**OPTIONAL** Egypt Practice

An Egyptian king was called a ___________

• scribe
• servant
• papyrus
• pharaoh

True or False? There was an Upper and Lower Egypt.

• True
• False

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

Of these four groups, which one had the LOWEST social status?

• priests
• scribes
• artisans
• government officials

During the ____________, the Egyptians began to build pyramids.

• Old Kingdom
• Middle Kingdom
• New Kingdom
• Newest Kingdom

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

• the farmers
• the mummies
• the pharaoh
• the dynasty that was in power

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

• Tombs were museums.
• Tombs were private storage for the pharaoh.
• Tombs were the safest place in the kingdom.
• They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.

The first pharaoh and rulers after him wore a double crown to symbolize

• their rule of the queens
• their rule over upper and lower Egypt
• the Nile flowed 2 ways
• both farming and herding were important

The worship of many gods.

• monotheism
• irrigation
• polytheism
• epic