Ancient Egypt Review

Which is a reason the Nile has been called the "lifeblood" of Egypt?

• It borders two of the largest deserts in the world

• It has dangerous cataracts

• It is the longest river in the world

• Its valley and delta provide fertile soil for farming

How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile's yearly spring flooding?

• They buried their mummies above ground

• They irrigated to prepare for the dry season

• They created hieroglyphs

• They built the pyramids

A cataract is dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water

• True

• False

Why did the Egyptians mummify their pharaohs?

• They didn't want them to smell bad

• They believed the pharaoh would need his body in the afterlife and wanted to preserve it

• They wanted to ensure future historians knew what they looked like

• They needed their organs for medicine

A delta is a fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea

• True

• False

What is the synonym (a word that means nearly the same as another word) for pyramid?

• Square

• Delta

• Hieroglyphics

• Tomb

What four organs did the Egyptians remove from the body to prepare it for mummification?

• Intestines, stomach, liver, lungs

• Heart, stomach, liver, lungs

• Intestines, gallbladder, stomach, liver

• Kidney, intestines, liver, lungs

The Egyptians used the Book of the Dead to help them navigate the Afterlife.

• True

• False

Hieroglyphics is the Egyptian writing system that used symbols to represent objects and ideas

• True

• False

What is the synonym (a word that means nearly the same as another word) for Papyrus?

• Hieroglyphics

• Pyramid

• Paper

• Delta