Ancient Egypt

What are hieroglyphs?

• Text messages that Egyptians would send

• A set of pictures and symbols used for writing

• Art the ancient Egyptians used to make

• cave drawings

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What is papyrus?

• a type of paper made from a reed-like plant

• plants people used to eat

• plants used to make boats

• materials used to make a boat

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What is a mummy?

• a body that has been wrapped and saved in a special way so it doesn't break down

• a halloween costume

• a made-up monster

• the name of a ruler

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What are scribes?

• people who trained for years to be able to write hieroglyphs

• people who paint pictures

• people who built pyramids

• people who ruled the land

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What is the rosetta stone?

• a stone that has writing in hieroglyphics and Greek that helps us understand Ancient Egyptian writing

• a big rock

• a place to eat

• a stone the ancient Egyptians used play games with

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is...

• the largest pyramid in the world

• the smallest pyramid in the world

• not a pyramid

• is a cool playground in Egypt

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The Great Sphinx is..

• a statue of a creature with the body of a lion and the head of a man

• a waterpark in Egypt

• a cat

• a pyramid

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A Pharaoh is...

• a ruler of Ancient Egypt

• a regular person

• a teacher in Ancient Egypt

• a person who built the pyramids

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Egypt is located on...

• Africa

• Europe

• Australia

• South America

The pyramids were...

• filled with treasures

• built by slaves

• burial place and monument for Pharaohs

• All of the above!

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