test review 2 Flashcards
When did Menes rule over Egypt?
5100 years ago
Explanation:
“It is 3100 BC (that is, 5100 years ago), when, as we believe, a king named Menes was ruling over Egypt.
What were the rulers of Ancient Egypt called?
Pharaohs
Explanation:
Pharaohs were the rulers of Ancient Egypt.
Of what did the Egyptians not sing in praise of their river four-thousand years ago?
Answer not listed
Explanation:
“You water the plains and have the power to feed all cattle. You quench the thirsty desert, far from any water. You bring forth the barley, you create the wheat. You fill the granaries and storehouses, not forgetting the poor.”
What was the Ancient Egyptian writing system called?
Hieroglyphs
Explanation:
Ancient Egyptians used Hieroglyphs for their writing system.
Why did the Egyptians preserve all their ancient traditions over the centuries and the priests make sure that no son did anything his father had not done before?
To them, everything old was sacred.
Explanation:
“…preserving all their ancient traditions over the centuries. Their priests made quite sure that no son did anything his father had not done before him. To them, everything old was sacred.”
Which body of water did the Ancient Egyptians worship?
The Nile
Explanation:
“Which is why, from the earliest times, the Egyptians worshiped the Nile as if it were God himself.”
Which of the following do we not attribute to pharaohs?
Answer not listed
Explanation:
“They were called pharaohs. A pharaoh was immensely powerful. He lived in a great stone palace with massive pillars and many courtyards, and his word was law. All the people of Egypt had to toil for him if he so decreed.”
Who was the sun god in Ancient Egypt?
Answer not listed
Explanation:
Amon was the Ancient Egyptian sun god.
Who was the god of the Kingdom of the Dead?
Anubis
Explanation:
Anubis was the god of the Kingdom of the Dead.
“In honor of their gods, they chiseled majestic stone statues, as tall as __________, and built temples as big as __________.”
a five-storey house, towns,
Explanation:
“In honor of their gods, they chiseled majestic stone statues, as tall as a five-story house, and built temples as big as towns.”
What are the tall pointed granite stones placed outside of temples in Ancient Egypt called?
Obelisks
Explanation:
Obelisks are the tall pointed stones cut from single blocks of granite and placed in front of temples.
Which of the following describes a belief that the Ancient Egyptians had in their religion?
A man’s soul left his body when he died, and for some reason, the soul continued needing that body, and would suffer if it crumbled into dust.
Explanation:
“And yet the most important part of the Egyptians’ strange religion was their belief that, although a man’s soul left his body when he died, for some reason the soul went on needing that body, and would suffer if it crumbled into dust.”
Which of the following was not a method that the Ancient Egyptians used to preserve the bodies of the dead?
They bandaged them with long strips of papyrus so that they wouldn’t decay.
Explanation:
“They rubbed them with ointments and the juices of certain plants, and bandaged them with long strips of cloth so that they wouldn’t decay. A body preserved in this manner is called a mummy.”
Why did Ancient Egyptians put in food and furniture and clothes in the tombs and create paintings on the walls from the life of the departed?
A tomb was intended to be a dwelling for the soul when it returned to visit its body.
Explanation:
Ancient Egyptians intended tombs to be a dwelling for the soul when it returned to visit its body.
Which of the following is not an example of how Egyptians “knew what they were doing”?
How they pumped water into ditches as a primitive plumbing system
Explanation:
“Every detail is clear: how they used great nets to catch ducks on the Nile, how they paddled their boats and fished with long spears, how they pumped water into ditches to irrigate the fields, how they drove their cows and goats to pasture, how they threshed grain, made shoes and clothes, blew glass … and how they shaped bricks and built houses.”
Based on the discoveries found in noblemen’s tombs, how did the king reward his faithful ministers?
Answer not listed
Explanation:
“In noblemen’s tombs, we can see embassies thriving from abroad, laden with tribute, and the king rewarding faithful ministers with decorations.”
Which two objects were combined to write “Osiris” in hieroglyphs?
Answer not listed
Explanation:
A throne and an eye were combined to write “Osiris” in hieroglyphs.
Which three languages are found on the Rosetta Stone?
Answer not listed
Explanation:
Ancient Greek, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, and another Egyptian dialect were found on the Rosetta Stone.
What material did Ancient Egyptians use for their writing?
Papyrus
Explanation:
“They wrote on long strips of this papyrus, which were then rolled up into scrolls. A whole heap of these scrolls has survived.”
How long did Ancient Egypt’s empire last?
Nearly 3000 years
Explanation:
“Because the Egyptians were so wise and so powerful their empire lasted for a very long time. Longer than any empire the world has ever known: nearly three thousand years.”
