Quiz on Hieroglyphs

What were hieroglyphs called?

• Sacred carvings

• Fancy letters

• Ancient shapes

• Stone pictures

When were hieroglyphs made?

• 3100 years ago

• before 3100 BC

• 2022

• 1799

What did hieroglyphs show at first?

• Animals and tools

• Numbers and letters

• Only ideas

• Money

Who were scribes in Egypt?

• Writers

• Farmers

• Kings and queens

• Builders

What did scribes NOT do?

• Collect taxes

• Write court rules

• Build temples

• Keep army records

What helped people read hieroglyphs after 2000 years?

• Papyrus

• The Rosetta Stone

• A new alphabet

• A pyramid

How many languages were carved on Rosetta Stone?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Fill in the blanks.