Ancient Egyptian Dynasties/History (1)

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1 An Egyptian pharaoh was different from other monarchs of the ancient world in that?:
he could only marry after the death of his father.
he was considered divine after his death, when he became lord of the underworld.
he was not allowed to marry until his mother had approved his choice for a wife.
he was worshipped as a living god.
2 Egyptian pyramid building began during the period of?:
the New Kingdom.
the Middle Kingdom.
the Old Kingdom.
the Warring Period.
3 How did the Egyptians respond to Hatshepsut's rule?:
they were opposed to the concept of having a woman as a ruler.
they welcomed such an able ruler.
they never knew she was a woman because drawings always showed her wearing a beard.
they feared her because they thought she was a sorceress.
4 Later in the Old Kingdom, pharaohs became less powerful partly because of the?:
popularity of the sun god, Amon-Re.
increase in foreign trade.
expense of building the great pyramids.
poor leadership of Zoser.
5 Compared with earlier rulers, the pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom?:
were more interested in the common people.
lived more lavishly.
had greater personal power.
were less interested in expanding the kingdom's borders.
6 In Ancient Egypt, the early pharaoh's belief in their own divinity led them to?:
rule with the aid of viziers.
be mummified for their afterlife.
conquer surrounding peoples.
maintain large standing armies.
7 The Hyksos were able to invade and defeat the Egyptians because of their?:
political alliance with Ramses II.
carved stone obelisks.
centralized military bureaucracy.
superior military tools such as horse-drawn chariots.
8 What was the source of the rivalry between Egypt and the Hittite kingdom?:
the question of who would rule the world.
control of the trade routes in Syria-Palestine, the region lying between them.
defining their mutual border.
the rich agricultural lands of Mesopotamia.
9 The power vacuum following the fall of the Hittite and Egyptian empires in about the 13c BCE was important because it?:
resulted in the end of Egypt's cultural influence in the Near East and Africa.
led to the unification of the near East under Hebrew rule.
allowed less powerful peoples, such as the Phoenicians and the Hebrews, to settle and prosper independently.
led to four centuries of backwardness and cultural regression.