Ancient Egypt Review

What is 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 living god

• a god

• a cat that came back to life

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

• cuneiform
• English
• hieroglyphics
• Cursive

How did the desert help the people of Egypt?

• It had fertile land for crops.

• It made trade and travel easier.

• It was grassy for grazing sheep.

• It gave protection from invaders.

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

Hatshepsut was the FIRST pharaoh that was

• a god.

• a child.

• a priest.

• a woman.

The Nile River is the _____________ river in the world.

• widest
• shortest
• fastest
• longest

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.