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