Ancient Egypt

Why is the Rosetta Stone so important?

• It' the only surviving artifact from ancient Egypt

• It's a letter form Rameses to the Romans

• It's the oldest artifact ever discovered

• It made it possible to decipher hieroglyphics

How was hieratic used?

• to write official documents

• to write everyday documents

• to inscribe pyramids

• to communicate with Romans

What was stored in a canopic jar?

• gold

• natron

• amulets

• internal organs

What were the pyramids used for?

• burial places

• home for the pharaohs

• town squares

• a warning to invading people

A civilization has

• a written language

• culture

• government

• all of the above

What was the Valley of the Kings used for?

• burial ground

• throne room for the pharoah

• where the homes were built

• where they found stones for pyramids

Egypt allowed only male pharoahs.

• True

• False

• Maybe

• Don't pick this one!

What period is considered ancient Egypt's "golden age"?

• The New Kingdom

• The Middle Kingdom

• The Old Kingdom

• The Numbian Era

What's an ideogram?

• a word that stands for a letter

• a letter that stands for a sound

• a picture that stands for a word

• a picture of a food

Egypt was first divided into

• three parts

• upper and lower egypt

• fifty states

• city-states