Ancient Egypt Review 4

Which one was not a way ancient Egypt was protected from invasion?

• sea

• cataracts

• desert

• mountains

What did the ancient Egyptians use to write on?

• stone

• papyrus

• Stone and Papyrus

• clay

What is a sphinx?

• a painting

• Sculpted artwork with the head of a pharaoh and a body of a lion

• a statue of a lion

• a statue of a pharaoh

Why did the ancient Egyptians settle around the Nile River?

• The weather was good.

• There was food, water, fertile soil, and transportation.

• It is where their car broke down.

• They did not live by the Nile.

Where was the most fertile soil in Egypt located?

• Mountain

• Desert

• plateau

• Delta

What discovery allowed for the translation of hieroglyphics?

• Rosetta Stone

• cave drawings

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

What neighboring people were major trading partners with the ancient Egyptians?

• Mesopotamia

• Sumerian

• Nubia

• Iraq

Items sent to other regions for trade

• Import

• Export

• Luxury items

• Trade Network

Goods brought in from other regions

• Imports

• Exports

• Merchants

• Traders

This is an imaginary creature with a human head and the body of a lion.

• Osiris

• Sphinx

• Kraken

• Pharaoh