Ancient Egypt 2025

The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called

• Mesopotamia
• Upper and Lower Egypt
• Eastern and Western Egypt
• Nubia and Cairo

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

Who was the most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom?

• Horus
• Sinai
• Menes
• Khufu

Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?

• the afterlife

• the pyramids

• the pharaohs

• the heavens

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.
• They were buried in the river.

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.

Pyramids are 

• warehouses to store food surplus
• temples where people are allowed to come and pray
• tombs with 2 rectangle-shaped sides
• tombs with 4 triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top

Whose tomb was discovered in 1922?

• King Tutankhamen
• Ahmose
• Ramese
• Queen Hatsheput

What was learned through studying King Tut's tomb?

• He was a king.
• The burial practices of Egyptians.
• He was wealthy.
• He had many wives.

The worship of many gods.

• monotheism
• irrigation
• polytheism
• epic