Chapter 5

Question 1

second largest continent

Answer 1

Africa

Question 2

world’s largest desert

Answer 2

Sahara Desert

Question 3

world’s longest river

Answer 3

Nile River

Question 4

the ancient connection from Africa to Asia

Answer 4

Isthmus of Suez

Question 5

built in 1969 to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the India Ocean

Answer 5

Suez Canal

Question 6

the most magnificent empire in the ancient world

Answer 6

Egypt

Question 7

Egypt’s original name

Answer 7

Mizraim

Question 8

original Egyptians, Hamitic people

Answer 8

Copts

Question 9

the local name for Egypt

Answer 9

Kemet (“black”)

Question 10

Egypt was divided into Two Kingdoms __1__, in __2__, and __3__, in __4__

Answer 10

1. Lower Egypt
2. the North by the Delta
3. Upper Egypt
4. the South by the cataracts

Question 11

the smaller division of Egypt, each having their own king

Answer 11

nomes

Question 12

united the two kingdoms and became the first Pharaoh of all Egypt

Answer 12

Menes

Question 13

capital city of Egypt created by Menes

Answer 13

Memphis

Question 14

Egypt was the greatest power of the ancient world at the time ______

Answer 14

of the Exodus from Egypt

Question 15

“Father of History”

Answer 15

Herodotus

Question 16

Greek explorer that gave Egypt the name “the gift of the Nile”

Answer 16

Herodotus

Question 17

small rivers that form a triangle (delta) shape by the Mediterranean Sea

Answer 17

Nile Delta

Question 18

4 gifts of the Nile

Answer 18

1. Soil
2. Transportation
3. Papyrus
4. Protection

Question 19

the strange writings of the ancient Egyptians

Answer 19

hieroglyphics

Question 20

everyday writing of the Egyptians

Answer 20

hieratic

Question 21

a book of prayers placed in tombs

Answer 21

Book of the Dead

Question 22

an ancient rock with three languages

Answer 22

Rosetta Stone

Question 23

a French scholar who worked for 14 years to decipher the Egyptian language

Answer 23

Champollion

Question 24

Biblical name for Memphis

Answer 24

Noph

Question 25

Biblical name for Thebes

Answer 25

No

Question 26

“city of the dead”: all the remains of Thebes

Answer 26

necropolis

Question 27

god-king of Egypt

Answer 27

pharaoh

Question 28

the Pharaoh’s chief assistant

Answer 28

vizier

Question 29

best symbolizes the Egyptian Conception of state and society

Answer 29

pyramid

Question 30

gods personified nature or animals

Answer 30

naturalistic

Question 31

body of a man, head of a falcon

Answer 31

Horus

Question 32

the process of preserving bodies

Answer 32

mummification

Question 33

the most famous mortuary temple belonged to ____

Answer 33

Hatshepsut

Question 34

one of the world’s greatest archeological discoveries (1922)

Answer 34

King Tut

Question 35

the Great Pyramids of Giza were built for ____, ____, and ____

Answer 35

Khufu, Kafre, and Menkaure

Question 36

the greatest art and architectural accomplishments of Egypt took place in ____

Answer 36

the Old Kingdom

Question 37

reunited the two lands during the Middle Kingdom

Answer 37

Mentuhotep I

Question 38

the estimated arrival of the Hebrew people was during ___

Answer 38

the Twelfth Dynasty

Question 39

”Shepherd kings”

Answer 39

Hyksos

Question 40

AKA the Egyptian Empire

Answer 40

the New Kingdom

Question 41

a Theban prince who was the founder of the New Kingdom

Answer 41

Ahmose I

Question 42

Greatest height of power of Egypt was under _____

Answer 42

Thutmose III

Question 43

Moses’ mother may have been __

Answer 43

Hatshepsut

Question 44

Thutmose’s son

Answer 44

Amenhotep II