_______ is an ancient Egyptian picture writing that means "sacred writing"
a. Greek
b. Latin
c. Hieroglyphics
d. Spanish
What is Hieroglyphics.
100
________ was a French scholar who wanted to be the FIRST to read hieroglyphics. He was a "seeker of knowledge"
a. Napoleon
b. Rosetta
c. Jean-Francois Champollion
d. Grenoble
What is Jean-Francois Champollion.
100
What did Jean Francois find on his doorstep from a friend in Egypt?
a. a scroll of hieroglyphs
b. a lion
c. King Tut's tomb
d. Rosetta Stone
What is a scroll of hieroglyphs.
100
What genre is this story?
a. fiction
b. fairy tale
c. biography
d. realistic fiction
What is a biography.
100
Why did Egyptians use hieroglyphs?
a. this was their first language
b. Napoleon made Egyptians use hieroglyphs
c. The ABC was too hard for them
What is this was their first language.
200
________ means very old, not new.
a. ancient
b. seeker
c. link
d. uncover
What is ancient
200
Jean Francois was born in:
a. 1790
b. 1821
c. 1930
d. 1522
What is 1790.
200
Jean Francois hid in the woods because
a. he had lost his notebooks
b. he was hiding from those who hated him because he was friends with Napoleon
c. he wanted to run away to Egypt
d. he was hiding from a lion
What is he was hiding from those who hated him because he was friends with Napoleon.
200
What is the author's purpose of this biography?
a. entertain
b. persuade
c. inform
What is inform.
200
The _________ Stone was written in three different languages.
a. Grenoble
b. Rosetta
c. Napoleon
d. Egyptian
What is Rosetta.
300
__________ learned people, smart people who have learned a subject.
a. seeker
b. scholar
c. triumph
d. genius
What is scholar.
300
At the age of seven, Jean dreamed of going to ________ to uncover the past.
a. Paris
b. Grenoble
c. Egypt
d. Europe
What is Egypt.
300
Jean Francois admired __________, who was the great leader of France.
a. Grenoble
b. King Tut
c. Napoleon
d. President Obama
What is Napoleon.
300
King Thothmes, an ancient pharoah, is also known as _________
a. King Napoleon
b. King Tut
c. King Waterloo
d. King Jean
What is King Tut.
300
A magnificent flock of ibis "rose from the reeds and took flight." What is an ibis?
a. lion
b. fish
c. bird
d. a butterfly
What is a bird.
400
___________ to decode from one language to another language.
a. link
b. translate
c. uncover
d. hieroglyphics
What is translate.
400
The scholars turned Jean Francois away when he came to see the Rosetta Stone at the age of _____?
a. 19
b. 22
c. 16
d. 18
What is 16.
400
When Jean was little, his brother nicknamed him __________________
a. the little pharaoh
b. the little Egyptian
c. the seeker
d. the decoder
What is the little Egyptian.
400
Why were there hieroglyphs written within the story?
a. To distract you
b. To get you familiar with different hieroglyphs and show you an example of the word in hieroglyphs
c. to entertain you
d. to try to get you to decipher the hieroglyph
What is to get you familiar with different hieroglyphs and show you an example of the word in hieroglyphs
400
Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of _______
a. France
b. Appamattox
c. Waterloo
d. Rosetta
What is Waterloo.
500
________ is someone who searches or investigates something.
a. seeker
b. scientist
c. Egyptologist
d. geologist
What is a seeker.
500
The lion was his favorite hieroglyph because
a. it was his favorite zoo animal
b. his name Jean Francois ChampolLION had the name LION in it
c. He met a lion when he was a child
d. A lion protected him in Egypt
What is his name Jean Francois ChampolLION had the name LION in it
500
How did Jean-Francois feel when he was sent on the Expedition to Egypt?
a. He felt scared
b. He felt like he was going home
c. He felt sad to leave his brother in Paris
d. He felt tired because he had not slept in days
What is he felt like he was going home.
500
What was so unique about Napoleon?
a. he was a tall, nice man
b. he was a short, evil man
c. he conquered the world
d. he was from Grenoble, too
What is he was a short, evil man.
500
What is the name of the river that flows through Egypt in which Jean-Francois dreamt about?
a. Waterloo
b. Nile
c. Zambia River
d. Egyptian River