Ancient Egypt and Hieroglyphics Article

What is the oldest and most difficult writing system used by the Ancient Egyptians?

• Alphabet

• Hieroglyphics

• Demotic

• Hieratic

What does the word 'hieroglyphics' mean?

• Sacred carving

• Religious text

• Ancient language

• Public monument

Where were hieroglyphics used besides temple walls and public monuments?

• Gravestones

• Statues

• Coffins

• All of the above

What are the two main characteristics of hieroglyphic writing?

• Pictures and symbols

• Ideograms and phonograms

• Objects and inscriptions

• Alphabet and determinatives

What are ideograms and how are they read?

• Pictures representing objects, read as words

• Symbols representing sounds, read as letters

• Pictures representing sounds, read as words

• Symbols representing objects, read as letters

What is the purpose of phonograms in hieroglyphics?

• To represent objects

• To increase readability

• To represent sounds

• To determine the meaning

What is the role of determinatives in hieroglyphic writing?

• To increase readability

• To represent sounds

• To represent objects

• To determine the meaning

When were hieroglyphics established as a writing system?

• 3100 BC

• 394 AD

• 660 BC

• 1822 AD

How long did hieroglyphics remain in use?

• 500 years

• 1000 years

• 2000 years

• 3500 years

Who deciphered hieroglyphics and when did this happen?

• Ancient Egyptians in 3100 BC

• Napoleon in 1822

• Greeks in 660 BC

• Jean-François Champollion in 1799