CLAS 150C1 FINAL EXAMINATION STUDY
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◍ What's one of the weird things about Upper and Lower Egypt?
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? Answer: Scorpion
◍ Which of the following is the crown of Lower Egypt? 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)? Answer: Serekh
◍ What grizzly practice was hypothesized for Egyptian royals during
the early dynasticperiod? Answer: Sacrificing human attendants
◍ Which of the following is NOT one of the things that ancient
historians attributed to KingMenes? Answer: Construction of the first
pyramid
◍ What mythical beast suggests the unification of Egypt on the back
of the Narmer Palette? Answer: Serpopard (body of leopard with
neck of snake)
, ◍ Which god is associated with the falcon and with kingship?
Answer: Horus
◍ Which of the following 'firsts' was found at the site of
Hierakonpolis? Answer: World's first zoo
◍ Who was the architect of Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara?
Answer: Imhotep
◍ Which pharaoh is renowned for having the most botched
pyramids? Answer: Sneferu
◍ What was the capital city of the Old Kingdom pharaohs? Answer:
Memphis
◍ What's the Greek terms for Egyptian provincial governors?
Answer: Nomarch
◍ What two centers of power went to battle during the First
Intermediate Period? Answer: Herakleopolis and Thebes
◍ Which Middle Kingdom text (debatedly) discusses the chaos of
the First Intermediate Period? Answer: Admonitions of Ipuwer
GUIDE GRADED A+ IN 2026
◍ What's one of the weird things about Upper and Lower Egypt?
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? Answer: Scorpion
◍ Which of the following is the crown of Lower Egypt? 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)? Answer: Serekh
◍ What grizzly practice was hypothesized for Egyptian royals during
the early dynasticperiod? Answer: Sacrificing human attendants
◍ Which of the following is NOT one of the things that ancient
historians attributed to KingMenes? Answer: Construction of the first
pyramid
◍ What mythical beast suggests the unification of Egypt on the back
of the Narmer Palette? Answer: Serpopard (body of leopard with
neck of snake)
, ◍ Which god is associated with the falcon and with kingship?
Answer: Horus
◍ Which of the following 'firsts' was found at the site of
Hierakonpolis? Answer: World's first zoo
◍ Who was the architect of Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara?
Answer: Imhotep
◍ Which pharaoh is renowned for having the most botched
pyramids? Answer: Sneferu
◍ What was the capital city of the Old Kingdom pharaohs? Answer:
Memphis
◍ What's the Greek terms for Egyptian provincial governors?
Answer: Nomarch
◍ What two centers of power went to battle during the First
Intermediate Period? Answer: Herakleopolis and Thebes
◍ Which Middle Kingdom text (debatedly) discusses the chaos of
the First Intermediate Period? Answer: Admonitions of Ipuwer
