Chapter 3 Self Quizzes

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. The flooding of the _______ river made the seasons in ancient Egypt quite predictable.

Loukkos correct incorrect

Tigris correct incorrect

Jordan correct incorrect

Nile correct incorrect

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. All of Egypt was eventually divided into about forty-two districts called _______.

nomes correct incorrect

ankhs correct incorrect

gerontes correct incorrect

abydoi correct incorrect

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. How have archaeologists been able to determine the social stratification of the earliest Egyptian cultures (e.g., the Badarian and Naqada I Cultures)?

Hieroglyphics mostly on major monuments correct incorrect

Burial sites and grave goods correct incorrect

Hieroglyphics mostly on minor monuments correct incorrect

Census lists correct incorrect

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. The falcon god _______ was the totemic god of the site of Nekhen, or Hierakonpolis.

Horus correct incorrect

Anubis correct incorrect

Osiris correct incorrect

Isis correct incorrect

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. The rulers of various Egyptian cities before Egypt was united under one ruler are collectively known by what term?

"Proto-Pharaohs" correct incorrect

"The Nine Tyrants" correct incorrect

"Dynasty Zero" correct incorrect

"The Great Kings of Ma'at" correct incorrect

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. The pharaoh who established the First Dynasty likely had two names. What were they?

Nekhen and Abydos correct incorrect

Narmer and Menes correct incorrect

Ineb-Hedj and Abydos correct incorrect

Narmer and Kemet correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are two major offices in the pharaoh's administrative bureaucracy?

Vizier correct incorrect

Somatophylax correct incorrect

Exchequer correct incorrect

Nomarch correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are the two primary characteristics of the Old Kingdom?

The advent of mummification correct incorrect

The all-powerful position of the pharaoh correct incorrect

The transition from a hunter-gatherer society correct incorrect

The initial construction of the pyramids correct incorrect

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. The Great Pyramid, the largest of the pyramids, was built for which pharaoh?

Khufu correct incorrect

Ramses II correct incorrect

Tut-ankh-amon ("King Tut") correct incorrect

Akhenaton correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are the two primary characteristics of the Middle Kingdom?

The initial construction of the pyramids correct incorrect

The all-powerful position of the pharaoh correct incorrect

Weaker pharaohs correct incorrect

An expansion of the opportunity to have an afterlife correct incorrect

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. The Egyptians believed that they had no fewer than three different souls that had to be cared for after death. Which are they?

ka correct incorrect

ba correct incorrect

ma'at correct incorrect

akh correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are characteristic of Egyptian lifestyle during the Middle Kingdom?

A diet mainly of bread, accompanied by fish, fruit, and beer correct incorrect

Jewelry worn by both men and women correct incorrect

Houses made of stone, from quarries along the Nile correct incorrect

Internal plumbing in most houses correct incorrect

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. Which of the following were among the advanced military technology used by the Hyksos?

The composite bow correct incorrect

Catapults correct incorrect

Artillery correct incorrect

The horse and chariot correct incorrect

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. Thutmose's daughter _______ wore male royal clothing and a false royal beard in order to enhance her status as pharaoh.

Neferneferuaton correct incorrect

Nefertiti correct incorrect

Hatshepsut correct incorrect

Hor-em-hab correct incorrect

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. Which battle is the first one in history for which we have a full account, thanks to the records kept by the scribe Tjaneni?

The Battle of Thebes correct incorrect

The Battle of Megiddo correct incorrect

The Battle of Assur correct incorrect

The Battle of Kadesh correct incorrect

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. What is henotheism?

The practice of transferring rule over a people only to one's direct descendants correct incorrect

The freeing of slaves after a year of military service correct incorrect

A religious stance that acknowledges other gods but focuses on one god in particular correct incorrect

The act of making a sacrifice to all the gods in a pantheon at once correct incorrect

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. Tut-ankh-amon ("King Tut") was buried so quickly and secretly that _______.

it was considered disgracefully lacking in grave gifts correct incorrect

the Egyptians forgot to bury him in it. correct incorrect

the location of his tomb is still awaiting discovery. correct incorrect

his was the only pharaoh's tomb not to be completely looted in antiquity correct incorrect

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. Which New Kingdom pharaoh erased the names of his predecessors from their monuments and replaced them with his own?

Ramses II correct incorrect

Hattusilis III correct incorrect

Akhenaton correct incorrect

Neferneferuaton correct incorrect

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. The Egyptian empire reached the extent seen in this map under which kingdom?

The Old Kingdom correct incorrect

The Middle Kingdom correct incorrect

The New Kingdom correct incorrect

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. Using the visual clue at the top center of this relief, name these two figures.

Ramses I and Seti I correct incorrect

Akhenaton and Nefertiti correct incorrect

Tut-ankh-amon and Neferneferuaton correct incorrect

Thutmose I and Hatshepsut correct incorrect