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What did Egyptians use to dry dead bodies?
A. Warm Clothes
B. Natron
C. Solar Rays
D. Lit Charcoal
B. Natron
What organ was left in a dead body?
A. The appendix
B. The liver
C. The heart
D. The gall bladder
C. The heart
What did ancient Egyptians believe to be true of the heart?
A. The heart beats 1,000 times a minute.
B. The heart kept you alive for eternity.
C. The heart could speak.
D. Thoughts came from people's hearts.
D. Thoughts came from people's hearts.
Why was an onion put in the mummy's hand?
A. For his health.
B. To season his first meal after death.
C. To keep his senses alive.
D. To frighten off rats.
A. For his health.
What has the scientific study of mummies revealed?
A. They sept 14 hours a day.
B. What diseases they suffered from.
C. What kind of music they liked.
D. They were extremely intelligent.
B. What diseases they suffered from.
Where in Egypt did papyrus grow?
A. Papyrus grew along the side of the pyramids.
B. Papyrus grew along the Nile river.
C. Papyrus grew in Egyptian kitchen.
D. Papyrus grew in desert.
B. Papyrus grew along the Nile River.
How tall did papyrus grow?
A. Papyrus grew one to two feet tall.
B. Papyrus grew one to two palms long.
C. Papyrus grew as tall as the Nile is long.
D. Papyrus grew three to twelve feet long.
D. Papyrus grew three to twelve feet long.
Where does the word "paper" come from?
A. From the Roman word for writing.
B. From China where it was invented.
C. From papyrus.
D. From the Pharaoh Paa-pper anu.
C. From papyrus.
How long did it take scribes to memorize all the hieroglyphic signs?
A. 10 years
B. Two weeks
C. 10 months
D. 30 years
A. 10 years
What was the best-known symbol of a scribe?
A. The pencil
B. The palette
C. Charcoal
D. Erasers
B. The palette
Why would scribes keep a little statue of Thoth?
A. Thoth protected the scribes.
B. Thoth entertained the scribes.
C. Thoth got food for the scribes.
D. Thoth worked with the scribes.
A. Thoth protected the scribes.
Name a talented scribe who was called the "Son of Ptah".
A. Horus
B. Imhotep
C. Osiris
D. Hathor
B. Imohtep
What was the greatest achievement of Imhotep?
A. Making biscuits out of papyrus.
B. Discovering aspirin.
C. Designing the step pyramid.
D. Writing a hieroglyphic novel.
C. Designing the step pyramid.
What was the most important means of transportation for the ancient Egyptians?
A. The chariot
B. The boat
C. The two-legged strut
D. The cow
C. The two-legged strut.
Name two materials that ancient Egyptians used to build boats?
A. Sand and twigs
B. Papyrus and wood
C. Coper and steel
D. Mud and wood
B. Papyrus and wood
What kind of sail did ancient Egyptians drive their ships?
A. Single square sail
B. Double square sail
C. Triple square sail
D. Quadruple square sail
A. Single square sail
Imhotep designed the step pyramid for which king?
A. King Tut
B. Hatshepsut
C. King Zoser
D. Osiris
C. King Zoser
Which of the Seven wWonders of the Ancient World still exists in Egypt?
A. The Great Pyramid
B. The Nile River
C. King Tut's Tomb
D. Pharos Lighthouse at Alexandria
A. The Great Pyramid
What did the shape of the pyramid represent?
A. Solar god on his way to the heavens.
B. A gigantic triangle.
C. The role of the king solar god.
D. The rays of the sun falling on the earth.
D. The rays of the sun falling on the earth.
Where did the ancient Egyptians believe the "Land of the Dead" was?
A. In the west
B. In the east
C. In the south
D. In the north
A. In the west
The Book of the Dead was...
A. A collection of magic spells
B. A list of dead pharaohs
C. Drawings of dead pharaohs
D. Stories of pharaohs in past times
A. A collection of magic spells
What did Egyptian farmers use to pull a plow?
A. Oxen
B. Cows
C. Horses
D. Zebras
A. Oxen
What did Tutankhamon have about 100 of in his tomb?
A. Cooks
B. Flails
C. Rings
D. Underwear
D. Underwear
What animal was honored as the god Sobek?
A. Crocodile
B. Hippopotamus
C. Ibis
D. Cormorant
A. Crocodile
What animal represented Anubis?
A. Elephant
B. Griffon Vulture
C. Jackal
D. Falcon
C. Jackal