Ancient Egypt

A civilization has

• a written language

• culture

• government

• all of the above

What made it possible for the ancient Egyptians to grow crops?

• a heavy yearly rainfall

• the gods likes the Egyptians

• The Nile flooded its banks yearly

• the plow

From what plant did the ancient Eryptians make paper?

• palm trees

• papyrus

• cottonwood

• reeds

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

• The New Kingdom

• The Middle Kingdom

• The Old Kingdom

• The Numbian Era

What were the pyramids used for?

• burial places

• home for the pharaohs

• town squares

• a warning to invading people

Which is the site of the largest pyramid ever built?

• Memphis

• Cairo

• Upper Egypt

• Giza

What is special about tomb KV 62?

• It is the oldest tomb

• It is the tomb of Tutankhamen

• It is the largest tomb

• It is constructed in a way that other tombs were not

Why did the ancient Egyptians mummify their dead?

• It was for health reasons

• It was the law

• They believed you needed your body in the afterlife.

• They worshipped their relatives.

What was stored in a canopic jar?

• gold

• natron

• amulets

• internal organs

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