Ancient Egypt Quiz

What term refers to a series of rulers from the same family or bloodline in ancient Egypt?

• papyrus

• monotheism

• dynasty

• mummification

What is the title given to the ancient Egyptian king?

• Ka

• delta

• pharaoh

• polytheism

What material, used for writing, was made from a plant that grew along the Nile?

• Rosetta stone

• papyrus

• hieroglyphics

• cataracts

What is the name of the stone that helped to decipher hieroglyphics?

• delta

• Ka

• Rosetta stone

• cataracts

What is the term for the ancient Egyptian writing system that used pictorial symbols?

• polytheism

• mummification

• delta

• hieroglyphics

What are the rapids along the Nile River called?

• Ka

• cataracts

• papyrus

• delta

What is the term for the landform at the mouth of a river where it splits into several branches before entering the sea?

• delta

• Ka

• monotheism

• Rosetta stone

What term describes the religious belief in multiple gods?

• monotheism

• mummification

• polytheism

• dynasty

What is the term for the ancient Egyptian concept of the vital life force or spirit?

• Ka

• pharaoh

• cataracts

• papyrus

What term describes the religious belief in a single god?

• delta

• polytheism

• monotheism

• Rosetta stone