Ancient Egypt

What is the Egyptian writing system that uses thousands of pictures and symbols?

• Alphabet
• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphics
• Pictographs

Rulers of Egypt were called?

• Kings
• Priests
• Pharaohs
• Peasants

When the Ancient Egyptians no longer built pyramids because of looting, they buried the Pharaohs where?

• Valley of the Dead
• Valley of the Sphinx
• Valley of the Kings
• Valley of the Pharaohs

A government in which a leader is part of a dynasty and is believed to have connections with the gods and goddesses.

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Theocracy

The Egyptians are best known for building?

• Pyramids
• Irrigation canals
• cataracts
• deltas

Egyptians believed that after death people:

• would live again
• would become a god or goddess
• would just no longer exist
• would become an animal

The land near the Nile River was called __________ land and the land near the desert was called the _________ land.

• red, black
• black,red
• green,yellow
• black,yellow

To treat a dead body so as to preserve it is called?

• wash
• embalm
• clean
• scrub

Long lasting paper like material made from reeds that the ancient Egyptians used to write on:

• newspaper
• tablets
• computer paper
• papyrus

What are the huge stone structures that were built as tombs or burial places for the pharaohs?

• Pyramids
• Coffins
• Sarcophagi
• Obelisk