Egyptian Hieroglyphics

The Ancient Egyptians had no separate word for “art”, their word for “art” was the word for“ ___________”.

• music

• writing

• legal

• cooking

This Egyptian “alphabet” was made up of about 800 ___________-symbols called Hieroglyphics .

• picture

• music

• numerical

• historical

The word Hieroglyphics means “___________ writing” and the Egyptians believed that they conveyed the words of the gods.

• important

• regular

• sacred

• unimportant

Hieroglyphics also helped to ____________ the memory of deceased people.

• forget

• praise

• preserve

• picture

The Hieroglyphics writing system was created to help ______________ keep track of government records, taxes and the passage of time.

• Mesopotamians

• Celtics

• Irish

• Egyptians

Papyrus is the earliest form of paper and was made from the papyrus _________ that grew in the Nile.

• seed

• bush

• roots

• reed

The reeds would be crisscrossed and ___________ down to a paper-like thickness.

• grinded

• pounded

• torn

• stretched

Only Scribes could read or write _______________, they were the Pharaoh’s record keepers and were very Educated in reading, writing & math.

• Hieroglyphics

• French

• Celt

• Cuneiform

Much like in Mesopotamia, scribes were highly respected and only boys could become ____________.

• merchants

• engineers

• entertainers

• scribes

Scribes started training at the age of 10 and wrote on rolls of _____________.

• papyrus

• linen

• clay

• stone