Flocab Ancient Egypt

Where is the Upper Nile located?

• in the northern part of Egypt

• in the southern part of Egypt

• to the east of the Nile Delta

• on the top of the pyramids

Menes was the ________

• pharaoh who built the first pyramid

• god of death, life, and fertility

• first to unite Egypt

• British Egyptologist who discovered King Tut's tomb

Pharaohs had pyramids built to _________

• serve as their tombs

• communicate with the gods

• protect them from invaders

• prevent the Nile from flooding

What did archaeologists learn from the Rosetta Stone?

• They learned that ancient Egyptians did not believe in an afterlife

• They learned how to read hieroglyphics

• They learned the location of King Tut's tomb

• They learned that the pyramids were built with ramps

Papyrus was made from ______

• reeds from the Nile

• silt from the Nile

• the same cloth used to wrap mummies

• sandstone

According to Egyptian mythology, in the afterlife _______

• the evil are reborn as crocodiles

• the good live forever with the "lion of heaven"

• the soul is eaten by Osiris

• the heart is weighed against the "feather of truth"

Ramses the Great was so admired that _______

• the Egyptians built him the largest pyramid

• the people made him into a god

• the capital city was renamed Ramses

• many other pharaohs took his name

Hatshepsut was ________

• Thutmose's brother

• the first pharaoh buried in the Valley of the Kings

• a great female pharaoh

• a boy king

Which of the following is a TRUE statement?

• The Nile flooded unpredictably and often destroyed the crops

• The desert, Nile, and Mediterranean provided natural protection from invasion

• There were no farmers in ancient Egypt because of the infertile soil

• It was easy and safe to sail down the Nile River

Why did Egyptians mummify their dead?

• The desert would have dried out the bodies very quickly

• The soil was too hard to bury the bodies

• In order for their souls to exist in the afterlife, they believed their bodies had to be preserved

• In order for souls to exist in the afterlife, they believed their bodies had to be hidden from gods