Ancient Egypt

A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is a...

• nobility

• dynasty

• scimitar

• delta

The king who drove Hyksos out of Egypt was...

• Ahmose

• Tutankhamun

• Meroe

• Amenhotep

This is a collection of spells and prayers studied to help obtain the afterlife...

• The Book of the Dead

• The Lightning Thief

• Hieroglyphics

• The Dead Sea Scrolls

Why was the Rosetta Stone such a significant find?

• It was really ancient

• It was proof that the Egyptians could write

• It was the key to deciphering hieroglyphics

• It had a really good cookie recipe on it

The chief/sun god of the Egyptians was...

• Osiris

• Ra

• Anubis

• Geb

The woman pharaoh who took over for her young step-son and concentrated on building the Egyptian economy and organized a trading expedition to Punt was...

• Cleopatra

• Ahmose

• Hatshepsut

• Isis

Ancient Egyptians mainly depended on the Nile River because...

• Few Egyptian boats could sail the length of the river

• It protected the country from attack

• Its floods created fertile land for farming

When a civilization such as Egypt or Mesopotamia turn to agriculture after years of hunting and gathering,...

• The world population increases

• The world population declines

• People no longer fish for food

• People go hungry

This is a most useful, tough; water plant was used by the Egyptians for roofing, rope, boats, baskets and paper making. What is this plant called?

• Wheat

• Lotus flower

• Papyrus

• Silt

The Egyptians mummified their dead because...

• The arid desert dried out the bodies quickly

• An intact body was considered essential for the afterlife

• The gods preferred wrapped bodies in the next world

• The soil was so hard there was no place to bury them