Hieroglyphics and Hieratic Script Video Quiz

What does hieroglyphics stand for in Greek?

What was the less complicated form of hieroglyphics?

What do hieroglyphic pictures stand for?

• sounds

• pictures

• art

What picture stood for the letter "f"?

• bird

• owl

• snake

• triangle

What direction is hieroglyphics read in?

• Left to right

• vertically

• right to left

• all of the above

_______ writing was a more convenient, cursive script written on papyrus with a brush.

What was heratic script used for?

When was demotic writing developed?

• 500 BC

• 600 BC

• 6000 BC

• 600 AD

When did all types of writing begin to fall out of use?

• 400 BC

• 600 BC

• 400 AD

• 4000 AD