Ancient Egypt

What 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

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

• cuneiform
• English
• hieroglyphics
• Cursive

How did the desert help the people of Egypt and Kush?

• 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.

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

Which period is often called the Golden Age, a time when Egypt had reached the height of its power?

• the Old Kingdom
• the Middle Kingdom
• the New Kingdom
• after the New Kingdom

Hatshepsut was the FIRST pharaoh was was

• a god.
• a child.
• a priest.
• a woman.

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

• priests
• scribes
• artisans
• government officials

During the ____________, the Egyptians began to build pyramids.

• Old Kingdom
• Middle Kingdom
• New Kingdom
• Newest Kingdom