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World History 8th Ch 2 Vocabulary Test
Contributed by: Hightower
  • 1. King of upper Egypt, also known as Menes
A) Dynasty
B) King Khufu
C) Hieroglyphics
D) Narmer
E) Papyrus
  • 2. Wild rapids made by narrow cliffs and boulders in the Nil
A) Narmer
B) Hieroglyphics
C) Cataract
D) Papyrus
E) Dynasty
  • 3. An area of fertile soil
A) Narmer
B) Dynasty
C) Cataract
D) Delta
E) Hieroglyphics
  • 4. A reed plant that grew along the Nile
A) Papyrus
B) Cataract
C) Delta
D) Hieroglyphics
E) Narmer
  • 5. A complex writing system that combined picture symbols and sound symbols
A) Papyrus
B) Cataract
C) Delta
D) Narmer
E) Hieroglyphics
  • 6. A line of rulers from one family
A) Cataract
B) King Khufu
C) Papyrus
D) Delta
E) Dynasty
  • 7. 4th Dynasty pharaoh; built the Great Pyramid of Giza
A) King Khufu
B) Embalming
C) Delta
D) Pharaoh
E) Dynasty
  • 8. The Egyptian kings that lived with their family in grand palaces
A) King Khufu
B) Pharaoh
C) Mummy
D) Deity
E) Embalming
  • 9. Gods and goddesses worshiped by the ancient Egyptians
A) King Khufu
B) Pharaoh
C) Deity
D) Embalming
E) Mummy
  • 10. A process that protects the pharaoh’s body; developed by the Egyptians
A) Embalming
B) Pyramid
C) Deity
D) Pharaoh
E) Mummy
  • 11. A wrapped body that is placed in several wooden coffins, then placed in a tomb
A) Pyramid
B) Embalming
C) Deity
D) Mummy
E) Pharaoh
  • 12. Built by Egyptians; mountainlike; entirely of stone; protected dead pharaohs from floods, wild animals, grave robbers
A) Pyramid
B) Mummy
C) Deity
D) Hatshepsut
E) Ahmose
  • 13. Egyptian prince; led uprising around 1550 B.C.; drove Hyksos out of Egypt
A) Thutmose III
B) Kashta
C) Ahmose
D) Hatshepsut
E) Pyramid
  • 14. A queen; came to power in Egypt in about 1473 B.C.
A) Ahmose
B) Thutmose III
C) Pyramid
D) Piye
E) Hatshepsut
  • 15. Hatshepsut’s nephew; became pharaoh after Hatshepsut died
A) Ahmose
B) Hatshepsut
C) Incense
D) Thutmose III
E) Piye
  • 16. Ruled Egypt from a new city; name means “Spirit of Aton”; name used to be Amenhotep
A) Savanna
B) Hatshepsut
C) Ahmose
D) Thutmose III
E) Akhenaton
  • 17. A new pharaoh; son-in-law of Akhenaton; a boy; about 10 years old; inherited thrown after Akhenaton died
A) Savanna
B) Tutankhamen
C) Thutmose III
D) Kashta
E) Incense
  • 18. An effective pharaoh; worked to make Egypt great again during 1200s B.C.; reined 66 years from 1279 to 1213 B.C.
A) Incense
B) Savanna
C) Kashta
D) Piye
E) Ramses II
  • 19. Forced payments sent by conquered peoples to the Egyptian pharaoh; enriched the kingdom
A) Kashta
B) Incense
C) Savanna
D) Tribute
E) Piye
  • 20. A material burned for its pleasant smell
A) Tribute
B) Akhenaton
C) Incense
D) Tutankhamen
E) Ramses II
  • 21. A Kushite king; headed north with powerful army in 750 B.C.
A) Ramses II
B) Kashta
C) Tutankhamen
D) Tribute
E) Akhenaton
  • 22. Son of Kashta; completed conquest of Egypt in 728 B.C.
A) Tribute
B) Akhenaton
C) Ramses II
D) Tutankhamen
E) Piye
  • 23. Grassy plains; stretched across Africa south of the Sahara
A) Ramses II
B) Tutankhamen
C) Akhenaton
D) Savanna
E) Tribute
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