A ____________ is a person who wanders or roams around.

• Pharoah

• nomad

• soccer player

• dog walker

In warm places, the first families lived in ___________.

• palaces

• caves

• tents

• condo

Once the nomads had eaten most of the food in one place they would ______________.

• plant more food.

• move to another place.

• send a few people out to look for more.

• order a pizza.

Why did the Egyptian farmers like to see the Nile river flood?

• It would give them more drinking water.

• It would make the air cooler.

• It would bring up rich dirt that was good for the plants.

• It would make it easier to fish.

When the Egyptians were united, what did the king wear to show that he ruled the entire country of Egypt?

• A red crown.

• A shepherd's crook.

• A double crown with a white spike at the center and a red band on the outside.

• A gold crown.

According to one Egyptian myth, Set tricked his brother, Osiris, into lying down in a ___________.

• bed.

• coffin.

• field of grass.

• bean bag chair.

What happened to Osiris after he lay down in the coffin?

• Set threw him into the river.

• Ra helped him climb out.

• He was buried.

• He cried until he had no tears left.

What did the Sumerians do with the tablets after they carved them?

• Get them wet to harden them.

• Bake them until they were hard.

• Roll them up into scrolls.

• Fold them up.

Egyptians learned to make a special kind of paper called _______.

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

• graph

Sargon became a cupbearer in the king's palace and then became so popular that he convinced the ___________ to follow him.

• army

• king

• farmers

• queen