Ancient Egypt

Egyptians built pyramids

• to honor the achievements of their leaders

• to impress later civilizations with their buildings

• to please the gods

• to protect the dead body of the pharaoh

A government official is a

• Scribe

• Embalmer

• Bureaucrat

• Priest

The largest social class in ancient Egypt was the

• Pharaohs

• the gods

• the lower class

• the upper class

A reed plant used to make paper

• Peony

• Papyrus

• Primrose

• Persian buttercup

What did Egyptians think the pharaoh was responsible for?

• building granaries to store food for all the people.

• performing religious rituals correctly.

• repairing the irrigation system.

• all of the above.

The process of preserving a dead body is

• embalming

• shadoof

• embers

• scribes

The upper class in ancient Egypt consisted of

• farmers

• priests and nobles

• unskilled workers

• merchants and artisans

What is the largest desert in the world?

• Gobi Desert

• Kalahari Desert

• Sinai Desert

• Sahara Desert

The god Anubis is best associated with

• Harvest and life

• mummification, embalming, and afterlife

• water and floods

• war and strength

The period after Ahmose drove out the Hyksos is known as

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• Kingdom of Kush