Egypt

The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called

• Mesopotamia
• Upper and Lower Egypt
• Eastern and Western Egypt
• Nubia and Cairo

Besides providing a stable food diet, what other advantage did Egypt's location provide for early Egyptians?

• Temples to worship in
• Sumerian artwork
• Natural barriers to protect them
• 2 dynasties to celebrate religious tradtion

What is a dynasty?

• a collection of queens
• a collection of kingdoms
• series of rulers from different families
• series of rulers from the same family

Which of the following beliefs was  central to Egyptian religion?

• the afterlife
• the pyramids
• the pharaohs
• the heavens

Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?

• They used a funeral pyre for the dead.
• They carried the dead to a nearby country.
• They preserved bodies as mummies.
• They were buried in the river.

Pyramids are 

• warehouses to store food surplus
• temples where people are allowed to come and pray
• tombs with 2 rectangle-shaped sides
• tombs with 4 triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top

The worship of many gods.

• monotheism
• irrigation
• polytheism
• epic

Pharaoh means

• great king
• great house
• great family
• great friend

What is papyrus?

• mud used in building
• plant from which paper is made
• rock used to make tools
• animal skin

What was a MAJOR purpose for building the pyramids?

• temples for religious worship
• storehouses for reserves of grain
• homes for the pharaohs' servants
• tombs for pharaohs when they died