Ancient Egypt

What is a dynasty?

• a collection of queens
• a collection of kingdoms
• series of rulers from different families
• series of rulers from the same family

Who was the most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom?

• Horus
• Sinai
• Menes
• Khufu

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

How was Egypt able to build pyramids and temples?

• The pharaohs family paid the cost.
• Egypt collected taxes from the people.
• Egypt collected taxes from Sumer.
• The priests held religious festivals.

Who would write and record information?

• slaves
• scribes
• farmers
• craftspeople

Egyptian writing system

• papyrus
• alaphabet
• cuneiform
• heiroglyphics

What is papyrus?

• mud used in building
• plant from which paper is made
• rock used to make tools
• animal skin

Where is the most fertile soil in Egypt?

• Nile Delta
• desert
• far south
• cataracts

Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?

• It helped archaeologists decipher Egyptian writing?
• It gave clues about building.
• It was a book of the dead.
• It told how pharaoh's rules.