Egypt Test

Question 1

What is a huge, triangular shaped burial tombs of Egyptian pharaohs built during the Old Kingdom

Answer 1

Pyramid

Question 2

What is A tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top

Answer 2

Obelisk

Question 3

What is the Egyptian writing that involved using pictures to represent words

Answer 3

Hieroglyphics

Question 4

What is a long-lasting, PAPER-like material made from reeds

Answer 4

Papyrus

Question 5

Belief in more than one god

Answer 5

Polytheism

Question 6

A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.

Answer 6

Pharaoh

Question 7

A huge, stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, greek…(etc)

Answer 7

Rosetta Stone

Question 8

What is the significance of Rosetta Stone?

Answer 8

Unlocked the meaning of hieroglyphics

Question 9

What is the Old Kingdom known for?

Answer 9

Pyramids

Question 10

How did Djoser’s pyramid differ from others?

Answer 10

Step shaped and made of stone

Question 11

What was Snefru’s pyramid?

Answer 11

It was the first true pyramid

Question 12

What does Djoser do?

Answer 12

Moves border to Aswan (southernmost border)

Question 13

What is the Middle Kingdom known as?

Answer 13

The Golden Age

Question 14

What is present Nubia

Answer 14

Sudan

Question 15

What did Egypt do to Nubia (Pharaoh Sesostris)

Answer 15

Took over for more than 450 years and took gold

Question 16

Why are the super forts so hard to research today?

Answer 16

400m under Lake Naser

Question 17

What did hyksos do to Egypt in the Middle Kingdom

Answer 17

Attacked Egypt from north

Question 18

What did Hatshepsut like to call herself?

Answer 18

King Hatshepsut

Question 19

What did Thutmose III do after Hatshepsut died

Answer 19

Destroyed her legacy

Question 20

Who was the most hated Pharaoh

Answer 20

Amenhotep IV

Question 21

What did Amenhotep IV do?

Answer 21

made church and state unstable, and moved capital from Luxor to Amarna

Question 22

What is Luxor also known as

Answer 22

Thebes

Question 23

What is the most famous cemetery?

Answer 23

Valley of the Kings

Question 24

What is Ramesses II also known as?

Answer 24

Ramesses the Great

Question 25

What was the significance of Ramesses wife?

Answer 25

Her tomb was as big as Ramesses II

Question 26

What is step one of Mummification Process?

Answer 26

Cleaning of body in Nile River

Question 27

What is step two of Mummification Process?

Answer 27

Organ Removal (Brain taken out with hook, heart preserved in salt and put back in body)

Question 28

What is step three of Mummification Process?

Answer 28

Drying out and covering body in natron (salt)

Question 29

What is step four of Mummification Process?

Answer 29

The body is soaked in Natron for 40 days.

Question 30

What is step five of Mummification Process?

Answer 30

Body plumped with sawdust and cloth, and covered with resin and painted (red for men - yellow for women)

Question 31

What is step six of Mummification Process?

Answer 31

Body is wrapped in linen strips (wrap and pour with resin continuously)

Question 32

What is step seven of Mummification Process?

Answer 32

Ceremonial mask is made to look like the person (wealthy only)

Question 33

What is step eight of Mummification Process?

Answer 33

After 70 days, the process is done and the burial starts

Question 34

Who is Anubis?

Answer 34

Guide to underworld (Jackal headed god with long tail)

Question 35

Who is Osirus?

Answer 35

God of underworld

Question 36

What is the Book of the Dead?

Answer 36

Collection of spells and prayers studied to help in the afterlife. (placed in the tomb to help afterlife soul)

Question 37

How long did the Intermediate Period last?

Answer 37

150 years

Question 38

What happened in the Intermediate Period?

Answer 38

Social unrest, build decline because of weak leaders

Question 39

What was the Intermediate Period between?

Answer 39

Old and middle kingdom

Question 40

Why did the Old Kingdom come to an end?

Answer 40

Chaos, famine, and drought