Egypt Test Review

What were pyramids?

• a place to store food surplus

• prisons
• tombs for pharaohs
• tombs for nobles

What is Egyptian writing called?

• cuneiform
• hieroglyphic
• characters
• Sanskrit

Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?

• slaves
• pharaoh
• priests
• scribes

Polytheism is the belief in 

• One God
• Multiple Gods
• No God
• one god on even days, multiple gods on odd days

Egypt is on what Continent?

• Africa
• Asia
• Europe
• South America

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

Who would write and record information?

• slaves
• scribes
• farmers
• craftspeople

How did Egyptians get water to their crops?

• Plow

• Chariot

• Wagon

• Irrigation

Egypt is surrounded by desert, what is a benefit of this?

• The temperature is warm

• The sand is soft

• Protection

• Easy to navigate

What type of government did ancient Egypt have?

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy