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Bronze Age Egypt Trivia Quiz

This quiz covers Egyptian history through the New Kingdom, ca. 1085 B.C.

A multiple-choice quiz by stetienne. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
stetienne

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
293,708

Updated
Jul 23 22

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10

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Tough

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6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What Greek historian called Egypt "the gift of the river"? Hint

Polybius

Diogenes

Plato

Hecataeus

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Question 2 of 10

2. The earliest form of Egyptian writing is called hieroglyphs. What was the Egyptian definition of the word "hieroglyphs"? Hint

sacred engravings

beautiful writings

pharaohs words

coptic script

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the durable writing surface that was made of broken pottery? Hint

Papyrus

Scrolls

Vellum

Ostraka

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who united the two Egypts, upper and lower, ca. 3100 B.C.? Hint

King Tut

King Menes

King Kong

King Seti I

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 1819 Champollion deciphered the Rosetta Stone. What were the three scripts that the text was written in?

Hint

Greek, Latin, and Hebrew

Greek, Latin, and Hieroglyphs

Greek, Hieroglyphs, and Demotic

Latin, Linear A, and Egyptian

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Sphinx was carved out of a natural outcropping of rock. Whose face is traditionally said to be on the Sphinx? Hint

King Tut

King Khafre

King Menes

King Kong

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the fourteenth century B.C. who was the first monotheist king of Egypt? Hint

Ramesses III

Thutmose III

Karnak

Akhenaten

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Question 8 of 10

8. Most evidence about Bronze Age Egypt comes from which kingdom? Hint

Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom

Old Kingdom

Paleo Kingdom

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who are the people believed to have brought about the decline of the Bronze age in Egypt ca. 1200 BC? Hint

Hittites

Sea Peoples

Romans

Greeks

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who finally brought an end to the Egyptian Bronze Age, once and for all? Hint

Persians

Greeks

Hittites

Romans

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What Greek historian called Egypt "the gift of the river"?

Answer: Hecataeus

The river was the Nile. Egypt's entire society was centered around this river and its yearly flood. Hecataeus was a Greek traveler who lived between the sixth and fifth centuries B.C.

2. The earliest form of Egyptian writing is called hieroglyphs. What was the Egyptian definition of the word "hieroglyphs"?

Answer: sacred engravings

Egypt's earliest written hieroglyphic texts date to the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in c.a. 3100 B.C. Using a combination of pictorial and phonetic symbols, these beautiful and elaborate hieroglyphic writings were used mainly on temples, tombs, and monuments.

3. What was the durable writing surface that was made of broken pottery?

Answer: Ostraka

Plentiful and long-lasting, ostraka were also used for fill in temples, walls, and monuments.

4. Who united the two Egypts, upper and lower, ca. 3100 B.C.?

Answer: King Menes

Menes became the first king of the unified Egypt. Memes named the city of Memphis as his capital. Part legend perhaps, Menes is credited with bringing law to the land of Egypt.

5. In 1819 Champollion deciphered the Rosetta Stone. What were the three scripts that the text was written in?

Answer: Greek, Hieroglyphs, and Demotic

Discovered in 1799 by one a Napoleon's soldiers, the Rosetta Stone was made of black basalt.

6. The Sphinx was carved out of a natural outcropping of rock. Whose face is traditionally said to be on the Sphinx?

Answer: King Khafre

King Khafre also built the largest of the Giza pyramids. However, there is controversy as to whether or not the Sphinx has his face.

7. In the fourteenth century B.C. who was the first monotheist king of Egypt?

Answer: Akhenaten

Akhenaten worshiped only Aten, at the newly built city of Armana. This "cult" was short lived, dissolving on Akhenaten's death. Akhenaten's wife was Nefertiti, who name means "the beautiful one has come".

8. Most evidence about Bronze Age Egypt comes from which kingdom?

Answer: New Kingdom

The New Kingdom lasted from 1567-1085 B.C. Many sites are tombs, or desert locations, away from the big cites. Much data remains incomplete.

9. Who are the people believed to have brought about the decline of the Bronze age in Egypt ca. 1200 BC?

Answer: Sea Peoples

Called a "conspiracy of islands" the sea peoples remain an mysterious group.

10. Who finally brought an end to the Egyptian Bronze Age, once and for all?

Answer: Persians

Ca. 600 B.C., the Persians conquered and reunited Egypt.

Source: Author stetienne

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