Ancient Egypt...So Far

Which civilization are we currently studying?

• Mesopotamia

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Greece

• The Roman Empire

What is the name of a king in Ancient Egypt?

• Thor

• Pharaoh

• Emperor

• Dictator

Which continent is Egypt located on?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• South America

What famous artifact helped historians decode Egyptian writing?

• The Magna Carta

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Rosetta Stone

Which natural features protected Ancient Egyptians from invasion?

• The Nile river and the Mediterranean Sea

• Nile Cataracts and deserts

• deserts and mountains

• mountains and the Mediterranean Sea

Hieroglyphs represent...

• words

• names

• sounds

• words and sounds

Hieroglyphs were written in which direction?

• Diagonally

• Left to right

• Any direction, except diagonally

• Top to bottom

Everyday hieroglyphic messages were written on...

• Clay tablets

• paper made from papyrus plant

• stone columns

• wood

What natural feature was found in the NORTHERN part of Egypt?

• the Sahara Desert

• the Nile River Delta

• the Eastern Desert

• the Nile Cataracts

By the end of the Ancient Egyptian civilization, scribes had to know how to write ___, which helped later people decode hieroglyphics.

• Cuneiform

• Mesopotamian

• Italian

• Greek