Ancient Egypt Quiz - MSN Encarta

For about how long did ancient Egypt's civilization thrive?

1,500 years

2,200 years

3,000 years

4,500 years

Which statement is true about Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt from 1492-1458 B.C.?

Temple of Hatshepsut (Image credit: Gian Berto Vanni/Art Resource, NY)

She was known as a warrior queen.

She was the first female pharaoh of ancient Egypt.

She sometimes sported a false beard.

All of the above.

Giza, a suburb of Cairo, is the location of the Great Pyramid as well as this equally famous landmark:

The Great Sphinx

The Step Pyramid

The temple of Hatshepsut

The tomb of Tutankhamun

The word hieroglyphs comes from a Greek term meaning what?

Tomb of Queen Amonherkhepsef (Image credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/Corbis)

"Beautiful drawings"

"Holy language"

"Egyptian writing"

"Sacred carving"

What mortuary custom is believed to have originated in ancient Egypt?

Holding a wake

Embalming

Burial in a tomb

Cremation

This pharaoh, who ruled Egypt for 67 years, was also known as a great builder who adorned nearly every city in the land with a temple:

Abû Simbel Temple (Image credit: Marion Patterson/Photo Researchers, Inc.)

Thutmose I

Seti I

Ramses II

Amenhotep III

The word pharaoh was the name originally used by the ancient Egyptians for what?

The large headdress worn by the king

The combined lands of Upper and Lower Egypt

The palace of their king

The floating royal barges

Akhenaton, pharaoh from 1353-1335 B.C., was the first historical figure to establish a religion based on the concept of monotheism. This supreme, divine deity was represented by what?

Akhenaton (Image credit: Hulton Deutsch)

A sphinx

The Nile River

A jackal-headed man

A solar disk

About how many pyramids did the ancient Egyptians build?

Who was the last monarch of Egypt?

Nefertiti

Ptolemy XIV

Cleopatra

Pepi I