Lake Moeris - Quiz
A) Ptolemy B) Alexander the Great C) Augustus D) Probus
A) A canal from the Mediterranean Sea B) A dam on the Bahr Yussef C) A levee along the Red Sea D) An aqueduct to Alexandria
A) The lake's waters receded, exposing new fertile soils. B) Increased flooding in the Faiyum basin C) Decreased grain production D) Immediate shrinkage of Lake Moeris
A) Writing poetry about Lake Moeris B) His correspondence preserved in papyri about engineering and administration. C) Establishing trade routes to India D) Leading military campaigns against Rome
A) Probus's renovations B) Ptolemaic neglect of irrigation systems C) The construction of a dam on the Bahr Yussef. D) Roman annexation of Egypt
A) Augustus and Roman troops. B) Ptolemy II Philadelphus C) Zenon of Kaunos D) Probus
A) Roman civil war B) Ptolemaic internal strife C) The Crisis of the Third Century. D) The fall of the Ptolemaic Kingdom
A) Probus. B) Constantine C) Diocletian D) Augustus
A) The 7th century B) The 5th century. C) The 10th century D) The 3rd century
A) A UNESCO World Heritage Site B) A biosphere reserve C) A national park in Egypt D) An Egyptian protectorate and a Ramsar site.
A) Kangaroos and koalas B) Elephants and giraffes C) Polar bears and Arctic foxes D) Collared pratincoles, Kentish and Kittlitz's plovers, and little terns.
A) Increasing salinity and turbidity. B) Introduction of invasive bird species C) Construction of new dams D) Overfishing by local communities
A) Gilt-head bream B) European seabass C) Redbelly tilapia. D) Nile perch
A) Transplantation of marine and salt-tolerant fish and crustacean species. B) Complete ban on fishing activities C) Draining the lake D) Building artificial reefs
A) Nile tilapia and Nile perch B) European seabass and gilt-head bream C) Big-scale sand smelt D) Introduced mullets and sole.
A) Introduction of non-native birds B) Construction of new highways C) Overfishing by tourists D) Continued evaporation, increased pollution from agricultural runoff, and invasive cymothoid isopods.
A) Approximately 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) B) About 1.0 kilometre (0.6 mi) C) Nearly 5.0 kilometres (3.1 mi) D) Some 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) deep
A) Lava flows B) Silt, becoming the Nile valley C) Ice sheets D) Sand dunes
A) By the flooding Nile overflowing into the Faiyum basin through the Hawara Channel B) Due to tectonic uplift C) By volcanic activity D) Through glacial meltwater
A) It expanded significantly B) It became a permanent ice-covered lake C) It is thought to have dried up entirely D) It was transformed into a desert
A) Bronze casting B) The Levallois technique for producing stone flakes C) Pottery making D) Cave painting
A) Πανός B) Μοῖρις C) Κάσρος D) Νεῖλος
A) Lake Victoria B) Lake Nasser C) Lake Tana D) Lake Qarun
A) New Kingdom B) Middle Kingdom C) Late Period D) Old Kingdom
A) 10 m above sea-level B) 20 m below sea-level C) 43 m below sea-level D) At sea-level
A) Ostriches B) Flamingos C) Penguins D) Eurasian water birds
A) 1998 B) 2015 C) 2012 D) 2005
A) Mastodon B) Elephas C) Moeritherium D) Dinotherium
A) mr-wr (lit. 'Great Canal') B) Sobek C) Hapi D) Anuket
A) Ramses II B) Tutankhamun C) Cleopatra D) Amenemhat III
A) ⲥⲟⲃⲕ (sobek) B) ϣⲁⲡⲓ (shapi) C) ⲧⲱⲛⲏ (tone) D) Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ/Ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ (epʰiom/peiom)
A) ḥtp ('peace') B) pꜣ-ym ('the Sea') C) nfr ('beautiful') D) djed ('endurance')
A) Around 3000 BCE B) In the Ptolemaic Period C) At the time of Alexander the Great D) During the New Kingdom
A) Shedet B) Memphis C) Heliopolis D) Thebes
A) Krokodeilópolis B) Ptolemais C) Alexandria D) Naucratis
A) Ramesses II B) Amenemhat I C) Thutmose III D) Senusret II
A) Religious ceremonies B) Royal hunting ground C) Fishing grounds D) Freight transport system
A) Plato B) Thucydides C) Xenophon D) Herodotus
A) Gaston Maspero B) John Gardner Wilkinson C) Howard Carter D) Flinders Petrie |
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