Ancient Egypt

What were pyramids?

• a place to store food surplus

• prisons
• tombs for pharaohs
• tombs for nobles

Which body of water does the Nile River flow into?

• Pacific Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea

What is Egyptian writing called?

• cuneiform
• hieroglyphic
• characters
• Sanskrit

What was the most common form of religious practice in Ancient Egypt?

• hieroglyphics
• polytheism
• mythology
• monotheism

Polytheism is the belief in 

• One God
• Multiple Gods
• No God
• one god on even days, multiple gods on odd days

Egypt is on what Continent?

• Africa
• Asia
• Europe
• South America

What is the famous river in Egypt?

• Tigris
• Euphrates
• Nile
• Hudson

How did the Nile River benefit Egyptians? (select all that apply)

• fresh drinking water

• floods destroyed homes and crops

• floods provided silt

• papyrus grew near the river

• a waterway for transportation

Egypt is surrounded by desert, what is a benefit of this?

• The temperature is warm

• The sand is soft

• Protection

• Easy to navigate

An Egyptian king. Also known as a living God.

• Nomad

• Ruler

• Pharoah

• Vizier