Egypt Pretest

An Egyptian king was called a ___________

• scribe
• servant
• papyrus
• pharaoh

What the major river that was in Ancient Egypt?

• Amazon
• Mississippi
• Nile
• Tiber

Egyptians had a written language using pictures. It was called ____________.

• cuneiform
• English
• hieroglyphics
• Cursive

How did the yearly flooding of the Nile River affect the people of Egypt and Kush?

• It isolated the settlements.
• It left silt that improved the soil.
• It spread diseases that destroyed whole empires.
• It attracted hunters and gatherers looking for wildlife.

What was a MAJOR purpose for building the pyramids?

• temples for religious worship
• storehouses for reserves of grain
• homes for the pharaohs' servants
• tombs for pharaohs when they died

How did most people in Egypt earn a living?

• trade
• fishing 
• farming
• metal working

In what two ways are Mesopotamia and Egypt the same?

• Farming surpluses meant people could become artisans and traders.  Both economies grew as a result.
• Both civilizations had the same religion and government
• Both had the same natural defense and flooding schedules
• Both had major rivers and dependable floods

If you went to school in Ancient Egypt, what would you write on?

• clay tablets
• papyrus
• stone
• paper

What word describes the trade system in Ancient Egypt?

• barter
• trade network
• capitalism
• communism

Most of the Egyptian society was.....

• monotheistic
• polytheistic