Ancient Egypt

The fertile land close to the Nile River is called what?

• Red Land

• Black Land

• Fertile Crescent

• Sahara Desert

Which of the following is an example of red land?

• Nile Delta

• Memphis

• Nubian Desert

• Mediterranean Sea

What direction does the Nile River flow?

• north

• south

The Nile River empties into which body of water?

• Red Sea

• Persian Gulf

• Mediterranean Sea

• Upper Egypt

What did the Egyptians develop to help track Nile floods?

• a 365 day calendar

• irrigation

• barges

• mummification

What is a succession of rulers from the same family?

• Pharaoh

• Dynasty

• Epic

• Monotheism

Pharaohs were considered ___________ yet mortal.

• polytheistic

• monotheistic

• powerful

• divine

An adult who rules in the place of a ruler who is a child and inherited a kingdom too young, a ruler who is absent, or a ruler who is disabled is called a what?

• Khafra

• Vizier

• Regent

• Substitude

Who was the boy king who became Pharaoh around age 10 (we found his tomb)?

• Ramses II

• King Tutankhamen

• Menkaura

• Hatshepsut

The Egyptian process of preserving the body for the afterlife is called what?

• Natron

• The Ka

• Embalming

• Mummificaiton