Ancient Egypt Review

What is the most important river in Egypt?

• Mississippi

• Amazon

• Nile

• Ohio

What is the name of the Egyptian king?

• pharaoh

• King

• Horus

• Macho Man

What writing material did the Egyptians use?

• oracles

• papyrus

• whalebone

• graph paper

What sea borders Egypt to the north?

• Caspian

• Caribbean

• Red

• Mediterranean

What was the name given to the tombs that protected the bodies and treasures of Egyptian kings?

• pyramids

• papyrus

• temples

• kingdoms

What was the name of the Egyptian writing system?

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• cursive

• wingdings

What natural disaster occured each year in the Nile river region?

• tornado

• hurricane

• blizzard

• flood

What was the Egyptian process for preserving dead bodies called?

• mummification

• body bogs

• reincarnation

• ka

What discovery allowed modern man to interpret Egyptian hieroglyphics?

• The Rock

• dead sea scrolls

• Rosetta Stone

• papyrus

A Person trained to write using the earliest forms of writing before literacy was widespread

• Scribe

• Priest

• Nobleman