Hieroglyphs and Scribes

Which of the following do the pictures in hieroglyphics represent?

• Objects

• Actions

• Sounds

• Words

• All of the above

How were hieroglyphics read?

• Left to right

• Right to left

• Top to bottom

• Depended on the pictures

In which of the following places were Hieroglyphics NOT found:

• Tombs

• Papyrus

• Carved into stone

• Written on mummies

Today, scholars are able to understand hieroglyphics because of the:

• Rosetta Stone

• Internet

• Demotic

• Scribes

The __________ is carved into the Rosetta stone three times.

• name of the pharaoh

• history of ancient Egypt

• same passage of writing

• name of the author of the Rosetta stone

The word hieroglyph means:

• picture writing

• holy writing

• animal writing

• ancient writing

Scribes were very ___________ in ancient Egypt.

• common

• rare

• respected

• well dressed

• B and C

How long did it take to become a scribe?

• five years

• one year

• 700 days

• ten to twelve years

Scribes wrote in which of the following languages?

• hieroglyphics

• hieratic

• demotic

• all of the above

The language of the common people was:

• hieroglyphics

• hieratic

• demotic

• none of the above