Ancient Egypt

Which of the following best describes why Herodotus called Egypt the gift of the Nile?

• Egypt was the country of many great rulers.

• Egypt was temperate in its climate.

• The Nile River flowed from east to west.

• The Nile River brought fertility and life to the region.

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?

• The tombs served as museums.

• The tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh.

• Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom.

• Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife.

How did the Rosetta Stone help scholars and historians in their study of hieroglyphics?

• It provided clues to Ramses’ tomb.

• It provided clues to Queen Hatshepsut’s tomb.

• It provided paintings of various creation stories.

• It provided Greek text that matched the early Egyptian writing, demotic.

Which of the following statements supports the fact that the Nile River Valley was well suited for settlement?

• The geography supported various desert plants and birds.

• The geography included many areas for hunters to hunt widely.

• The geography included areas for farming.

• The geography helped to unify the country.

Six areas that were difficult to navigare

• obelisk

• Menes

• cataracts

• papyrus

Egypts First pharaoh

• Tutakahmun

• Menes

• Khufu

• Ramesh

Specially treated bodies wrapped cloth

• papyrus

• mummies

• tomb

• obelisk

a tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top

• papyrus

• obelisk

• temple

• pyramid

Branches of the Nile fanned out to form a ________________________, a triangle-shaped area of soil deposited by a river

• delta

• cataract

Egyptians believed that a person’s ________________________ left the body and became a spirit after death

• sarcophagus

• ka