W. History E Learning Day 11.15

An Egyptian king was called a ___________

• scribe
• servant
• papyrus
• pharaoh

What the major river that was in Ancient Egypt?

• Amazon
• Mississippi
• Nile
• Tiber

Which way did the Nile flow?

• North to South
• South to North
• East to West
• West to East

Ancient Egyptians believed their king was ___________________

• a normal person
• a representative of the gods
• a god
• a cat that came back to life

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

• cuneiform
• English
• hieroglyphics
• Cursive

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

What was the Sumerians written language called?

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphics
• Pictographs
• Babylonian

What was the responsibility of a scribe?

• to serve in the army
• to write and maintain records
• to create swords for the army
• to plan social events

How was language written?

• on wood blocks
• on cave walls
• on clay tablets
• on stones

A ziggurat is?

• A war tactic
• A writing system 
• A Temple
• A Sumerian chariot