English
- 10. Multiple ChoiceExistence of life after death. Main concept of Egyptian religionPolytheismMonotheismAfterlifeMummification
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is this system of writing called?
calligraphy
Hieroglyphs
Cuneiform
Alphabet
- 12. Multiple ChoiceA reed plant that grows long the Nile River. Ancient Egyptians made baskets, sandals, river rafts, and paper from it.cataractdeltapapyrusembalming
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the Rosetta Stone so important?It helped archaeologists decipher Egyptian writing?It gave clues about building.It was a book of the dead.It told how pharaoh's rules.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Egyptian religion was:
Monotheistic (belief in one god)
Polytheistic (belief in more than one god)
- 15. Multiple ChoiceHieroglyphics could not be read until Napoleon’s discovery of what item in 1799?The Magic Decoder RingGoogle TranslateThe Rosetta StoneNarmer’s Palette
- 16. Multiple Choice
Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs?
King Tutankhamen
Ahmose of Thebes
Ramses the Great
Queen Hatshepsut
- 17. Multiple Choice
What job employed the most people in Egypt?
merchant
farmer
scribe
architect
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWho was the archaeologist who found King Tut's Tomb?Jean Francois ChampollionHoward CarterLord CarnarvonAll of the above
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWho financed (provided the money for) the excavation of King Tut's tomb?Jean Francois ChampollionHoward CarterLord CarnarvonThe Egyptian government
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe reason King Tut's is so famous is because of this?He was the richest king of all of EgyptHis tomb had the most artifacts ever discovered and taught us a lot about Egyptian times and had strange out come when its discoverers all died after being in itbecause its for the curseis strange because he died so young
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWho is at the top of the Egyptian social hierarchy?slavespharaohscribemerchant
- 22. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Weighing of the Heart, a person's heart is weighed against...A FeatherA Grain of SandGoldA Scareb
- 23. Multiple Choice
How was Egyptian religion and culture different from Mesopotamian in relation to the treatment of women?
Mesopotamians treated women very well, Egyptians did not.
Egyptians didn't care about women.
Egyptian women could hold political and religious power.
Women were not allowed into the religion of Egypt or Mesopotamia.
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWho was the top adviser to the pharaoh?His favorite wife, the queenHis priestHis vizierHis army general
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened to wealthy Egyptians after they died?They were mummifedThey were buried in a casketThey floated down the Nile RiverThey were burned
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