Ancient Egypt Module 4 Lesson 4 Egyptian Achievements

Hieroglyphics is... 

• Ancient Egyptian picture writing
• Another name for the rulers of Egypt
• Belief in an afterlife. 
• Buildings with sides shaped like triangles

Why did the people bury valuable and useful objects in tombs?

• To hide them from the robbers.
• To show off their wealth.
• To keep them safe from floods.
• To help the dead in the afterlife.

A decorative coffin used for the Pharaohs and the wealthy in Egypt

• Tomb
• Sarcophagus
• Grave
• Ziggurat

What was the Rosetta Stone used for?

• Paper Weight
• Translating Languages
• Wall Decoration
• Building Pyramids

The Egyptians invented all of these except...

• toothbrush

• wheel

• paperlike

• wig

• calendar

What is "papyrus

• paper

• paper made out of reed plants used by the ancient Egyptians

• reed plants

• ancient Egyptians

Egypt is a hot, dry place. How did ancient Egyptians get water to grow crops?

• They dug canals to irrigate their crops.

• They used sprinklers during times of drought

• They traveled to lakes and brought back water.

• They pumped water from the Red Sea

The religious text of ancient Egypt is called...

• The Book of the Dead

• The Code of Hammurabi

• The Dao

• The Confucian Prophecy

What was papyrus used for in ancient Egypt?

• It was a tool for carving pictures out of stone.

• It was used to determine the time of day with sunlight.

• It was used for writing documents

• It was an instrument for irrigating fields next to the Nile River

who was the youngest Egyptian king

• hatshepsut
• king tut
• randy
• khfu