Egypt Review Quiz

Besides providing a stable food diet, what other advantage did Egypt's location provide for early Egyptians?

• Temples to worship in

• Natural barriers for protection

• Sumerian artwork

• Two dynasties to celebrate religion

Who would the people blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?

• Farmers

• Pharaoh

• Mummies

• The dynasty

Which of the following beliefs was  central to Egyptian religion?

• The afterlife

• The pharaohs

• The pyramids

• The Heavens

Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?

• They used a funeral pyre

• They buried their dead in a nearby country

• Buried the dead in a river

• The preserved the bodies as mummies

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, etc.....?

• Tombs were museums

• Tombs were the safest place in the kingdom

• Tombs were private storage

• They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.

Pyramids are

• temples where people are allowed to come and pray

• tombs with 2 rectangle-shaped sides

• tombs with 4 triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top

• warehouses to store food surplus

The worship of many gods.

• Polytheism

• Animism

• Monotheism

• Theocracy

Where is the most fertile soil in Egypt?

• Nile Delta

• Far south

• Desert

• Cataracts

Rich soil carried and mixed with water is 

• Pebbles

• silt

• Dust

• clouds

Who is at the top of the Egyptian social hierarchy?

• slaves

• scribes

• Pharaoh

• vizier