Egypt Test

Question 1

Akhenathen

Answer 1

Egyptian pharaoh who ruled from 1353- 1336 BCE. Crowned Amenhotep IV and radically changed Egyptian religion by introducing monotheism for Aten.

Question 2

Nefertiti

Answer 2

The Wife of Akhenathen

Question 3

Ramses II

Answer 3

Ruled from 1279- 1213 BCE. One of the greatest pharaohs known for his military accomplishments, driving out the Hittities, and the building of the Abu Simbel.

Question 4

Tutankhamen

Answer 4

Achieved the throne at the age of 9, and archeologists would later find his undisturbed tomb in The Valley of The Kings.

Question 5

Hatsheput

Answer 5

Ruled from 1479- 1458 BCE, the only known female pharaoh who waged war and expanded the Egyptian empire.

Question 5

Hyskos

Answer 5

Outside conquerors that caused the collapse of the Middle Kingdom while advancing the technology of the New Kingdom.

Question 6

Hitties

Answer 6

One of the major empires of the Bronze Age that wreaked havoc in Ancient Egypt, driven out by Ramses II.

Question 7

King Narmer / Menes

Answer 7

United Upper and Lower Egypt for the first time around 3100 BCE.

Question 8

Ahmose I

Answer 8

Expelled the Hyksos from Egypt in 1550 BCE, starting the New Kingdom.

Question 9

Thutmose III

Answer 9

The successor to Hatshepsut, infamous for trying to erase Hatshepsut from history.

Question 10

Cleopatra VII

Answer 10

Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, notable for maintaining and protecting Egypt and infamous for having affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.

Question 11

“The Sea People”

Answer 11

invasion by foreigners that contributed to the collapse of the New Kingdom.