Ancient Egypt

The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called

• Mesopotamia
• Upper and Lower Egypt
• Eastern and Western Egypt
• Nubia and Cairo

Besides providing a stable food diet, what other advantage did Egypt's location provide for early Egyptians?

• Temples to worship in
• Sumerian artwork
• Natural barriers to protect them
• 2 dynasties to celebrate religious tradtion

What is a dynasty?

• a collection of queens
• a collection of kingdoms
• series of rulers from different families
• series of rulers from the same family

Who would the people blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?

• the farmers
• the mummies
• the pharaoh
• the dynasty that was in power

Who was the most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom?

• Horus
• Sinai
• Menes
• Khufu

Which of the following beliefs was  central to Egyptian religion?

• the afterlife
• the pyramids
• the pharaohs
• the heavens

Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?

• They used a funeral pyre for the dead.
• They carried the dead to a nearby country.
• They preserved bodies as mummies.
• They were buried in the river.

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, etc.....?

• Tombs were museums.
• Tombs were private storage for the pharaoh.
• Tombs were the safest place in the kingdom.
• They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.

Pyramids are 

• warehouses to store food surplus
• temples where people are allowed to come and pray
• tombs with 2 rectangle-shaped sides
• tombs with 4 triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top

The first pharaoh and rulers after him wore a double crown to symbolize

• their rule of the queens
• their rule over upper and lower Egypt
• the Nile flowed 2 ways
• both farming and herding were important