Ancient Egypt

Which conintent is Egypt located on?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• North America

Which direction does the longest river in the World(the Nile) flow?

• South

• West

• East

• North

What innovation helped Egyptians know when to irrigate and when to prepare for floods?

• plow

• chariot

• calendar

• sail boat

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape of a pyramid?

• Triangle represented the 3 season

• Most people at bottom, fewest people at the top

• Scientists like pyramids

• Pharaohs had pyramids built

Who built the giant temples and the pyramids for the pharaohs?

• Scribes

• Government Officials

• Peasant farmers during flood season

• Priests

What is the longest river in the World?

• Amazon River

• Tigris River

• Nile River

• Euphrates River

How did Egyptians get water to their crops?

• Plow

• Chariot

• Wagon

• Irrigation

Egypt is surrounded by desert, what is a benefit of this?

• Too Hot

• The sand was soft

• Gave Natural Protection

• Winds provided diseases

Mesopotamians used cuneiform to write, what did Egyptians use?

• hieroglyphics

• english

• greek

• spanish

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What allowed archaeologists to decode the ancient hieroglyphs by comparing them to Greek?

• Silk Road

• Code of Hammurabi

• King Tut's Tomb

• Rosetta Stone