4-4: Egyptian Achievements

What is the ancient Egyptian writing system called?

• cuneiform
• the alphabet
• hieroglyphics
• pictographs

Before the Egyptians learned how to make papyrus, they recorded their writing on stone or some other hard surface.

• True
• False

Papyrus, which Egyptians learned to make and write on was made of __________.

• trees
• clay
• stone
• reeds

Hieroglyphics could be written ...

• horizontally or vertically
• right to left 
• left to right
• all of the above

Historians and archaeologists always knew how to read hieroglyphics.

• True
• False

The Rosetta Stone taught the Greeks how to finally learn how to read cuneiform.

• True
• False

Papyrus did not decay because of Egypt's dry climate.

• True
• False

The Book of the Dead tells about _________.

• poems
• government records
• the afterlife
• medical manuals

Who did Egyptians believe lived in the temples they built?

• priests
• sphinxes
• gods
• scribes

Egyptians visited the temples because they wanted to 

• get food
• get mummified
• have a place to stay
• none of the above