social studies 7th grade study guide 4.3

What two languages were found on the Rosetta Stone?

• Greek

• Egyptian

• Roman

• English

• Armenian

The invention of papyrus was mainly used for ________

• paper

• distributing laws

• historical record

• common people to distribute stories

• merchants to track inventories

What did the items found in Tutankhamun's tomb tell us about the Egyptians?

• understanding of Egyptians' technical skill and scientific knowledge from items such as boats and medicinal plants.

• Egyptians believed in an afterlife

• The Egyptians believed they could be frozen and brought back to life

• The Egyptians believed they had to trick intruders

• The Egyptians were not very advanced and really did not like the rulers

What devices from today is similar to something that an ancient Egyptian merchant would have to use?

• papyrus

• stylus

• plows

• irrigation canals

• toothpicks

what were the three major things Egyptian culture gave to other cultures because of trade routes?

• Wheat, barley

• papyrus

• linen

• copper

• gold

Who would most likely use ancient papyrus?

• scribes

• peasants

• farmers

• pharaohs

• merchants

Why did ancient Egyptians mummify?

• so their bodies would not decompose

• for religious reasons

• so they could be honors by their loved ones

• so they could break free and come back to their families

Archeologists who have studied X-rays of mummies have concluded that ancient Egyptian doctors could conduct what medical procedures?

• set broken bones

• perform autopsy

• perform successful child birth

• perform transplants

Who was the goddess maat?

• goddess of truth, justice and order

• goddess of war

• goddess of knowledge

• goddess of life

Giovanni Battista Belzoni discovered artifacts and temples of what Egyptian pharaoh?

• Psammuthis

• Menes

• Cleopatra

• Khufu

• Hatshepsut