Section 6
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.
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
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
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 family of Amenhotep III came originally from a line of nobles who lived in the Nile delta.
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
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
When pharaohs conquered a foreign city during the period of the New Kingdom, their usual policy was to execute local leaders and replace them with Egyptian nobles.
False
While Akhenaten portrays himself as slouching and pot-bellied with an enlarged head, his family is only rarely depicted having those same characteristics.
False
Hatshepsut married her half-brother __________, with whom she had only one surviving child, a girl named __________. NAME OF THE HALF-BROTHER: NAME OF THE CHILD:
Half brother-Tuthmosis II Name of the Child-Neferure
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.
Hapiru
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
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
The face of which pharaoh is represented in the photo of the Sphinx statue below?
Hatshepsut
Which pharaoh is depicted in the photo below?
Hatshepsut
Which of the following reasons has scholars cited as the cause of Tutankhamun's death? Pick all that apply.
He was run over by a chariot, He was killed by a hippopotamus, He was murdered
What pharaoh is depicted as a scribe in the statue below?
Horemheb
What pharaoh is represented in the relief below?
Horemheb
Which Egyptian king is the first known to have begun a systematic campaign of obliterating the memory and destroying the artwork of Akhenaten's regime?
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
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.
Hyksos, no political unity
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
Ahmose completed the war against the Hyksos that his royal predecessor __________ had begun.
Kamose
At what site are found these columns shaped like papyrus buds?
Luxor
The Golden Horus name of which pharaoh was "He who seizes all lands by strength"?
Amenhotep II
The colossus statues of Memnon at Thebes once stood in front of the mortuary temple of the pharaoh named __________ until a later ruler had the building torn down to obtain stone for his own construction projects.
Amenhotep III
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.
__________ 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
Tutankhamun's regent and successor __________ helped the young king repair and restore temples which Akhenaten had damaged during his program of religious reform.
Ay
What historical event is depicted below?
Battle of Qadesh
The papyrus below contains a copy of a text entitled "The __________."
Book of the Dead
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
The area called __________ in antiquity included several smaller states like Tyre, Sidon and Megiddo.
Canaan
__________ was a fortress in northern Palestine which fell to Egyptian forces after a seven-month siege around 1457 BCE.
Megiddo
Who is depicted holding two of her daughters in the relief below?
Nefertiti
Who is depicted in the relief below?
Nefertiti
To which biblical passage does Akhenaten's Hymn to the Aten bear a striking resemblance?
Psalm 104
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
Upon the accession of Tuthmosis III to the throne, the ruler of the city of __________ revolted, aided by Mitanni.
Qadesh
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-Horakhte
In the royal funerary monument called the __________ was found a copy of a treaty between the Egyptians and the Hittites.
Ramesseum
What is the name of the mortuary temple shown in the photo below?
Ramesseum
After Horemheb died, the Egyptian throne passed to a pharaoh named __________, the founder of the Nineteenth Dynasty.
Ramses I
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.
Ramses II
Shelley's Ozymandias poem which begins "I met a traveler from an antique land ..." alludes to the mortuary temple of
Ramses II
Which pharaoh is depicted twice in the seated statues below?
Ramses II
__________ built a temple at Abu Simbel featuring four immense seated portraits of himself carved out of the natural sandstone.
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
Who oversaw the construction of the funerary monument depicted below?
Senenmut
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
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 image below is a photo of the mummy of which pharaoh?
Seti I
The relief below was discovered in the mortuary temple of the pharaoh named
Seti I
__________, the son of Ramses I, was the first significant ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty.
Seti I
Which of the following achievements is credited to Hatshepsut in the historical record? Pick all that apply.
She made huge obelisks, sponsored an exhibition to Punt
Which of the following statements is correct about Queen Tiye? Pick all that apply.
She was the wife of one pharaoh, the sister of another and the mother of a third, Her oldest son by her husband the pharaoh was named Tuthmosis, She had a temple to herself constructed in Nubia.
Two mysterious figures briefly ruled Egypt after Akhenaten's death. One was a woman named Neferneferuaton, the other a male named Ankhkheperure __________.
Smenkhare
__________, whose name means "Vigorous is the Ka of Re," served as a co-regent near the end of Akhenaten's reign and assumed the throne after he died.
Smenkhare
What term do archaeologists use to refer to the type of blocks depicted below?
Talatat
How were Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis II related? Pick all that apply.
They were half siblings and husband and wife
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.
Tiye
Though born of non-royal ancestry, __________ married Amenhotep III and became a central figure in the royal artwork of the day.
Tiye
__________, the mother of Akhenaten, was a powerful figure in Egyptian government and religion throughout her long life.
Tiye
Close analysis of historical data shows that the ancient term habiru does not strictly refer to Israelites.
True
Despite the pharaoh's posture of strength and brutality, Egypt actually lost territory in western Asia during the reign of Amenhotep II.
True
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.
True
During and after the period of the New Kingdom, there is more evidence for the influence of Syro-Palestinian culture on Egyptian life than the other way around.
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
Only three years after his accession to the throne, Akhenaten held a heb-sed festival for himself and the aten.
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 reign of Amenhotep III was relatively long, peaceful and well known as a time of widespread prosperity for Egypt.
True
Which pharaoh is represented in this wood statue?
Tut
In 1922 CE, Howard Carter opened the well-preserved tomb of the pharaoh who was named __________ at the time of his burial there.
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 Egyptian king is depicted on the back of the chair below?
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.
Tutankhaten
Which New Kingdom pharaoh is the first to have been buried in the Valley of the Kings?
Tuthmosis I
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.
Tuthmosis III
The statue below depicts an image of which pharaoh?
Tuthmosis 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."
Tuthmosis III
The pharaoh named __________ reigned relatively briefly (ca. 1400-1390 BCE) and is most remembered for having refurbished the Sphinx at Giza.
Tuthmosis IV
Which pharaoh does the statue below depict?
Tuthmosis IV
For how many years did Smenkhare reign?
Two
At the ancient site of __________ on the coast of northern Syria have been found tablets written in an alphabetic cuneiform script based on an earlier Proto-Canaanite model.
Ugarit
The image below is a photo of the site known as the ____________.
Valley of the Kings
Which of the following statements is true about Hatshepsut? Pick all that apply.
took the name "bull of horus", In his records, Tuthmosis III claims to have reigned during the two decades when she ruled Egypt, she claimed Amun chose her
Which of the following is mentioned regularly in the Annals of Tuthmosis III? Pick all that apply.
tributes he's collected, the plants he saw
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
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
About how many soldiers typically manned an Egyptian foreign garrison in the Syro-Palestinian area during the New Kingdom?
10-20
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
According to Manetho, who is the first king of the Eighteenth Dynasty?
Ahmose
Although still a child, __________ (ca. 1539-1515 BCE) succeeded his older brother Kamose to the throne of Egypt early in the nineteenth dynasty.
Ahmose
To ensure her young son's claim to rule, Ahhotep, the mother of the pharaoh named ___________, served as regent until he came of age.
Ahmose
Amenhotep IV later changed his name to __________.
Akhenaten
Which pharaoh built a "window of appearances" in his capital city so he and his family could show themselves before the crowds below and bestow them with jewelry and other symbols of the royal family's beneficence?
Akhenaten
Which pharaoh is depicted wearing the blue crown in the statue below?
Akhenaten
Who was the father of the children depicted in the relief below?
Akhenaten
What ancient site is depicted in the photo below?
Akhentaten
__________ is the modern name of the ancient site of Akhetaten.
Amarna
Akhenaten's birth name was ___________.
Amenhotep
The pharaoh named __________ (ca. 1514-1494 BCE) was the first Egyptian king to build a mortuary temple in a different location from his tomb.
Amenhotep I
Which pharaoh is depicted with his mother in the photo below?
Amenhotep I
Which pharoah is depicted in the statue below?
Amenhotep I
During the last two years of his father's reign (ca. 1427-1425 BCE), the pharaoh named ___________ served as co-regent, ensuring a smooth succession of power.
Amenhotep II
Where did archaeologists find the cuneiform tablet depicted below?
El Amarna
After centuries of foreign invasions and outside interference in their government, Egyptians during the period of the New Kingdom tried as much as possible to close their borders and avoid contact with the nations around them.
False
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
Where was Amenhotep I buried?
across from thebes
In the relief below, the symbol of life which is being held in front of the nose of the queen is called a(n) __________.
ankh
Today referred to as his __________, the records of Tuthmosis III's conquests over a period of seventeen years are inscribed at Karnak.
annals
Egyptian armies during the Nineteenth Dynasty were named for
gods
Which of the following statements is true about Tuthmosis III's siege of Megiddo? Pick all that apply.
he had to reproach his troops for their inaction
Which of the following types of things was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun? Pick all that apply.
linens, several chariots, games
Where did Ramses build his new capital city Pi-Ramesse?
nile delta
The challenges in the "challenge" letters sent between Egyptian and Hyksos kings
seem to be little more than friendly communication
Historians postulate that the reason Tuthmosis IV spent time and attention refurbishing a site like Giza was
that he wanted to divert power away from Thebes, a city which the priesthood and nobility controlled
The cult of the god Ptah originated in
the Nile Delta
Who initiated the military hostilities that eventually led to the expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt?
the egyptians
