Ancient Egypt Review

Which river provided the people of Egypt with many resources?

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Nile

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The flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates in ancient Mesopotamia was unpredictable and sudden. What was the flooding of the Nile like?

• unpredictable and sudden

• predictable and gradual

• unpredictable but gradual

• predictable but sudden

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What is a dynasty?

• Mud plains
• gods and goddesses
• Many different lands under one ruler
• A line of rulers from one family

Which civilization grew next to the Nile River?

• Mesopotamia
• India
• China
• Egypt

What might you find in canopic jars?

• A mummy's ka
• A mummy's internal organs
• A mummy's posessions
• A mummy's limbs

After the mummification process was complete, the mummy was placed in an elaborately decorated sarcophagus.  What was a sarcophagus?

• a grave
• a pyramid
• a jar
• a coffin

In the mummification process, which organ was left in the body?

• Liver
• Lungs
• Heart
• Brain

The Nile River flooded

• At the same time every year
• Unexpectedly
• Never
• All the time

Who was the most important god to the Egyptians?

• Sun god, Ra
• Isis
• Horus
• Osiris

Ancient Egyptian writing is called...

• Cuneiform

• Alphabet

• Calligraphy

• Hieroglyphics