Module 6
Two mysterious figures briefly ruled Egypt after Akhenaten's death. One was a woman named Neferneferuaton, the other a male named Ankhkheperure __________.
Smenkhare
The photo below depicts a bearded image of which pharaoh?
Hatshepsut
Which pharaoh is depicted in the photo below?
Hatshepsut
In Ramses II's funerary monument was found an inscription recording a treaty between him and a Hittite king named
Hattusili
Which of the following statements is true about Tuthmosis II? Pick all that apply.
He reigned for only a few years. He married his half sister.
Which of the following reasons has scholars cited as the cause of Tutankhamun's death? Pick all that apply.
He was murdered. He was killed by a hippopotamus. He was run over by a chariot.
Which of the following statements is correct about Tuthmosis I? Pick all that apply.
He was the father of Hatshepsut.
In the relief below, who is depicted wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt?
Nefertiti
Foreign policy during the New Kingdom is well understood today mainly through letters sent to the pharaoh from cities both south and northeast of Egypt.
false
Like Hammurabi, the majority of Ramses II's military activity occurred during the last two decades of his reign.
false
The attempt by Tuthmosis III to erase Hatshepsut's name from history by removing it from several monuments is conclusive evidence that he detested her during and after her lifetime.
false
The majority of religious officials appointed by Akhenaten to serve in his cult of the aten came from the nobility and former members of the Amun priesthood.
false
There are almost a century of open warfare and military conflict in Egypt between local and foreign kings prior to the ouster of the Hyksos.
false
The pharaoh named __________ waged military campaigns in Lebanon, Syria, Nubia and Libya and built a temple of Osiris at Abydos where he recorded an important list of Egyptian kings.
seti I
__________, the son of Ramses I, was the first significant ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty.
seti I
What term do archaeologists use to refer to the type of blocks depicted below?
talatat
Among their many construction projects, the rulers of the Nineteenth Dynasty built an underground burial place at Memphis for Apis bulls, animals sacred to the god __________.
ptah
Which deity is depicted in the statue below?
ptah
__________, the Egyptian god of darkness, was a deity associated with craftsmen and the city of Memphis.
ptah
A symbol thought to protect its bearer, the image of a striking cobra was called a(n) ___________. It was often attached to the headdresses of pharaohs.
uraeus
After Horemheb died, the Egyptian throne passed to a pharaoh named __________, the founder of the Nineteenth Dynasty.
ramses I
__________ built a temple at Abu Simbel featuring four immense seated portraits of himself carved out of the natural sandstone.
ramses II
the challenges in the "challenge" letters sent between Egyptian and Hyksos kings
seem to be little more than friendly communication
What did the kings of Mitanni, Assyria and Babylon call themselves when they wrote letters to Akhenaten?
servant of the king
Despite reigning for only twelve or thirteen years in the early Nineteenth Dynasty, the pharaoh named _________ left behind an impressive legacy of architectural and military achievements.
seti I
The image below is a photo of the mummy of which pharaoh?
seti I
What is the name of the principal and favorite wife of Ramses II?
Nefertari
The image below is a photo of the site known as the ____________.
Valley of the Kings
The ancient term __________ refers to people whom local governments deemed renegades, mercenaries, bandits and refugees.
'Apiru Hapiru Habiru
About how many soldiers typically manned an Egyptian foreign garrison in the Syro-Palestinian area during the New Kingdom?
10-20
For how many years did Smenkhare reign?
2
How many children do the historical records show Akhenaten and Nefertiti had?
6
According to Egyptian records, how many years did Ramses II reign?
66
The bust below depicts an image of which pharaoh as a child?
Amenhotep III
Amenhotep IV later changed his name to __________.
Akhenaton
What is the name of the site shown in the photo below?
Abu Simbel
Which of the following statements is true about Tuthmosis III's siege of Megiddo? Pick all that apply.
According to the pharaoh's own records, he had to reproach his own troops for their inaction.
Although still a child, __________ (ca. 1539-1515 BCE) succeeded his older brother Kamose to the throne of Egypt early in the nineteenth dynasty.
Ahmose
The Golden Horus name of which pharaoh was "He who seizes all lands by strength"?
Amenhotep II
Which pharaoh is represented in the seated colossus statues below?
Amenhotep III
Which of the following statement is correct about Amenhotep III? Pick all that apply.
Amenhotep's long reign gave him the opportunity to begin construction on a number of important buildings such as the Luxor Temple.
Akhenaten's birth name was ___________.
Amenophis IV
Which pharaoh is depicted in the relief below?
Amenophis IV
Who was the father of the children depicted in the relief below?
Amenophis IV
Which pharaoh is depicted in the relief below?
Ay
Which of the following statements is true about Egyptian foreign policy during the New Kingdom? Pick all that apply.
Despite Egyptian domination, the archaeology of the Syro-Palestinian area shows few signs of change in material culture or even the presence of Egyptians themselves.
Which of the following statements is true about the reign of Amenhotep I? Pick all that apply.
During his reign the water clock was first introduced to Egypt. His reign was relatively peaceful and uneventful. We know relatively little about his reign because much of the art and architecture dating to that period was destroyed and reused by later pharaohs.
Where did archaeologists find the cuneiform tablet depicted below?
El Amarna
__________ is the modern name of the ancient site of Akhetaten.
El-Amarna
In the letters found at El Amarna are pleas from the rulers of vassal states beholden to Egypt for help against a type of people they call the __________, a term of contempt used for dissidents.
Habiru
Fill in the name of the pharaoh in the following quote. "[The King] went up to Heaven and was united with the gods. His son took his place as King of the Two Lands and he was the sovereign on the throne of his father [but] __________ dealt with the affairs of state..."
Hatshepsut
For which pharaoh was the funerary monument below constructed?
Hatshepsut
What pharaoh is depicted as a scribe in the statue below?
Horemheb
The American archaeologist named __________ discovered and opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922 CE.
Howard Carter
What is the name of the man shown in the photo below?
Howard Carter
Hatshepsut married her half-brother __________, with whom she had only one surviving child, a girl named __________.
Name of the half-brother: thutmose II Name of the child: neferure
Match the region of the Syro-Palestinian area to the name it was called during the New Kingdom.
Northern Coastal region: amurru Southern coastal region: canaan easter island area: apu
In the statue below the pharaoh is depicted in a pose which represents which Egyptian god?
Osiris
During his reign, Ramses II began construction of the ancient capital city named __________ which is located in the delta partly on the site of the Hyksos capital Avaris.
Pi-Ramesse
To which biblical passage does Akhenaten's Hymn to the Aten bear a striking resemblance?
Psalm 104
Which of the following sites lies furthest north?
Qadesh
Early in his reign, Amenhotep IV began calling himself "the Prophet of __________ ('Horizon of the Sun')."
Ra-Horakhty
An immense tomb complex built for the many sons and daughters of the king named __________ was discovered in the Valley of the Kings in the 1990's CE.
Ramesses II
What is the name of the mortuary temple shown in the photo below?
Ramesseum
Who is included on the king list inscribed by Seti I at Abydos? Pick all that apply.
Ramses I Seti I
Which pharaoh is depicted twice in the seated statues below?
Ramses II
In a letter to Akhenaten sent from the city of Byblos, a king named __________ asserts himself as the king's "best and most loyal servant."
Rib-adda
Born of humble origins, __________ served as Hatshepsut's steward and the tutor of her daughter Neferure.
Senenmut
Of all the tombs of pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings, the one built for the king named __________ is the longest and deepest and often acknowledged to be its most exquisitely decorated.
Seti I
The bust below depicts the Egyptian pharaoh
Seti I
The relief below was discovered in the mortuary temple of the pharaoh named
Seti I
Which of the following achievements is credited to Hatshepsut in the historical record? Pick all that apply.
She had huge obelisks erected in Thebes. She sponsored an expedition abroad to the land of Punt.
Which of the following statements is correct about the tablets found at Akhetaten? Pick all that apply.
They number close to four hundred. They contain mostly diplomatic correspondence but also include some literary texts. They were found by farmers in the nineteenth century and sold on the black market. They date to only a very narrow period of history around 1340 BCE. ALL
After driving into Mitanni territory, the pharaoh named __________ took the sons of Canaanite kings as hostages back to Egypt and indoctrinated them in Egyptian ways so they would be the loyal subjects of the Egyptian crown.
Thutmose III
What Egyptian king boasts of his achievements abroad in the inscription quoted below? "His majesty then discovered the trees of the land of Djahi, all groaning under the weight of their fruit. This was the discovery of the delicious wines that they make in their wine-presses. Their wheat too, piled up in heaps on the ground, was more abundant than the sand on the sea-shore. The army took their fill of it."
Thutmose III
What Egyptian king is depicted on the back of the chair below?
Tutankhamon
In 1922 CE, Howard Carter opened the well-preserved tomb of the pharaoh who was named __________ at the time of his burial there.
Tutankhamun
In the early 1920's CE, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the king named __________ which, though wonderfully well preserved, robbers had broken into twice, but they were stopped before they could steal much and the tomb was quickly resealed.
Tutankhamun
The artifacts shown in the photo below were found in the tomb of the king who was named __________ at the time of his death.
Tutankhamun
What pharaoh is depicted hunting in the relief below?
Tutankhamun
The nine-year-old child who assumed the Egyptian throne a few years after Akhenaten's death was at that time named __________. Later he changed his name to include the name of the god Amun.
Tutankhuaten
A general whose background is unknown, __________ succeeded Amenhotep I to the throne whereupon he proved himself an extremely capable military commander, at one point leading his forces all the way to the Euphrates River in Syria.
Tuthmosis I
The statue below depicts an image of which pharaoh?
Tuthmosis III
Which of the following statements is true about Hatshepsut? Pick all that apply.
When she assumed full control of Egypt, she took the name "Bull of Horus." She claimed that even before her birth Amun chose her to rule Egypt. In his records, Tuthmosis III claims to have reigned during the two decades when she ruled Egypt.
What ancient site is depicted in the photo below?
akhetaten
According to Manetho, who is the first king of the Eighteenth Dynasty?
ahmose
At the site called __________, two large temples which date to the New Kingdom period were rescued in the 1960's CE from the waters of Lake Nasser as they rose behind the High Dam at Aswan
abu simbel
Which pharaoh is depicted with his mother in the photo below?
amenhotep I
The pharaoh named __________ (r. 1426-1400 BCE) followed in his father's aggressive footsteps and asserted a strong and enduring hold over much of the Syro-Palestinian area where the Egyptians continued to maintain military garrisons for many decades.
amenophis II
Which pharaoh is depicted wearing the blue crown in the statue below?
amunhotep IV
__________ was the wife of Tutankhamun.
ankhesenamun
Among the changes made in Egyptian religion after the reign of Amenhotep III was the creation of a new divine trinity consisting of the __________ ("solar orb"), the pharaoh and his wife.
aton
The papyrus below contains a copy of a text entitled "The __________."
book of the dead
How did Tuthmosis III, according to later legend, conclude the siege of Joppa?
by smuggling his men into the city in baskets
The so-called Amarna letters include correspondence written to Akhenaten and his father from the people living in Gubal, a city also known as __________, on the eastern seaboard of the Mediterranean Sea.
byblos
Evidence shows that Egyptians during the New Kingdom had a fairly accurate understanding of where various foreign lands were situated and what nations inhabited them.
false
To some extent because of the military and economic devastation wrought by New Kingdom pharaohs, the area of __________ witnessed a significant drop in population during the late Bronze Age, as evidenced by fewer and smaller settlements.
canaan
To what party in Nubia are Egyptian kings known to have sent letters during the New Kingdom? Pick all that apply.
egyptian administrators in Nubia
The so-called "__________ Letters" consist of over three hundred cuneiform tablets containing records of diplomatic correspondence, among which are forty-two letters written by local kings to the Egyptian pharaoh.
el-amarna
As can be seen in the archaeological record, the Egyptian occupation of the Syro-Palestinian area during the New Kingdom left a lasting impact on the culture and religion of that region.
false
As depicted below, the injuries visible on the skull of Seqenenre Tao II prove that he died fighting the Hyksos.
false
Documents dating to her reign provide clear evidence that after her husband's death Hatshepsut had some sort of sexual relationship with her counselor Senenmut.
false
During the New Kingdom, the Egyptians preferred to destroy cities like Qadesh in the Syro-Palestinian area rather than try to exploit them commercially.
false
During the reign of Akhenaten, the aten was often depicted in a variety of animal and human forms.
false
Though it had previously been associated with a variety of deities, Akhenaten had the site of Akhetaten ritually cleansed and made pristine before he built his cult site there for the aten.
false
Which of the following types of things was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun? Pick all that apply.
games several chariots linens
Egyptian armies during the Nineteenth Dynasty were named for
gods
An official of humble origins named Senenmut supervised the construction of a mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri in honor of the pharaoh named __________.
hatshepsut
Senenmut supervised the construction of a mortuary temple called Djeser-Djeseru ("Holy of Holies") for the Egyptian ruler named __________.
hatshepsut
What type of war chariot is depicted in the relief below?
hittite
Where did Ramses build his new capital city Pi-Ramesse?
in the Nile delta
Where was Amenhotep I buried?
just across the Nile from Thebes
Upon the accession of Tuthmosis III to the throne, the ruler of the city of __________ revolted, aided by Mitanni.
kadesh
According to his own record of his military campaigns, __________ defeated the Hyksos in battle on several fronts. However, evidence shows he died before dislodging them entirely from Egypt.
kamose
At what site are found these columns shaped like papyrus buds?
luxor
At the Battle of __________ (ca. 1457 BCE), Tuthmosis III defeated a coalition of Canaanite rulers.
megiddo
__________ was a fortress in northern Palestine which fell to Egyptian forces after a seven-month siege around 1457 BCE.
megiddo
At Deir el-Bahri, Hatshepsut built a(n) __________near that of her distant predecessor Mentuhotep II.
mortuary temple funerary monument
In the relief below, who is depicted wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt?
nefertiti
Renowned for her beauty, __________ was Akhenaten's principal wife.
nefertiti
Who is depicted holding two of her daughters in the relief below?
nefertiti
Which of the following statements is true about the defeat and expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt? Pick all that apply.
none of the statements here is correct
Who initiated the military hostilities that eventually led to the expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt?
the egyptians
Which of the following is a reason often cited as an obstacle to the rise of the New Kingdom in its earliest phase? Pick all that apply.
the presence of the Hyksos in Egypt a lack of political unity in Egypt
The pharaoh named __________ reigned relatively briefly (ca. 1400-1390 BCE) and is most remembered for having refurbished the Sphinx at Giza.
thutmose IV
In Egyptian art of the fourteenth century BCE, the woman named __________ is depicted as a sphinx trampling Egypt's enemies, an image which was up to that point reserved for pharaohs only.
tiy
Though born of non-royal ancestry, __________ married Amenhotep III and became a central figure in the royal artwork of the day.
tiy
Despite the pharaoh's posture of strength and brutality, Egypt actually lost territory in western Asia during the reign of Amenhotep II.
true
Documents show that during the New Kingdom the states of the Syro-Palestinian area were more or less independent of Egyptian control.
true
During the New Kingdom, Egypt for the first time maintained a standing army.
true
From a boundary stele he set up there, we know that Tuthmosis I expanded Egyptian influence as far as the Euphrates river.
true
Historical data show that some Egyptian rulers communicated and worked peaceably with Hyksos kings prior to the rise of the New Kingdom.
true
Quite a few of the items found in Tutankhamun's tomb were not originally intended for his burial but someone else's.
true
The body of Amenhotep III was preserved along with a number of other royal mummies which priests rescued from looters and cached in the tomb of Amenhotep II.
true
The majority of the correspondence discovered at Amarna consists of letters sent to the pharaoh, not from him.
true
The reign of Amenhotep III was relatively long, peaceful and well known as a time of widespread prosperity for Egypt.
true
There is evidence of Egyptian military activity abroad during the reign of Akhenaten.
true
Though it was reduced in status, the worship of the aten did not cease after Akhenaten's reign and there are changes in Egyptian religion made in the wake of the Amarna Period which can be traced to tendencies in the aten cult.
true
Which pharaoh is represented in this wood statue?
tutankhamun
Which New Kingdom pharaoh is the first to have been buried in the Valley of the Kings?
tuthmosis I