Egypt Test - Part 1, (5.1, Mummification, &Hieroglyphics)

What was the name given to the Nile Valley by its natives that mean "Black Land"

• Shang Di

• Yumut

• Kemet

• Wi WI

In which direction does the Nile River flow?

• Up
• East
• North
• South

area of rapids or waterfalls

• delta
• cataract
• silt
• white water

area of sediment - soil or minerals carried by water - deposited at the mouth of a river

• silt
• cataract
• basin
• delta

Egypt is the ________ of the Nile.

• gift
• river
• country
• protector

What were the benefits of farmers living near the Nile River?

• it created desert like conditions

• it flooded and deposited fresh soil

• there were no benefits

A _____________________ is a line of rulers from the same family.

• nation-state

• shaduf

• papyrus

• dynasty

Ancient Egyptians invented ________________ which was a paper like material that could be written on to keep records.

• shaduf

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

• cataracts

What is a shaduf?

• writing system

• device used to get water to crops

• burial tomb

• a mode of transportation

What is a HIEROGLYPH?

• pictures representing objects, sounds or letters
• the ancient Mesopotamian form of writing
• giant structures that were shaped like a pyramid
• the kings and queens of ancient Egypt