Egyptian Achievements Module 4 Lesson 4

Egyptian ________________ used picture symbols to represent sounds.

(a)  

• hieroglyphics
• architecture
• art
• Karnak
• King Tutankhamen
• Rosetta Stone
• temples
• papyrus
• sphinxes
• obelisk

Egyptians built elaborate ________________ to serve as homes of the gods. (p. 126)

(a)  

• temples
• Karnak
• papyrus
• King Tutankhamen
• hieroglyphics
• Rosetta Stone
• obelisk
• sphinxes
• art
• architecture

Many of the best examples of Egyptian ________________ could be found in the tombs of pharaohs and other nobles. (p. 126)

(a)  

• art
• architecture

• sphinxes
• obelisks
• King Tutankhamen
• hieroglyphics
• papyrus
• Karnak
• Rosetta Stone
• temples

Egyptians learned how to make ________________, a long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds.

(a)  

• papyrus
• temples
• Karnak
• King Tutankhamen
• art
• architecture
• hieroglyphics
• obelisk
• sphinxes
• Rosetta Stone

Discovered by a French soldier in 1799, the ________________ was the key to determining the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

(a)  

• Rosetta Stone
• papyrus
• temples
• Karnak
• King Tutankhamen
• obelisk
• hieroglyphics
• architecture
• sphinxes
• art

The Temple of ________________ was one of Egypt’s great temples, built in honor of the Egyptian sun god, Amon-Re. (p.126)

(a)  

• Karnak
• temples
• art
• architecture
• King Tutankhamen
• obelisk
• sphinxes
• Rosetta Stone
• hieroglyphics
• papyrus

Egyptian temples often contained rows of stone ________________, which were statues of imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of humans.

(a)  

• sphinxes
• obelisk

• temples
• art
• architecture
• papyrus
• Karnak
• King Tutankhamen
• Rosetta Stone
• hieroglyphics

Often constructed by Egyptians on either side of a temple gate, an ________________ is a tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top.

(a)  

• obelisk
• sphinxes
• temples
• art
• architecture
• King Tutankhamen
• papyrus
• Rosetta Stone
• hieroglyphics
• Karnak

In 1922, archaeologists found the tomb of ________________, undisturbed throughout the years and filled with priceless treasure.

(a)  

• King Tutankhamen
• art
• architecture
• temples
• Karnak
• papyrus
• Rosetta Stone
• hieroglyphics
• obelisk
• sphinxes

The Egyptians made lasting achievements in writing, ________________, and art. (p.125)

(a)  

• architecture
• art
• temples
• Karnak
• King Tutankhamen
• sphinxes
• obelisk
• papyrus
• hieroglyphics
• Rosetta Stone