Ancient Egypt Quiz 1

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?

• Menes
• Tut
• Gilgamesh
• Hammurabi

Egyptian writing is called

• cuneiform
• Phoenician alphabet 
• hieroglyphics

Ancient Egyptian paper is called

• papyrus
• scrolls
• cataracts
• desertification

The longest river in the world is the 

• Mississippi
• Nile
• Tigris
• Euphrates

What is a dynasty?

• a collection of queens
• a collection of kingdoms
• series of rulers from different families
• series of rulers from the same family

Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?

• They used a funeral pyre for the dead.
• They carried the dead to a nearby country.
• They preserved bodies as mummies.
• They were buried in the river.

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, etc.....?

• Tombs were museums.
• Tombs were private storage for the pharaoh.
• Tombs were the safest place in the kingdom.
• They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.

Who would write and record information?

• slaves
• scribes
• farmers
• craftspeople

The Old Kingdom is also known as

• The Stone Age

• The New Age

• The Great Age

• The Age of Pyramids

Which sentence best represents the meaning of this word:

• I ate a sarcophagus for breakfast because it was so colorful.

• The pharaoh slept in his sarcophagus in his royal chamber.

• Only pharaohs were buried in a sarcophagus.

• A sarcophagus is a large stone coffin used for burying the dead in ancient Egypt.