Ancient Egypt- Part 2- MCGraw Hill (Green Book)-5.2

Ramses the Great is best remembered

• for his ability as an artist.

• as a great scribe.

• for his untimely death at the hands of Ahmose

• as a great warrior and builder.

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?

• The tombs served as museums.

• The tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh.

• Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom

• Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife.

Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs?

• King Tutankhamen

• Ahmose of Thebes

• Ramses the Great

• Queen Hatshepsut

The Egyptians developed a type of government in which rule is based on religious authority of the pharaoh

• Polytheism

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

Name the world’s earliest form of paper that was invented by the Egyptians.

• Papyrus

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Bone Script

I’m an important female pharaoh of the New Kingdom who expanded trade and built monuments.

• Hatshepsut

• Tutankamun

• Cleopatra

• Ramses, the Great

The Rosetta Stone was important because

• It is a unique artifact.

• It had Greek, Cuneiform, and Egyptian writing on it.

• It led to the decoding of Hieroglyphics.

• It represented peace.

Tutankamun(King Tut) is a well-known pharaoh because

• he lived a long life.

• his tomb was discovered intact.

• he was a revolutionary thinker.king

• he was a great scribe.

What was the purpose of the pyramids in ancient Egypt?

• to protect the body of the pharaoh to help it reach the afterlife.

• To create a stairway from heaven to earth.

• To create a memorial for the pharaoh.

• To provide jobs for the Egyptian people.pyramids

Why was Hammurabi’s Code important?

• It helped decode cuneiform writing.

• It helped everyone to know the rules and punishments.

• Soldiers used it to send messages during battle.

• It showed archaeologists why writing was important.