Egypt and Nubia

The Book of the Dead was a well-known piece of Egyptian literature that

• served as a guide to the afterlife for dead souls.
• was a list of important citizens and officials who had died.
• explained the succession of pharaohs from one dynasty to the next.
• told the story of an Egyptian official who was accused of killing a pharaoh.

Skilled artists created paintings on the interior wall of the pyramids and burial chambers depicting daily Egyptian life primarily to

• decorate and beautify the resting place of the pharaoh.
• encourage sight-seeing and visitors to the tombs.
• provide the person buried with servants and things they needed.
• increase the value of the tomb and pyramid.

The Egyptians developed a calendar with 365 days that was called a

• lunar calendar.
• Sirius calendar.
• flood calendar.
• solar calendar.

What aspects of its culture did Nubia take from Egypt?

• The use of iron, gold, and ivory
• Its writing system
• Gods and the use of pyramids
• A system of rule by queens

The soil of the Nile River Valley is best characterized as 

• fertile
• dry
• rocky
• barren

From their work with mummies, Egyptians learned much about ________, or the structure of the human body.

• mathematics
• anatomy
• farming
• transportation

According to legend, the first pharaoh and the leader who united the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt was _________.

• pharoaohs
• artisans
• menes
• scribes

Egyptians were able to share and preserve knowledge thanks to officials called _______ who knew how to write.

• transporters
• farmers
• officials
• scribes

Ancient Egyptians developed a system of writing that used drawings and symbols called __________ to represent words or sounds.

• verbs
• alphabet
• cuneiform
• hieroglyphics

The Nubians created one of the world's first alphabets called __________.

• Nubian script
• The alphabet
• Meroitic script
• Cuneiform Writing