Ancient Egypt

Which conintent is Egypt located on?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• North America

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

• plow

• chariot

• calendar

• sail boat

How did the Nile River benefit Egyptians? (select all that apply)

• fresh drinking water

• floods destroyed homes and crops

• floods provided silt

• papyrus grew near the river

• a waterway for transportation

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

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

• Silk Road

• Code of Hammurabi

• King Tut's Tomb

• Rosetta Stone

What invention did Egyptians create using papyrus

• fireworks

• wheel

• paper

• silk

Why did Egyptians build pyramids?

• They loved triangles and pizza

• They buried their Pharaohs and Queens in the pyramids

• Pyramids were easy to build

• To copy Mesopotamian Ziggurats

Who was the religious and political leader of Egypt?

• Pharaoh

• Temple Priest

• Scribes

• Vizier