Egypt

Question 1

the heretic pharaoh who ruled before Tutankhamun, possibly his father or his brother. The experts disagree.

Answer 1

Akhenaten (Amenophis IV)

Question 2

Magic objects worn or carried to bring good luck or keep away evil.

Answer 2

Amulets

Question 3

wife of King Tutankhamun

Answer 3

Ankhesenamun

Question 4

Grandfather of Ankesenamun, successor to Tutankhamun

Answer 4

Ay

Question 5

the photographer who worked with Howard Carter, taking pictures of Tutankhamun’s tomb as it was excavated

Answer 5

Harry Burton

Question 6

the containers which held the internal organs of mummified body

Answer 6

canoptic jars

Question 7

a british nobleman who financed archaeological explorations in Egypt

Answer 7

Lord Carnarvon

Question 8

the archaeologist who discovered and excavated Tutankhamun’s tomb

Answer 8

Howard Carter

Question 9

an archaeologist who worked in Egypt the turn of the century

Answer 9

Theodore Davis

Question 10

to prepare a body for burial

Answer 10

embalm

Question 10

ancient people who lived in what is known as Syria and Turkey

Answer 10

Hittites

Question 11

the ancient Egyptian term for the soul or the spirit

Answer 11

Ka

Question 12

a dead body treated to be preserved

Answer 12

mummy

Question 13

a sodium mineral which has a drying effect

Answer 13

Natron

Question 14

a large and elaborate cemetery

Answer 14

Necropolis

Question 15

the God of ancient Egypt who died yearly and was reborn

Answer 15

Osiris

Question 16

decorations worn on the chest

Answer 16

pectorals

Question 17

a ruler of ancient Egypt

Answer 17

Pharaoh

Question 18

the sun God of ancient Egypt symbolized by the hawk

Answer 18

Ra

Question 19

a pharaoh of Egypt in the 12th century B.C., whose tomb was close to that of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings

Answer 19

Ramesses VI

Question 20

a stone coffin

Answer 20

sarcophagus

Question 21

stones carved to resemble beetles, symbols of life reborn to the ancient Egyptians

Answer 21

Scarabs

Question 22

a small statue placed in an Egyptian tomb. In the afterlife the ___ became the servants of the dead person

Answer 22

Shawabty

Question 23

the king, or pharaoh, of Egypt from about 1361 to 1352 B.C.

Answer 23

Tutankhamun

Question 24

a salve or ointment made from oil or fat, many times with expensive perfumes added

Answer 24

unguents

Question 25

upper class A

Answer 25

pharaoh

Question 26

upper class B

Answer 26

vizier, priest, and high priest

Question 26

upper class C

Answer 26

chief army officer, nobles, scribes, high government official

Question 26

middle class D

Answer 26

architects, artists, farmers, skilled craftsmen, and merchants

Question 26

middle class E

Answer 26

commander of army

Question 26

lower class F

Answer 26

servants and unskilled laborers

Question 26

lower class G

Answer 26

slaves and peasants

Question 26

professional __ were hired by the family to cry, wave their arms and cry uncontrollably

Answer 26

mourners

Question 26

most Egyptians were buried __ in shallow graves

Answer 26

naked

Question 26

it took __ days to mummify a body

Answer 26

70

Question 27

After ___ days the body's skin would become dry and leathery

Answer 27

40

Question 27

the __ organs were removed to prevent decay

Answer 27

internal

Question 27

Egyptians believed that if a person's body was preserved on earth the soul would have eternal life in the kingdom of ___ their God

Answer 27

Osiris

Question 27

Egyptians discovered that the hot dry sand of the __ preserved the body better than the fertile earth close to the Nile

Answer 27

desert

Question 28

the mummy was sometimes given a face __ that resembled the deceased

Answer 28

masks

Question 29

the body was bathed in __ and other liquids

Answer 29

wine

Question 30

after 40 days mummies were cleaned again and rubbed with spices and __ to soften the skin

Answer 30

oils

Question 31

in Egypt a persons __ was judged by the number of mourners at the funeral

Answer 31

importance

Question 32

when the mummy would arrive at the tomb the __ would perform the Opening of the Mouth Ceremony

Answer 32

priest

Question 33

its function was to preserve the body after death

Answer 33

pyramids

Question 34

a priest would touch the mummies __ to enable the deceased to his body again

Answer 34

mouth

Question 35

the ___ in the wine would kill decay-- causing bacteria

Answer 35

alcohol

Question 36

Egyptian civilization grew along this river

Answer 36

Nile

Question 37

Egyptian civilization grew along the river because

Answer 37

the rest of the country was a desert region

Question 38

the Egyptians developed geometry and algebra

Answer 38

false

Question 39

most people were __ and slaves

Answer 39

peasants

Question 40

what was egypts nickname

Answer 40

the gift of the nile

Question 40

the egyptians developed a calendar with __ days

Answer 40

365