Ancient Egypt

What is the major river in Ancient Egypt?

• Amazon

• Mississippi

• Nile

• Tiber

Which way did the Nile flow?

• South

• North

• West

• East

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.

How did the yearly flooding of the Nile River affect the people of Egypt and Kush?

• It isolated the settlements.
• It left silt that improved the soil.
• It spread diseases that destroyed whole empires.
• It attracted hunters and gatherers looking for wildlife.

Which of these activities was permitted ONLY to men?

• owning land
• running businesses
• working as a scribe
• asking for a divorce

What was one of the few ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class?

• store a lot of grain
• attend scribe school
• help build a pyramid
• take care of a temple

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

• priests
• scribes
• artisans
• government officials

The Nile River is the _____________ river in the world.

• widest
• shortest
• fastest
• longest

A decorative coffin used for the Pharaohs and the wealthy in Egypt was called a

• tomb

• sarcophagus

• grave

• mummy