Ancient Egypt

What was a collections of spells and prayers studied to help obtain the afterlife called?

• The Book of Secrets
• The Dead Seas Scrolls
• The Book of the Dead
• Hieroyglphics

What is culture?

• The life people live in an area.
• What the people are called in an area.
• What the people are called in an area.
• The shared history, language, beliefs, and art of a group of people.

Why did Egyptian priests embalm human bodies?

• They beleived people needed to perserve their shoes after death
• They believed that people needed their bodies for the afterlife
• They hoped to bring people back to life in the future
• They believed that only whole bodies could enter heaven

Who were the religious guide of the Egyptian people?

• Priests
• Farmers
• Vizers
• Artisans

How did we learn to read Hieroglyphics?

• we do not know how to read Hieroglyphics
• the discovery of the Rosetta Stone
• they are easy to read
• someone left us instructio

What is the belief in many gods?

• Monotheism
• Aryanism
• Polytheism
• Hinduism

The land around the Nile River delta is known as

• the Sudan
• Upper Egypt
• Lower Egypt
• Kush

What does this statement imply?

• The Nile supports civilization in Egypt.
• Egypt has rewarded the world with the Nile.
• The Nile would be insignificant if not for Egyptian rule
• The Nile itself was worshipped as a god.

Compared to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the Nile River’s floods were__________.

• violent
• gentle and dependable
• unpredictable
• destructructive

How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile’s yearly spring flooding?

• They could grow papyrus.
• They learned how to speak a language.
• They developed geometry.
• They became successful farmers.