Ancient Egypt Final Exam

This river runs through Ancient Egypt

• Tigris
• Nile
• Euphrates
• Huh?? River??  You're kidding, right?

What is Ancient Egypt surrounded by?

• deserts
• swamp

• glaciers

• oceans

What is the MOUTH of the Nile River

• Where the river begins

• The waterfalls

• Irrigation

• Where the river ends at the Mediterranean Sea

What did the Egyptians consider the Nile River to be?

• The Gift of the Nile
• The Land with One river
• The Land Between Two Rivers
• The Fertile Crescent

What were pyramids?

• temples to the gods
• prisons
• tombs for pharaohs
• tombs for nobles

What is Egyptian writing called?

• cuneiform
• hieroglyphics

• characters
• Sanskrit

Why was papyrus important to ancient Egyptians?

• it made it easier to keep records and communicate
• it allowed them to sail too far away ports for trade
• it allowed them to create a system of writing
• it kept mice out of the granaries

Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?

• slaves
• pharaoh
• priests
• scribes

An example of a delta is 

• Egyptian Hieroglyphics
• A plane formation
• a triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river.
• The rapids along the Nile

Why do Pharaos get mummified?

• So their body doesn't decay
• So they stay nice and juicy
• Because Otzi was mummified
• To prepare them for the afterlife