GR12 - Ancient Egypt- Historical Context

What two bodies of water border modern-day Egypt?

• the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

• the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean

• the Indian Sea and the Red Sea

• the Mediterranean Sea and the city of Dubai

What was and currently is the main water source in Egypt?

• The Nile River

• The Dead Sea

• Bottled Spring Water

• The Bermuda Triangle

True or False: Pyramids and tombs were used for Pharaohs.

• True

• False

What were pyramids?

• temples to the gods
• prisons
• tombs for pharaohs
• tombs for nobles

Who was at the TOP of Egyptian Social Structure?

• Farmers

• Slaves

• Merchants

• Pharaohs

How did Egyptians get water to their crops?

• Plow

• Chariot

• Wagon

• Irrigation

What geographic feature brought life to Egypt and allowed it to thrive?

• Deltas
• Mountains
• Cataracts
• The River

This discovery in 1799 CE finally allowed modern scholars to translate ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics.

• The Bible
• The Book of the Dead
• The Great Sphinx
• The Rosetta Stone

This invention allowed Hieroglyphics to write much longer stories (like the Book of the Dead).

• Scribes
• Papyrus
• Ramps
• Wheels

True or False: The scarcity of Egyptian literature and other texts is because much was lost when different scripts and writing forms were changed and adopted.

• True

• False