Ancient Egypt

The family of the deceased person would leave what with the sarcophagus?

• pets

• fire

• priests

• gold, food, jewelry

The major organs (except for the heart) of a dead body were placed in ____ during ancient times in Egypt?

• in the ground

• canopic jars

• tupperware jars

• in the body

When pharaoh died in Egypt, what did the priests do with the body?

• embalm it

• burn it

• bury it

• sacrifice it

What practice did Egyptians learn about through mummification?

• cave drawings

• book keeping

• geometry

• medicine

It took a long time to become a scribe because _____.

• There were so many hieroglyphs to learn

• They believed society worked when everyone knew their roles

• The floods left silt behind that was good for farming

• Egypt - Gift of the Nile

How did Ancient Egypt's settlements benefit by being surrounded by desert?

• The desert offered protected from invaders

• Empire-building

• Rivers that increased the fertility of the land by flooding

• They believed society worked when everyone knew their roles

One reason the Euphrates, Nile, and Tigris valleys were the first centers of civilization is because _____.

• They had the means for irrigation and transportation

• Written language

• Empire-building

• By importance of the occupations

This ruler avoided military conquests and expanded Egypt's economy.

• Ramses II

• Hatshepsut

• Thutmose II

• King Tut

What does the social pyramid show about Egyptian's social classes?

• The fewest people were in the highest classes

• Worshipping many gods

• A new alliance with the middle class

• The desert offered protected from invaders

What is silt?

• rich soil left behind from flooding that was good for farming

• the king

• made irrigation possible

• pebbles and gravel