Ancient Egypt

The largest Pyramid was built for Pharaoh Khufu

• True

• False

Egyptians believed that a person's soul or ____ left the body and became a spirit after death

• Ba

• Sarcophagus

• Ka

• Moksha

Menes founded the first dynasty

• True

• False

When the Nile flooded, farmers...

• Built pyramids

• Worked as scribes

• relaxed

• planted crops

What was the climate of Egypt

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Forest

• Green plains

People who worked on the pyramids were paid with

• Money

• Grain

• Gems

• Land

In Egypt women had the right to

• Own property

• Divorce their husbands

• Chose which son would be their heir

• Make a contract

What is a cartouche?

• A rapid in the river

• A person who understood hieroglyphics

• A nameplate on a sarcophagus

• The name of a ruler in Egypt

Why is the Rosetta Stone important?

• It enabled scholars to decode hieroglyphics

• It allowed Egyptians to build temples

• It let pharaohs hold absolute power

• None of the above

What are hieroglyphics?

• Their holy book

• Ancient Egyptian writing

• A type of temple for the pharaoh

• A professional writer