Ancient Egypt Pretest

The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called

• Mesopotamia

• Upper and Lower Egypt

• Eastern and Western Egypt

What is a dynasty?

• a collection of queens

• a collection of kingdoms

• series of rulers from the same family

Who would the people blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?

• the farmers

• the mummies

• the pharaoh

Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?

• the afterlife

• the pyramids

• the pharaohs

Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?

• They used a funeral pyre for the dead.

• They carried the dead to a nearby country.

• They preserved bodies as mummies.

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, etc.....?

• Tombs were museums.

• Tombs were private storage for the pharaoh.

• They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.

Pyramids are

• warehouses to store food surplus

• temples where people are allowed to come and pray

• tombs with 4 triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top

The worship of many gods.

• monotheism

• irrigation

• polytheism

Pharaohs were Ancient Egyptian............

• kings

• families

• pyramids

Egyptian writing system

• papyrus

• alaphabet

• heiroglyphics