Ancient Egypt

What river flows through Egypt?

• The Murray

• The Amazon

• The Mississippi

• The Nile

What did the Ancient Egyptians call the annual floods?

• The Floods

• The Big Wet

• The Nile Burst

• The Inundation

Which of the following people would be considered Artisans?

• Sword Smiths

• Woodworkers

• Jewellers

• Stonemasons

When did Howard Carter discover Tutankhamen's tomb?

• 1622

• 1722

• 1822

• 1922

Why was Tutankhamen's tomb so special?

• It was the first Pharaoh's tomb to be opened up.

• Tutankhamen was the longest serving Pharaoh,

• The tomb had never been opened.

• No one kew who Tutankhamen was.

Instead of writing on clay tablets, the ancient Egyptians invented a type of paper called

• Rice paper

• Muslin

• Booly

• Papyrus

The plants used to make Egyptian paper were found

• Along the Nile River

• In the Desert

• By trading with other countries

• At Hobby Lobby

Ancient Egyptians wrote words with characters called

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Squiggles

• Sanskrit

Hieroglyphics could not be read until Napoleon’s discovery of what item in 1799?

• The Magic Decoder Ring

• Google Translate

• The Rosetta Stone

• Narmer’s Palette

The most famous Great Pyramids of Giza were commissioned (ordered to be built) by

• King Khufu

• King Tut

• Queen Cleopatra

• King Ramses