Social Studies Revision

1. The word hieroglyph comes from the Greek hieros plus………...

• a. glypho

• b. plant

• c. Roman

• d- Latin

2. The word hieros means ……………..

• a. old

• b. sacred

• c. simple

• d. difficult

3. The word glypho means………………

• a. plants

• b. inscriptions

• c. face

• d. read

4. Rosetta stone was discovered by…………..

• a. Napoleon's troops

• b. the Persians

• c. the Egyptians

• d. American soldiers

5. …………… managed to decipher the hieroglyph of the Rosetta Stone .

• a. the Egyptians

• b. Narmer

• c. Jean Francois Champollion

• d. James H.

6. Hieroglyphs are written in …………..

• a. rows only

• b. columns only

• c. rows and columns

• d. English

7. Hieroglyphs can be read ………………..

• a. from left to right only

• b. from right to left only

• c. both are correct

8. You can distinguish the direction of the text of the hieroglyphs according to the …………….

• a. face direction of the human or animal

• b. color of the text

• c. number of the glyphs.

• the size of the glyphs

9. Hieroglyphs were written on………………

• a. papyrus reed

• b. colored papers

• c. none of the above

10. The Egyptians used pens which were…………

• a. thick

• b. thin sharp reeds

• c. stones

• d. none of the above