Egypt Quiz

Kingdom when pyramids were built

• Old

• Middle

• New

A paper-like material made from the plant of the same name:

• papyrus

• papa

• potato

• paper

Object inscribed with hieroglyphics that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing

• papyrus

• obelisk

• Rosetta Stone

• delta

King Tut is buried

• the great pyramid

• the palace of Thebes

• near temple of Abu Simbel

• Valley of the Kings

Egyptians had a written language using pictures. It was called ____________.

• cuneiform
• English
• hieroglyphics
• Cursive

What was a MAJOR purpose for building the pyramids?

• temples for religious worship
• storehouses for reserves of grain
• homes for the pharaohs' servants
• tombs for pharaohs when they died

Ancient Egyptians believed in polytheism which means they:

• believed in 1 god
• believed in many gods
• believed in no god
• believed in Hammurabi's Code

True or False? There was an Upper and Lower Egypt.

• True
• False

During the mummification process, all organs were removed from the body except the:

• liver

• brain

• stomach

• heart

Whether a dead person got to go to the Afterlife or not was determined by...

• Their social status

• The weighing of the heart ceremony

• Only pharaohs got to go to the afterlife