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