Ancient Egypt Assessment!

The leader of Ancient Egypt and at the top of the social class pyramid was the.........

The Nile River was most important to Egyptians because

• It gave them drinking and bathing water.

• They needed the river to float into the Mesopotamian Sea

• After the river flooded and receded, rich silty soil was left behind for farming.

• They loved it!

Mesopotamia and Egypt are similar because....

• They were both located on the African continent.

• They both relied on rivers for farming and trade.

• They both have long names.

• They both had Pharaohs

True or false: Egyptians writing system was called Cuneiform.

• True

• False

Mesopotamian's and Egyptians shared the following in common....

• They both were located near a desert.

• They both developed writing systems, Cuneiform and Hieroglyphics.

• They both had access to the Mediterranean Sea.

• They both started out as smaller city-states before being united.

The Rosetta Stone is significant because...

• It allowed for Hieroglyphics to be understood.

• It gave humans the ability to learn and research about Ancient Egyptians.

• It was well reserved which made it easier to understood what the symbols of hieroglyphics meant.

• All of the above

The purpose of mummification was to....

• Allow for the Pharaoh's body to be accepted into the afterlife.

• Keep the bodies preserved for archaeologists to find.

• Make sure no one could steal anything from the Pharaoh.

• Keep the Pharaoh alive.

King Tut taught historians...

• How to be a brave King and fight off evil people.

• How to rule Egypt in modern day.

• About cuneiform compared to hieroglyphics.

• About the process of mummification because he is one of the many few Kings whose tomb was not broken into.

True or false: Pharaohs were seen as gods.

• True

• False

Hieroglyphics was....

• Not important because no one understands what it means.

• A writing system created by Egyptians, made up of pictures and symbols and recorded on Papyrus.

• A form of writing created by Mesopotamians where they recorded information on clay tablets.

• Used by ALL Egyptians to read and write.