Ancient Egypt

What type of Egyptian writing was used for formal documents, tombs, and temples?

• Hieroglyphs

• Hieratic

• Cunieform

• Sanskrit

What was the common form of Egyptian writing (used for letters and daily activities)?

• Hieroglyphs

• Hieratic

• Cunieform

• Sanskrit

What do we call a person who can read and write in ancient Egypt?

• artisan

• merchant

• priest

• scribe

What did we call an Egyptian name surrounded by an oval, much like a nameplate?

• cartouche

• shadoof

• hieroglyphs

• hieratic

What were the wild rapids located in the southern Nile?

• hieratic

• shadoof

• cataracts

• cunieform

What is the longest river in the world where Egyptian civilization was by?

• Amazon

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Nile

What is an area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river?

• shadoof

• delta

• hieratic

• cataracts

Who was the King of Upper Egypt who united the two Egyptian kingdoms?

• Sargon

• Isis

• Osiris

• Narmer

What do we call a line of rulers all from the same family?

• pharaoh

• hieratic

• dynasty

• cataracts

What do we call an Egyptian king that was treated as a living god because they were believed to be the son of the god Re?

• Pharaoh

• Dynasty

• Cataracts

• Sargon