Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following best describes why Herodotus called Egypt the gift
of the Nile?
a. | Egypt was the country of many great rulers. | b. | Egypt was temperate
in its climate. | c. | The Nile River flowed from east to west. | d. | The Nile River
brought fertility and life to the region. |
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The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called
a. | Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. | c. | Eastern Egypt and Western
Egypt. | b. | Mesopotamia. | d. | Nubia and Cairo. |
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Which of the following best defines delta?
a. | a series of rulers | c. | a series of rough rapids | b. | a triangle-shaped
area of land | d. | a ruler of a
great house |
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How did Egyptian farmers water their crops?
a. | They built a series of canals. | c. | They used cattle to carry
buckets. | b. | They built basins to hold water. | d. | They used
aqueducts. |
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Who do historians believe to be Egypt’s first pharaoh?
a. | Menes | c. | Khufu | b. | Nubia | d. | Horus |
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Which of the following best defines dynasty?
a. | a collection of queens | c. | series of rulers from different families | b. | a collection of
kingdoms | d. | series of rulers
from the same family |
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The first pharaoh built a new capital city at the southern tip of the Nile Delta
called
a. | Nekhen. | c. | Pe. | b. | Memphis. | d. | Sinai. |
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The first pharaoh and rulers after him wore a double crown to symbolize
a. | that the Nile River flowed two ways. | b. | that both farming and herding were
important. | c. | their joint rule with their respective queens. | d. | their rule over both
Upper and Lower Egypt. |
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The most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom was
a. | Horus. | c. | Menes. | b. | Sinai. | d. | Khufu. |
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Which of the following best defines nobles?
a. | powerful artists of the kingdom | c. | people from rich and powerful
families | b. | powerful farmers of the kingdom | d. | people from neighboring
countries |
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Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?
a. | the afterlife | c. | the pharaohs | b. | the pyramids | d. | the heavens |
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Which statement best describes the burial practices of Egyptians?
a. | Egyptians preserved bodies as mummies. | b. | Egyptians carried their dead to neighboring
countries. | c. | Egyptians used a funeral pyre for their dead. | d. | Egyptians buried
their dead in the river. |
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Pyramids are
a. | warehouses where surplus food is stored. | b. | temples where the
people are allowed to come and pray. | c. | stone tombs with four rectangle-shaped sides
that join a limestone roof. | d. | royal tombs with four triangle-shaped sides
that meet in a point on top. |
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Why did the Egyptians build their pyramids to be grand and spectacular?
a. | because they reflected the sun god’s importance | b. | because they
reflected a pharaoh’s importance | c. | because they reflected the farmers’
importance | d. | because they reflected the priests’ importance |
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Who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt to begin the New Kingdom?
a. | Ozti | c. | Ahmose of Thebes | b. | Ramses the Great | d. | Queen
Hatshepsut |
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What factor contributed most to the growth of trade in the New
Kingdom?
a. | Egypt’s defeat of the Sinai Peninsula | c. | Egypt’s conquest of distant
lands | b. | Egypt’s creation of an army | d. | Egypt’s creation of the
pyramids |
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Queen Hatshepsut increased trade in Egypt and
a. | fought the Hittites. | c. | supported the Sea Peoples. | b. | fought the
Hyksos. | d. | supported the arts
and architecture. |
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What job employed the most people in Egypt?
a. | merchant | c. | scribe | b. | farmer | d. | architect |
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Ramses the Great is best remembered
a. | for his ability as an artist. | b. | as a great scribe. | c. | for his untimely
death at the hands of Ahmose. | d. | as a great warrior and
builder. |
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Which of the following best defines hieroglyphics?
a. | Egyptian writing system | c. | paper-like
material | b. | Sumerian writing system | d. | four-sided pillar |
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How did the Rosetta Stone help scholars and historians in their study of
hieroglyphics?
a. | It provided clues to Ramses’ tomb. | b. | It provided clues to
Queen Hatshepsut’s tomb. | c. | It provided paintings of various creation
stories. | d. | It provided a Greek text that matched the early Egyptian
writing. |
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Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?
a. | The tombs served as museums. | b. | The tombs were the private storage rooms of the
pharaoh. | c. | Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom. | d. | Egyptians believed
the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife. |
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Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices
and beliefs?
a. | King Tutankhamen | c. | Ramses the Great | b. | Ahmose of Thebes | d. | Queen
Hatshepsut |
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What geographic feature brought life to Egypt and
allowed it to thrive? a. | deltas | c. | cataracts | b. | mountains | d. | river |
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Why did the Egyptians want the Nile to flood each
year? a. | so they could build more canals | b. | to ensure that crops would get water and
fertile soil | c. | to create a way to float their temple stones on barges | d. | so they could sail
to trading cities |
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Which of these statements is true about
polytheism? a. | Gods were considered to be on the same level as everyone else. | b. | Anyone could be a
god. | c. | There are many gods and goddesses. | d. | There is only one major
god. |
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Which of the following is a feature of Egyptian
architecture? a. | large huts made of wood | b. | huge stone pyramids that served as
tombs | c. | elaborate multi-story wooden buildings | d. | large, domed
temples |
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Which Egyptian ruler is known for expanding trade
and building great monuments? a. | Ramses the Great | c. | Isis | b. | Menes | d. | Hatshepsut |
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Matching
On your scantron use: e =
a; f = b; g =
c; h = d; i =
a; j = b; k =
c; l = d
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In the space provided, write the letter of the term or place that matches
each description. Some answers will not be used. a. | afterlife | g. | nobles | b. | canals | h. | pyramids | c. | engineering | i. | Ramses the Great | d. | Hatshepsut | j. | scribes | e. | hieroglyphics | k. | temples | f. | merchants | l. | Tutankhamen |
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Monuments and tombs to Egypt’s pharaohs
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30.
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A belief in this explains why Egyptians practiced mummification
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These middle class government officials were honored in Egyptian
society
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Egyptian writing system
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33.
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The discovery of his tomb taught us much about Egyptian burial
practices
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Egyptian farmers used these to direct water from the river to their
fields
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Knowledge of this made the construction of the Great Pyramid of Khufu
possible
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Elaborate buildings that served as places to worship and honor the gods
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People from rich and powerful families
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Great ruler who fought the Hittites and strengthened Egypt’s western
frontier
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