Historical Things About Egypt
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Can you answer these questions related to Egypt? Test your knowledge on this Egypt historical quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others.
- 1.
- A.
Maintained Peace
- B.
Established trading expeditions
- C.
Both
- 2.
![Why did King Narmer wear a double crown?]( "Why did King Narmer wear a double crown?")
Why did King Narmer wear a double crown?- A.
Because he wanted to be a better king
- B.
To show Lower and Upper Egypt were united
- C.
Because he liked red and white
- 3.
![Where would you find the origin (beginning) of the Nile River?]( "Where would you find the origin (beginning) of the Nile River?")
Where would you find the origin (beginning) of the Nile River?- A.
Lower Egypt
- B.
Upper Egypt
- C.
Nubia
- 4.
![What body of water does the Nile River empty into?]( "What body of water does the Nile River empty into?")
What body of water does the Nile River empty into?- A.
Red Sea
- B.
Mediterranean Sea
- C.
Atlantic Ocean
- 5.
![Why did Egyptian priests invent mummification?]( "Why did Egyptian priests invent mummification?")
- A.
To scare their enemies
- B.
To sacrifice to the gods
- C.
To prepare the body for the afterlife
- 6.
![What word means]( "What word means")
- A.
Reign
- B.
Delta
- C.
Pharaoh
- 7.When a series of rulers is from the same family, what is created?
- A.
Dynasty
- B.
Pharaoh
- C.
Civil War
- 8.
- A.
It helped scientists decode other things with hieroglyphics
- B.
It made Champollion famous
- C.
It showed hieroglyphics can be written on stone
- 9.
![What was the main purpose of a pyramid?]( "What was the main purpose of a pyramid?")
What was the main purpose of a pyramid?- A.
Place of worship
- B.
Offices for government officials
- C.
Tombs for pharaohs
- 10.How did Egyptians control the flooding of the Nile?
- A.
Irrigation and dams
- B.
Storing water in ponds and lakes
- C.
Both
- 11.Which pharaoh ruled from the age of nine until he died at eighteen?
- A.
Amenhotep IV
- B.
King Tut
- C.
Hatshepsut
- 12.Which pharaoh made other conquered lands pay tribute to Egypt?
- A.
Nefertiti
- B.
Thutmose III
- C.
Hatshepsut
- 13.Which pharaoh changed his name to reflect his belief in one god?
- A.
Amenhotep IV
- B.
Nefertiti
- C.
Ramses II
- 14.This pharaoh brought prosperity and strengthened the kingdom of Egypt.
- A.
Thutmose III
- B.
Ramses II
- C.
Amenhotep IV
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