Ancient Egypt Review

The upper class in Egypt was made up of

• farmers

• priests and nobles

• traders and artisans

• slaves

What type of land bordered the Nile River in Egypt?

• deserts

• marshes

• mountains

• savannas

Egypt was protected from invaders because of which two land forms?

• mountains and lakes

• rivers and seas

• deserts and the delta

• savannas and deserts

Egyptians built pyramids because they

• wished to honor the achievements of their pharaoh

• wanted to please the gods

• hoped to impress later civilizations with their buildings

• wanted to protect the dead pharaohs' bodies

What was the PRIMARY purpose of mummifying a body in ancient Egypt?

• protecting it from the sun

• Protecting it from wild animals

• preserving it for the afterlife

• holding the insides in

What type of writing did the ancient Egyptians develop?

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• alphabet

• sanskrit

Egyptians made paper from a reed plant called

• savanna

• cataract

• papyrus

• shadoof

What did the Egyptian farmers use to help them irrigate their crops?

• papyrus

• cataracts

• the delta

• shadoof

Hieroglyphics was a complex language

• True

• False

Ancient Egyptians believed in:

• monotheism

• polytheism