G5 Q1 W4 Intro to Early Egyptians Recap

How did the Old Kingdom start?

• It started by discovering farming.

• It started by discovering fire.

• It started by unifying Old and Middle Kingdoms.

• Unknown

___________ was the capital of king Menes.

• Memphis

• Cairo

• Thebes

• Khartoum

What was the major achievement of the Old Kingdom?

• building pyramids.

• building temples.

• building schools

• building castles

The Nile River flows right through the Sahara Desert.

• True

• False

What did Early Egyptians consider their Pharaohs as?

• The worst rulers

• The children of gods

• The holy people

• The best people

Clothing and jewelry were often placed inside the Pyramids.

• Right

• Wrong

Papyrus is a plant that grows in the desert.

• True

• False, it grows at the banks of the Nile River

• False, it grows at the banks of the Red Sea

• False, it grows at the banks of the Blue River

The Sahara Desert is the smallest desert in the world.

• Right

• Wrong, the largest desert in the world

Animals were sometimes made into mummies.

• Wrong

• Right because Egyptians were brilliant in such things

The word Hieroglyphics refers to the ancient Egyptians writing system which is a system of lines connected together to form a letter.

• Right

• Wrong. It consists of pictures and symbols.