1) Means "great house"--the religious and political leader of Egypt a) Pharaoh b) Osiris c) A long handled bucket hat helped Egyptian farmers grow crops by distributing the water to the fields d) The Nile River contains dangerous, fast moving waters called __ 2) The god of agriculture, death, and the underworld a) Pharaoh b) A long handled bucket hat helped Egyptian farmers grow crops by distributing the water to the fields c) The Nile River contains dangerous, fast moving waters called __ d) Osiris 3) cataracts a) Osiris b) A long handled bucket hat helped Egyptian farmers grow crops by distributing the water to the fields c) Pharaoh d) The Nile River contains dangerous, fast moving waters called __ 4) shadoof a) Osiris b) A long handled bucket hat helped Egyptian farmers grow crops by distributing the water to the fields c) Pharaoh d) The Nile River contains dangerous, fast moving waters called __ 5) A writing system that combined picture and sound symbols a) hieroglyphics b) canopics c) natrons d) shadoofs 6) In a dynasty, who takes power when a pharaoh dies? a) the person the pharaoh has chosen b) the pharaoh's son or grandson c) the person who is elected by the people d) the pharaoh's daughter or granddaughter 7) Narmer was significant because he a) Was the god of death and the afterlife b) Was Egypt's first female pharaoh c) United Upper and Lower Egypt d) Defeated the Syrian army in 550 B.C. 8) Which is the best description the Nile River's delta? a) dry desert b) salty seawater c) flat grassland d) fertile marshland 9) The Nile River's floods were more ______ than those in Mesopotamia. a) sudden b) predictable c) violent d) deadly 10) The first Egyptian capital was in which city? a) Cairo b) Alexandria c) Memphis d) Amenhotep 11) Which body of water was NOT an important feature of Egypt's geography? a) The Euphrates b) The Red Sea c) The Nile d) The Mediterranean Sea 12) Which statement about travel in Egypt is TRUE? a) Strong currents in the Nile ran from North to South b) Strong winds blew from East to West, allowing for travel on the Red Sea c) Merchants could not travel from Lower Egypt to Upper Egypt d) Strong winds blew travelers from the North to the South in the Nile 13) Who was the god of the sun? a) Re b) Thot c) Osiris d) Isis 14) Egypt's god of agriculture, death, and the afterlife was a) Isis b) Imenhotep c) Osiris d) Re 15) What is a theocracy? a) When the same person is both the political and religious leader b) When a kingdom is passed down from father to son c) When a country is led by the person that the citizens vote for 16) or government officials, appointed to official jobs that supervised construction and repair of dams, irrigation canals, and brick granaries. a) Princes b) Bureaucrats c) Scribes d) Viziers 17) The Egyptians believed that Pharaoh was the son of ________, the Egyptian sun god a) Osiris b) Set c) Horus d) Re 18) Embalming describes what process? a) Bowing down as the Pharaoh passed b) A way to keep the body from decomposing c) Transitioning from life to the Afterlife d) Worshipping many gods 19) Why would farmers work on the pyramids during the summer? a) That is what Pharaoh demanded b) That is when the mud was most damp c) the Nile was flooded and farming was impossible d) They believed the summer would bring the easiest trip in the Afterlife 20) What important field of learning did the pyramids and the direction they were built lead to? a) Biology-the study of life b) Chemistry-the study of minerals and reactions c) Astronomy-using direction to study the sky d) Theology-the study of the gods 21) Who was the Great Pyramid built for? a) King Tut b) Queen Hapshepsut c) King Narmer d) King Khufu 22) Where was the Great Pyramid built? a) Memphis b) Cairo c) Alexandria d) Giza 23) Which social class was responsible for keeping records for Pharaoh, especially of who paid their taxes? a) Priests b) Peasants c) Scribes d) Artisans

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