World History Summer School Quiz #6

Hieroglyphics are

• the formal language system used in Ancient Egypt

• the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt

• The writing system used in Assyria

• the formal reading system used in Ancient Egypt

Pyramids are

• 3D polyhedron with the base of a polygon along with three or more triangle-shaped faces that meet at a point above the base.

• a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.

• stepped construction built in Ancient Egypt

• a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top.

Mummies are

• a dead human being.

• a body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially preserved by removal of the internal organs, treatment with natron and resin, and wrapping in bandages.

• a woman who has a child/children

• a dead person who returns to the land of the living.

The Sphinx of Giza is

• an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish.

• a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human, and the body of a lion.

• a creature that has the body of a lion and the head of a man.

• a human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf.

This river valley provided food and resources, land for agriculture, a means of travel, and was critical in the transportation of materials for building projects and other large-scale endeavors in Ancient Egypt.

• Mississippi River Valley

• Nile River Valley.

• Tigris and Eupherates River

• Ywllow River Valley

The common title now used for the monarchs of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Empire in 30 BCE.

• Great House

• Pharoah

• Emperor

• King

An Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the 18th Dynasty during the New Kingdom of Egyptian history.

• Amenhotep III

• King Tut

• Cleopatra

• Hatshepsut

The Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.

• Neferneferuaten Nefertiti

• Cleopatra

• Hatshepsut

• Sobekneferu

A dating system established several thousand years before the common era, the first known to use a year of 365 days.

• Clock

• Calendar

• Sundial

• Journal

The ancient Egyptians used the stem of the ______plant to make sails, cloth, mats, cords, and, above all, paper. Paper made from _______was the chief writing material in ancient Egypt, was adopted by the Greeks, and was used extensively in the Roman Empire.

• Lotus

• Papyrus

• Corn

• Cotton