Unit 2 - - TEST (Egypt)

Question 1

What is the name of the ruler who united the northern and southern Egyptian kingdoms around 3100 BC?

Answer 1

Menes

Question 2

What is the name of the northern kingdom which is located along the Nile River delta?

Answer 2

Lower Egypt

Question 3

What are the names of the pharaohs who ruled during the New Kingdom in Egypt?

Answer 3

Thutmose III
Ramses II
Ramses III
Tutankhamen
Akhenaten
Hatshepsut

Question 4

What is the term for nomads who used chariots to conquer Egypt around 1660 BC?

Answer 4

Hyksos

Question 5

What is the term for the process of removing organs and using salt to preserve a body?

Answer 5

Mummification

Question 6

What is the term for huge tombs that were built for pharaohs by common workers?

Answer 6

Pyramids

Question 7

What is the term for a tablet that enabled the French to decipher hieroglyphics?

Answer 7

Rosetta Stone

Question 8

What is the term for a reed that Egyptians used to make a writing surface similar to paper?

Answer 8

Papyrus

Question 9

What is the term for the title which means “great house”?

Answer 9

Pharaoh

Question 10

What is the name of the southern kingdom which is located near the Nile’s first cataract?

Answer 10

Upper Egypt

Question 11

Who ruled as the first female pharaoh in Egyptian history?

Answer 11

Hatshepsut

Question 12

Where did they bury pharaohs during the New Kingdom?

Answer 12

Valley of the Kings

Question 13

What are the military technologies did the Egyptians learn from the Hyksos?

Answer 13

Bronze weapons
War Chariots
Powerful bows

Question 14

Which of the following is a god or goddess worshiped by the Egyptians??

Answer 14

Isis

Question 15

What was the most important responsibility of the Egyptian pharaoh’s?

Answer 15

Preserve maat

Question 16

What city served as the capital of the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom in Egypt?

Answer 16

Thebes

Question 17

Where did the Hittites form a powerful kingdom?

Answer 17

Anatolia

Question 18

What pharaoh led the Egyptian army during the Battle of Kadesh?

Answer 18

Ramses II

Question 19

Who built the Great Temple at Abu Simbel?

Answer 19

Ramses II

Question 20

Who served as Akhenaten’s most dedicated assistant in his new religious cult?

Answer 20

Nefertiti

Question 21

What is the name of the sun disk that Akehenaten worshipped as the only God of Egypt?

Answer 21

Aton

Question 22

What pharaoh brought the Egyptian Empire to its larger size ever?

Answer 22

Thutmose III

Question 23

Who conquered Egypt?

Answer 23

Hyksos

Question 24

What occurred after the collapse of the New Kingdom?

Answer 24

Kingdom of Israel emerged in Canaan
Phoenician city-states flourished in the Levant
Assyrians conquered Egypt

Question 25

Is the Nile River the second longest river in the world?

Answer 25

NO

Question 26

Did the Egyptians used their abundance of grain to produce bread and beer?

Answer 26

YES

Question 27

Did the Egyptians worship cats and dogs as gods on Earth?

Answer 27

NO

Question 28

Does the term "hieroglyphics" mean "scared carving"?

Answer 28

YES

Question 29

Did the Egyptian pharaohs want to conquer Nubia for gold and precious metals?

Answer 29

YES

Question 30

Did the Egyptians eventually respect the Hyksos as equals?

Answer 30

NO

Question 31

Did Hatshepsut fight many wars to expand the Egyptian Empire?

Answer 31

NO

Question 32

Did Nefertiti send an impressive trade expedition to Punt?

Answer 32

NO

Question 33

Did the Hittites live in an area of rugged terrain with very little fertile soil?

Answer 33

YES

Question 34

Did the Hittites speak a Semitic language?

Answer 34

NO

Question 35

Did the Egyptians conquer the Hittite kingdom at the Battle of Kadesh?

Answer 35

NO

Question 36

Did the Assyrians allowed Egyptians to rule in name after conquering Egypt?

Answer 36

YES

Question 37

How did Anubis determine each person's guilt in Egyptian mythology?

Answer 37

He weighted each person's heart/soul against the feather of truth If heart was heavier - unjust heart and it was devoured by a beast

Question 38

What tow products did the Egyptians make with their abundance of grain?

Answer 38

Bread and Beer

Question 39

What were two of Hatshepsut's great accomplishments as ruler of Egypt?

Answer 39

Temple at Deir el- Bahri | Trade expedition to Punt

Question 40

Why did the Egyptians and Hittites fight a battle at Kadesh? How did the battle end?

Answer 40

Egyptians and Hittites fought for control of precious metals and trade routes Kadesh was on the border of the two empires Battle ended in a stalemate and a peace treaty

Question 41

Who were the Sea People? How did they affect Egypt?

Answer 41

Sea People were mysterious warriors who dominated the eastern Mediterranean Sea people attempted to invade Egypt Egypt defeated them Egypt was permanently weakened

Question 42

Be able to discuss the New Kingdom in Egypt - why is this period considered to be the height of Egyptian civilization - identify two New Kingdom pharaohs and describe their reigns. How did the collapse of the New Kingdom affect the ancient near East?

Answer 42

USE YOUR NOTES Pharaohs built an empire stretching from Nubia to Canaan and the Levant Hatshepsut was strong in trade Thutmose III was strong in military expansion Ramses II was strong in defense Collapse of the Egyptian Empire allowed the rise of Israel, Phoenicia and Assyria

Question 43

Be able to describe the civilization built by the Hittites - how did they become the main rival for the New Kingdom - why did the Hittites disappear from the historical record around 1200BC - Why are the Hittites significant in the development of the Western world?

Answer 43

USE YOUR NOTES Anatolia was rugged terrain with very little fertile soil Cooperation between farmers and herders Powerful military challenged Egypt for metals and trade routes in Canaan and the Levant Battle of Kadesh Plaque and crop failure brought the Hittite kingdom to an end I do-European language - which lead to the development of modern European languages

Question 44

What city served as the capital of the Old Kingdom in Egypt?

Answer 44

Memphis