CLAS 150C1 UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Which Greco-Egyptian historian provides our earliest evidence for dividing Egyptianrulers
into dynasties? - Correct Answer- Manetho
What's one of the weird things about Upper and Lower Egypt? - Correct Answer- Upper
Egypt is in the south and Lower Egypt is in the north
Which deadly animal was associated with one of the kings of the late pre-dynasticperiod in
Egypt? - Correct Answer- Scorpion
Which of the following is the crown of Lower Egypt? - Correct Answer- the red one with the
thing hanging on top of it
What's the name for the enclosed depiction of the king's name atop a stylized facade ofthe
palace)? - Correct Answer- Serekh
What grizzly practice was hypothesized for Egyptian royals during the early dynasticperiod?
- Correct Answer- Sacrificing human attendants
Which of the following is NOT one of the things that ancient historians attributed to
KingMenes? - Correct Answer- Construction of the first pyramid
What mythical beast suggests the unification of Egypt on the back of the Narmer Palette? -
Correct Answer- Serpopard (body of leopard with neck of snake)
Which god is associated with the falcon and with kingship? - Correct Answer- Horus
Which of the following 'firsts' was found at the site of Hierakonpolis? - Correct Answer-
World's first zoo
Who was the architect of Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara? - Correct Answer- Imhotep
, Which pharaoh is renowned for having the most botched pyramids? - Correct Answer-
Sneferu
What was the capital city of the Old Kingdom pharaohs? - Correct Answer- Memphis
What's the Greek terms for Egyptian provincial governors? - Correct Answer- Nomarch
What two centers of power went to battle during the First Intermediate Period? - Correct
Answer- Herakleopolis and Thebes
Which Middle Kingdom text (debatedly) discusses the chaos of the First Intermediate Period?
- Correct Answer- Admonitions of Ipuwer
The stacking of what type of tomb resulted in the Egypt's first Step Pyramid at Saqqara? -
Correct Answer- Mastaba
In addition to being the world's first pyramid, the Step Pyramid also contained the world's
first example of what? - Correct Answer- Stone columns
What full-sized transportation vehicles were buried next to the pyramid of Khufu at Giza to
ensure safe travel of the king's soul to the afterlife? - Correct Answer- Funerary boats
Who do we think built the pyramids? - Correct Answer- Free Egyptian laborers
A group of leaders from which city re-unified Egypt and started the Middle Kingdom? -
Correct Answer- Thebes
Which of the following statues depicts a pharaoh from the Middle Kingdom? - Correct
Answer- مكسور خشمة واحد
Both art and literature of the Middle Kingdom highlight what aspect of ancient Egyptian
civilization more than their Old Kingdom predecessors? - Correct Answer- Daily life and
regular people
and CORRECT Answers
Which Greco-Egyptian historian provides our earliest evidence for dividing Egyptianrulers
into dynasties? - Correct Answer- Manetho
What's one of the weird things about Upper and Lower Egypt? - Correct Answer- Upper
Egypt is in the south and Lower Egypt is in the north
Which deadly animal was associated with one of the kings of the late pre-dynasticperiod in
Egypt? - Correct Answer- Scorpion
Which of the following is the crown of Lower Egypt? - Correct Answer- the red one with the
thing hanging on top of it
What's the name for the enclosed depiction of the king's name atop a stylized facade ofthe
palace)? - Correct Answer- Serekh
What grizzly practice was hypothesized for Egyptian royals during the early dynasticperiod?
- Correct Answer- Sacrificing human attendants
Which of the following is NOT one of the things that ancient historians attributed to
KingMenes? - Correct Answer- Construction of the first pyramid
What mythical beast suggests the unification of Egypt on the back of the Narmer Palette? -
Correct Answer- Serpopard (body of leopard with neck of snake)
Which god is associated with the falcon and with kingship? - Correct Answer- Horus
Which of the following 'firsts' was found at the site of Hierakonpolis? - Correct Answer-
World's first zoo
Who was the architect of Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara? - Correct Answer- Imhotep
, Which pharaoh is renowned for having the most botched pyramids? - Correct Answer-
Sneferu
What was the capital city of the Old Kingdom pharaohs? - Correct Answer- Memphis
What's the Greek terms for Egyptian provincial governors? - Correct Answer- Nomarch
What two centers of power went to battle during the First Intermediate Period? - Correct
Answer- Herakleopolis and Thebes
Which Middle Kingdom text (debatedly) discusses the chaos of the First Intermediate Period?
- Correct Answer- Admonitions of Ipuwer
The stacking of what type of tomb resulted in the Egypt's first Step Pyramid at Saqqara? -
Correct Answer- Mastaba
In addition to being the world's first pyramid, the Step Pyramid also contained the world's
first example of what? - Correct Answer- Stone columns
What full-sized transportation vehicles were buried next to the pyramid of Khufu at Giza to
ensure safe travel of the king's soul to the afterlife? - Correct Answer- Funerary boats
Who do we think built the pyramids? - Correct Answer- Free Egyptian laborers
A group of leaders from which city re-unified Egypt and started the Middle Kingdom? -
Correct Answer- Thebes
Which of the following statues depicts a pharaoh from the Middle Kingdom? - Correct
Answer- مكسور خشمة واحد
Both art and literature of the Middle Kingdom highlight what aspect of ancient Egyptian
civilization more than their Old Kingdom predecessors? - Correct Answer- Daily life and
regular people
