Ancient Egypt Review

Which body of water does the Nile River flow into?

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

What is Egyptian writing called?

• cuneiform
• hieroglyphics

• characters
• Sanskrit

What were pyramids?

• a place to store food surplus

• prisons
• tombs for pharaohs
• tombs for nobles

What is a dynasty?

• a collection of queens
• a collection of kingdoms
• series of rulers from different families
• series of rulers from the same family

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

Who would write and record information?

• slaves
• scribes
• farmers
• craftspeople

An area where a river fans out into various branches as it flows into a body of water is a

• pond

• sea

• ocean

• delta

A series of rulers from the same family is called a

• dynasty

• vizier

• hieroglyph

• scribe

This is a paper-like material that was made from reeds that grew along the Nile River

• cataract

• papyrus

• hieroglyph

• stylus