Ancient Egypt 1
What is a form of written language that uses pictures and sound symbols to convey a message?
A) Papyrus C) Rosetta Stone
B) Hieroglyphics D) Typing
What is hieroglypics
A person who studies artifacts from the past?
A) Archeologists
B) Archetect
What is an Archeologist
The process in which a body would be prepared for preservation often seen with clothes wrapped around the body?
A) sarcophagus C) Papyrus
B) Tomb D) Mummification
What is mummification
True or False?
Scribes were usually men?
True
A type of government run by a religious leader?
A)Democracy C) Dictatorship
B) Monarchy D) Theocracy
What is a Theocracy
The belief in many gods?
What is Polytheism
What is the name of a reed plant used for making paper?
A) Lily C) Bark
B) Papyrus D) Cuneiform
What is papyrus
The titile used by the ruler of Egypt?
A) Sir C) Master
B) Pharaoh D) Servant
Pharaoh
Who were at the top of the Social Structure in Ancient Egypt?
Pharaoh
What were 2 achievements of Ancient Egypt?
Can be any ( Hieroglyphics, calendar, temples, pyramids, jewelry making with stone and gold, papyrus, medical advancements, cosmetic makeup, mummification
What do you call a fertile area near the mouth of a river?
A) Ocean C) Delta
B) Pond D) Silt
What is a delta
This is where Egyptians would bury their dead, usually underground but some kings were in the pyramids.
A) Tombs C) Dynasty
B) Mummification D) Afterlife
What were tombs
What is a seriers of rulers from a single family line called?
A) Dynasty C) Pose
B) Clan D) Gang
What is a dynasty
Who were at the bottom of the Social Structure in Ancient Egypt?
Who were farmers. servants, and slaves.
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Why was the Nile called the "Gift of the Nile"?
Because it was in the middle of the desert and it provided life to all who lived there. Without the Nile people would not be able to live there, it would not have the necessary resources for anyone to survive.
What is the name of a coffin in which a person was laid to rest?
A) Mummification C) Sarcophagus
B) Dynansty D) Rosetta Stone
What is a Sarcophagus
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This was the most important resource in Egypt. Annual flooding allowed Egyptians to plan when they would harvest and plant their crops.
What was the Nile River.
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In the social structure, 80% of the population were mostly what?
A) Nobles C) Craftspeople
B) Scribes D) Farmers
Who were farmers
Who were in the middle two classes of the social structure in Ancient Egypt?
Nobles and priests
Scribes and craftspeople
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What continent was Egypt in?
What is Africa
What do you call a structure used as tombs for pharaohs and the royal family?
What are pyramids
Who were Scribes?
People in Ancient Egypt who learned to read and write.
A huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, greek and a later form of Egyptian that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing.
A) Papyrus C) Rosetta Stone
B) Reed D) Chalk board
What is a Rosetta Stone