The Nile was made of two smaller sections: the White Nile and the _______ Nile
Blue
Who was the Egyptian god of the sun?
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Hapi
Grizwaldus
Anubis
What was a type of salt used to preserve a mummy, causing it to dehydrate and shrink?
Cinnamon
Incense
Natron
Cloves
According to Egyptians, which organ of the body was most important?
The heart
How were Egypt's kingdom timelines divided?
Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms
Old Kingdom and New Kingdom
Prehistory, ancient history, modern history
Golden Dynasty, Pharaoh Dynasty, Reign of the Gods
What determined whether your location was considered Upper Egypt or Lower Egypt
Whether you were closer to the start (top) of the Nile or the end (bottom) of the Nile
During which Kingdom did Egyptians stop burying pharaohs in pyramids and buried them in graves in the hills instead?
The New Kingdom
What is the fertile (good for farming) land at the top of the Nile river called?
Delta
Which group of Egypt's society was most responsible for building the pyramids?
The farmers
What word describes a government led someone who controls the politics and religion of the nation?
Theocracy
What is the current (right now) capital of Egypt?
Cairo
Who was the Great Pyramid built for?
Thutmose III
King Snafaru
Menes
King Khufu
Scribes were in what class of society?
Top class
Lower class
Middle class
Bottom class
Which choice could Egyptian women NOT do?
Become a scribe
Divorce their husbands and remarry
Become doctors
Own their own land
Which female pharaoh brought peace to Egypt through trading with other nations?
Hapshetsut
Ramses
Cleopatra
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What is a bureaucrat?
When power passes from father to son
A slave captured from an enemy nation
Egyptian for "great house"
A government official that carries out orders
What system of math did the Egyptians use to calculate the angles of the pyramids?
Algebra
Anatomy
Astronomy
Geometry
What was Egypt's most important crop (used for food and trade)?
Rice
Cotton
Papyrus
Wheat
Who is considered the engineer (designer) of the first pyramids?
Imhotep
Hotshepsut
Amenhotep IV
Akhenaten
What book did the Egyptian believe held the secrets and spells for the afterlife?
Book of the Dead
Book of the Heart
Book of Prayers
Anubis' Diary
Which is NOT an important pyramid in Egypt's design?
The Great Pyramid
The Bent Pyramid
The Pyramid of Cleopatra
The Step Pyramid