Ancient Egypt Quiz 10/31/2019

Which of the following were in the Egyptian Upper class? 

• Scribes
• Teachers
• Priests 
• Doctors 

How did most people in Egypt earn a living?

• trade
• fishing 
• farming
• metal working

writing of Ancient Egypt that used pictures to represent words and sounds

• cataract 
• hieroglyphics 
• nome
• dysnasty 

waterfall or series of rapids

• nome
• delta
• cataract 
• papyrus

area of soil washed down to the mouth of a river in the form of a triangle

• cataract 
• nome
• delta
• sand bar 

reed plant used for making baskets, sandals, and paper-like writing material

• delta
• pharaoh 
• papyrus
• dynasty 

province in ancient Egypt ruled by a warrior noble

• nome
• delta 
• dynasty 
• cataract 

family of rulers, in which heirs to the throne are members of ruler's family

• dynasty 
• nome
• papyrus
• pharaoh 

Egyptian ruler with absolute authority and glorified as a god

• Dynasty 
• Pharaoh 
• Papyrus
• Nome 

This item helped scholars decode hieroglyphics, which enabled them to read and understand Egyptian written language.

• Hammurabi's Tablet

• Rosetta Stone

• Great Sphinx

• Temple at Karnak and Luxor

• Oracle of Sinai