Ancient Egypt

How does the Nile River flow?

• starting in the south to the north 
• starting in the north to the south 
• starting in the middle to the north 
• starting in the middle to the south 

What is a Pharaoh?

• emperor

• King only

• God only

• God and king

What is this system of writing called?

• calligraphy

• Hieroglyphs

• Cuneiform

• Alphabet

What happened to wealthy Egyptians after they died?

• They were mummifed
• They were buried in a casket
• They floated down the Nile River
• They were burned

Egypt is in

• Antrartica
• Asia
• Africa
• Europe

How often did the Nile River flood?

• Every now and then
• Every 3 months
• Every year at some time
• Every year at about the same time

an ancient writing paper

• perfume
• papyrus
• hieroglyphics
• stone

What was on the Rosetta stone?

• random marks
• a list of rules
• 3 languages
• a tomb

In the Egyptian social order, which class was a part of the bureaucracy which helped the pharaoh run the government and temples?

• nobles
• scribes
• craftspeople
• servants

The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called...

• Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
• Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent.
• Eastern Egypt and Western Egypt.
• Nubia and Cairo.