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