Ancient Egypt

What was the system of writing using pictures and symbols in Egypt called?

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Phoenician alphabet

• Sumerian script

What geographic feature was in the heart of Egypt's landscape?

• Mesopotamia

• Tigris river

• Western desert

• Nile river valley

What people ended Egyptian rule at the end of the Middle Kingdom?

• Canaanites

• Amorites

• Hyksos

• Nubians

Who was the pharaoh that united lower and upper Egypt?

• Khufu
• Ahmose
• Narmer

• Tut

During which kingdom did pharaohs create a government in which they had a strong central authority with absolute power?

• Old kingdom

• Middle kingdom

• New kingdom

• all kingdoms

Egypt fell to the ___________, also known as the Kushites, in the 8th century B.C. when king Kashta peacefully claimed the Egyptian throne during a time of political turmoil.

• Akkadians

• Assyrians

• Hittites

• Nubians

River that the civilizations of Egypt and Kush both depended on

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Nile

• Indus

Political and religious leader of ancient Egypt

• Priest

• Merchant

• King

• Pharaoh

The land of Nubia is in what present-day African country?

• Sudan

• Egypt

• Libya

• Ethiopia

Burial technique to preserve a body in a life-like manner.

• Cremation

• Mummification

• Burial at Sea

• Preservation