Ancient Egypt Basics

Which body of water does the Nile River flow into?

• Pacific Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea

What were pyramids?

• a place to store food surplus

• prisons
• tombs for pharaohs
• tombs for nobles

What is Egyptian writing called?

• cuneiform
• hieroglyphic
• characters
• Sanskrit

What was the most common form of religious practice in Ancient Egypt?

• hieroglyphics
• polytheism
• mythology
• monotheism

Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?

• slaves
• pharaoh
• priests
• scribes

Polytheism is the belief in 

• One God
• Multiple Gods
• No God
• one god on even days, multiple gods on odd days

Pyramids are built to 

• for worshipping the Gods
• to look strong and cool to other nations
• be a tomb for the Pharaoh
• to give farmers jobs when not farming

Egypt is on what Continent?

• Africa
• Asia
• Europe
• South America

What is a dynasty?

• a collection of queens
• a collection of kingdoms
• series of rulers from different families
• series of rulers from the same family

What is the famous river in Egypt?

• Tigris
• Euphrates
• Nile
• Hudson