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Ancient Egypt

The story of a civilization of ancient North Africa
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1. In Ancient Egyptian religion who is the Sun god, their chief deity and the giver of life?
Amun-Ra ✓
Isis ✓
Osiris ✓
Horus ✓
2. Who is ruler of the underworld and god of the dead in Ancient Egypt?
Thoth ✓
Amun-Ra ✓
Horus ✓
Osiris ✓
3. What was the capital city of Egypt under the rule of the Greeks?
Alexandria ✓
Thebes ✓
Memphis ✓
Luxor ✓
4. What empire took control of Egypt from the Greeks in 30 BC?
Persian Empire ✓
Roman Empire ✓
Babylonian Empire ✓
British Empire ✓
5. What Roman general did Cleopatra VII ally with to fight against Octavian?
Marcus Crassus ✓
Julius Caesar ✓
Mark Antony ✓
Cornelius Sulla ✓
6. Where were the Pharaohs buried during the age of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt?
Giza ✓
Pyramids ✓
Valley of the Kings ✓
The Sphinx ✓
7. Who was the head of both the government and the state religion in Ancient Egypt?
Nomarch ✓
Scribe ✓
Pharaoh ✓
Sphinx ✓
8. What was the first pyramid built by Ancient Egyptians?
Pyramid of Djoser ✓
Pyramid of Khufu ✓
Pyramid of Giza ✓
Pyramid of Khafre ✓
9. During which Kingdom period was the golden age of Egypt when the Egyptian empire expanded?
Middle Kingdom ✓
Old Kingdom ✓
First Kingdom ✓
New Kingdom ✓
10. Who was the last Pharaoh of Egypt?
Ptolemy I ✓
Cleopatra VII ✓
Menes ✓
Hatshepsut ✓
11. Highly respected and loved, what animal had considerable importance in ancient Egypt?
camel ✓
bear ✓
horse ✓
cat ✓
12. How many dynasties were there in ancient Egypt?
10 dynasties ✓
22 dynasties ✓
3 dynasties ✓
31 dynasties ✓
13. Cleopatra was actually not Egyptian by birth. What were her roots?
Roman ✓
Persian ✓
Greek Macedonian ✓
Indian ✓
14. What wedding tradition that still stands today originated with Ancient Egyptians?
tossing the bouquet ✓
exchanging vows ✓
kissing the bride ✓
exchanging wedding rings ✓
15. With whom did Ramses II forge one of the world's longest surviving peace treaties?
Julius Caesar ✓
Nebuchadnezzar II ✓
King Henry VIII ✓
Hittite King Hattusili III ✓
16. Which pharaoh built the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2530 BC?
Tutankhamun ✓
Khufu ✓
Ramses II ✓
Cleopatra VII ✓
17. Which great warrior conquered Egypt in 332 BC?
Hannibal ✓
Alexander the Great ✓
Marcus Aurelius ✓
Julius Caesar ✓
18. What was the capital city of Egypt during the Old Kingdom period?
Alexandria ✓
Thebes ✓
Memphis ✓
Cairo ✓
19. Which linguist deciphered the Rosetta Stone and cracked the hieroglyphic code?
Thomas Young ✓
Jean-Francois Champollion ✓
Carl Friedrich Gauss ✓
Antoine Lavoisier ✓
20. How many wives was a Pharaoh allowed to have?
none ✓
two ✓
as many as he wanted ✓
one ✓
21. What animal was the body of the Great Sphinx modeled after?
bull ✓
horse ✓
lion ✓
dragon ✓
22. Which body part of the Great Sphinx is missing?
ear ✓
horn ✓
tail ✓
nose ✓
23. What did Ancient Egyptians write on?
stone ✓
papyrus ✓
clay ✓
wood ✓
24. How did Cleopatra VII die?
poisoned by her maid ✓
killed in the battle ✓
allowed snake to bite her ✓
killed by her lover ✓
25. Who was the Roman general with whom Cleopatra first began her legendary love affair?
Mark Antony ✓
Flavius Aetius ✓
Octavian ✓
Marcus Aurelius ✓
26. Who was the last Queen of the Kingdom of Egypt?
Hatshepsut ✓
Nefertiti ✓
Cleopatra ✓
Maria Magdalena ✓
27. Which pharaoh's tomb was famously discovered by Howard Carter in the early 20th century?
Hatshepsut ✓
Tutankhamun ✓
Thutmose III ✓
Ramses II ✓
28. Ruling during the New Kingdom, who was one of the most successful woman Pharaohs in Egypt`s history?
Nefertiti ✓
Antigone ✓
Hatshepsut ✓
Cleopatra VII ✓
29. Which Egyptian city is famous for its Great Library that was burned down?
Cairo ✓
Alexandria ✓
Luxor ✓
Memphis ✓
30. Who is the god of the annual flooding of the Nile in ancient Egyptian religion?
Osiris ✓
Apis ✓
Ra ✓
Hapi ✓
31. What ancient Egyptian has been called history's first architect and doctor?
Thutmose ✓
Imhotep ✓
Djoser ✓
Khufu ✓
32. Who is the god of the sky and the son of Isis and Osiris in Ancient Egyptian religion?
Amun-Ra ✓
Thoth ✓
Horus ✓
Apis ✓
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