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