Aim: What are Hieroglyphics?

Hey history buffs! Mrs. Geizer and Mrs. Bridges are on a time-travel adventure to Ancient Egypt. Can you help them figure out what script the Ancient Egyptians used to write their fascinating stories and records?

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphs

• sanskrit

• italics

Steven and Michael are exploring an ancient Egyptian tomb. They stumble upon mysterious symbols on the walls. What does the word 'Hieroglyphics' mean?

• Ancient writing

• Picture language

• Egyptian script

• Sacred text

Gabriella and David are exploring ancient Egypt and stumble upon a wall filled with hieroglyphics. How many different symbols do they discover are used in hieroglyphics?

• Exactly 2000

• About 500

• Over 1000

• Less than 100

Imagine you're in ancient Egypt with Steven and Michael. Who do you think were the main people that learned to write those mysterious hieroglyphics?

• Soldiers

• Merchants

• Scribes and priests

• Farmers

Mrs. Lesko and David are exploring ancient Egypt! They stumble upon some mysterious hieroglyphics. Can you help them figure out what an ideogram is in hieroglyphics?

• A symbol that makes a sound

• A picture that stands for a whole word

• A type of punctuation

• A letter of the alphabet

Hey David and Johan, do you know what a phonogram in hieroglyphics is? Let's find out!

• A symbol that makes a sound

• A picture that stands for a whole word

• A type of paper

• A type of stone

Hey Grace, do you know what the Ancient Egyptians used to make their version of paper? Let's find out!

• Animal skin

• Cotton

• Papyrus plant

• Wood pulp

Hey David and Michael, do you know what the Rosetta Stone was?

• A famous pyramid

• A type of papyrus

• A stone with hieroglyphics that helped translate the text

• An ancient Egyptian god

During a thrilling history class, June stumbled upon a mystery: Who was the adventurous soul that discovered the Rosetta Stone?

• A Greek historian

• An American archaeologist

• An Egyptian farmer

• A French soldier

Mrs. Bridges and Mrs. Lesko are exploring ancient Egypt. They find a mysterious scroll with hieroglyphics. In what direction could these hieroglyphics be written?

• Only left to right

• Only up and down

• Right to left or left to right

• Only right to left