HIS 101
DAILY QUIZ 02
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DIRECTIONS: put the letter of the correct answer in the box in Column B.
Where is Lower Egypt?
A. The Black Land
B. The Old Kingdom
C. The Nile Delta
D. The First Cataract
E. Near Ma’at
Who is given credit for first uniting Upper and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom?
A. Osiris
B. Khufu
C. Imhotep
D. Hatshepsut
E. Menes
Which Egyptian deity was most closely associated with resurrection?
A. Hathor
B. Aten
C. Menes
D. Osiris
E. Re
Who was buried in the Great Pyramid of Giza?
A. Khufu
B. Imhotep
C. Hatshepsut
C. Thutmosis III
E. Akhenaten
When was the greatest and largest pyramid in Egypt’s history constructed?
A. The New Kingdom
B. The Old Kingdom
C. The Middle Kingdom
D. irst Intermediate Period
E. The Second Intermediate Period
When did the Pharaoh began to be portrayed as the shepherd of his people rather than an
inaccessible god-king?
A. The New Kingdom
B. The Old Kingdom
C. The Middle Kingdom
D. First Intermediate Period E. The Second Intermediate Period
Who was the most famous female pharaoh?
A. Hatshepsut
B. Hathor
C. Nefertiti
D. Menes
E. Isis
When did Egypt become the most powerful empire in the ancient Near East?
A. The New Kingdom
B. The Old Kingdom
C. The Middle Kingdom
D. First Intermediate Period E. The Second Intermediate Period
Which era of Egyptian history is best associated with the Hyksos?
A. The New Kingdom
B. The Old Kingdom
C. The Middle Kingdom
D. First Intermediate Period E. The Second Intermediate Period
What term is used to describe Egyptian writing?
A. Ma’at
B. Hieroglyphics
C. Megalithic
D. Indo-European
E. None of the other answers is correct.
Which of the following is best associated with the Egyptian spiritual principle of truth, justice, right
order and harmony?
A. Ma’at
B. Hymn to Aten
C. Imhotep
D. The New Kingdom
E. None of the other answers is correct.
Who is best associated with the New Kingdom religious upheaval produced when the Pharaoh tried to
make the god of the sun disk the chief Egyptian deity?
A. Hatshepsut
B. Thutmosis III
C. Amenhotep III
D. Akhenaten
E. Khufu
Which of the following is best associated late Neolithic culture in Europe?
A. The Hittites
B. Sanskrit
C. Stonehenge
D. Mastaba
E. None of the other answers is correct.
Who were the first Indo-European people to make use of iron?
A. The Hittites
B. The Hyksos
C. Sea Peoples
D. Nubians
E. Neanderthals
What was the “miracle” of the Nile?
A. Annual flooding
B. The Delta
C. The Red Land
D. The Cataracts
E. None of the other answers is correct.
With which of the following is Suppiluliumas best associated?
A. Stonehenge
B. Hittites
C. Pyramids at Giza
D. Ma'at
E. Hatshepsut
What did the Hyksos contribute to Egyptian civilization?
A. Introduced Bronze Age technology
B. Introduced new military technology
C. Introduced new building techniques
D. Both answers A & B are correct.
E. None of the answers is correct.
Who reunited Egypt after the First Intermediate Period, beginning the Middle Kingdom?
A. Mentuhotep
B. Hatshepsut
C. Thutmose III
D. Khufu
E. Menes
Who was the wife of Osiris?
A. Hatshepsut
B. Hathor
C. Isis
D. Nefertiti
E. Cleopatra
Which statement about daily life in ancient Egypt is NOT ACCURATE?
A. Marriages were arranged by parents, and the chief purpose was to produce children.
B. The property of a woman was transferred to husband upon marriage.
C. The earliest known board games in the world have been found in Egyptian tombs
D. Ptah-hotep told his son “let not your heart be puffed-up because of your knowledge.”
Which statement about society, economy, and the culture of Egypt is NOT ACCURATE?
A. The majority of people in Ancient Egypt simply worked the land.
B. The Egyptians believed that human beings had a spiritual body known as the ka.
C. Re was the form of the sun god which had a human body and the head of a falcon.
D. According to the Book of the Dead, no magic could be used in the journey to the afterlife.
Which statement regarding the Old and Middle Kingdoms is NOT ACCURATE?
A. The Double Crown was a symbol of the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.
B. It was not until the Middle Kingdom that the Egyptian King was regarded as a god.
C. The most important official in the Egyptian bureaucracy was the vizier.
D. The Greeks called the governor of an Egyptian province a nomarch.
Which statement regarding the New Kingdom is NOT ACCURATE?
A. The New Kingdom was founded by Ahmose I.
B. In the New Kingdom, Egypt became the most powerful state in the ancient Near East.
C. The religious transformation of Akhenaten brought permanent change to the New
Kingdom.
D. Amenhotep IV tried to replace the traditional chief god Amon-Re with a new deity, Aten.
According to modern Egyptian archaeologists, what actual historical ruler may have been the
legendary Menes?
A. Khufu
B. Aha
C. Osiris
D. Hathor
E. Hatshepsut
With what is the Rosetta Stone best associated?
A. Construction of the Great Pyramid
B. Excavations of tomb of Aha at Abydos
C. Reading hieroglyphics
D. Translation of the Book of the Dead
E. Discovery of the Valley of the Kings
What is a mastaba?
A. A sacred figure hidden in an Egyptian Tomb
B. The ancient Egyptian symbol of life
C. A blessing to unite Ka with Ba
D. A type of Egyptian tomb
E. None of the other answers is correct