Egypt Government and Writing

Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies? 

• to decorate palaces of the pharaohs
• to preserve dead bodies of the pharaohs
• to transport goods up and down the Nile

What was a major purpose for building the pyramids? 

• temples for religious worship 
• tombs for pharaohs when they died
• homes for the pharaoh's servants 

Hatshepsut was the first pharaoh who was 

• a god 
• a woman
• a priest 

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

• tomb

• sarcophagus

• grave

• mummy

The writing system of Ancient Egypt

• hieroglyphics
• embalming
• delta
• papyrus

A line of rulers from one family

• theocracy
• pharaoh
• dynasty
• shadoof

Ruler of ancient Egypt

• pharaoh
• delta
• savanna
• cataract

Ruler of ancient Egypt

• pharaoh
• delta
• savanna
• cataract

The process of preserving a body for the afterlife

• Cremation
• Mummification
• Autopsy
• Surgery

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