Ancient Egyptian Life

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?

• The tombs served as museums.
• The tombs were the private storage rooms fo the pharaoh.
• Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom.
• Egyptians believed the dead (ka) enjoyed such materials in the afterlife.

What is this system of writing called?

• calligraphy

• Hieroglyphs

• Cuneiform

• Alphabet

What is the name of the important river found in Egypt?

• Tigris
• Amazon
•  Nile
• Euphrates

How did most people in Egypt earn a living?

• trade
• fishing 
• farming
• metal working

Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?

• It helped archaeologists decipher Egyptian writing?
• It gave clues about building.
• It was a book of the dead.
• It told how pharaoh's rules.

What is a Pharaoh?

• emperor

• King only

• God only

• God and king

Egypt is in

• Antrartica
• Asia
• Africa
• Europe

 What is a dynasty?

• ruler of Egypt
• a series of rulers from the same family
• a type of government ruled by priests or gods
• a system of offices and officials who handle governmental business

What was the name for people who could write in ancient Egypt?

• authors
• writers
• typists
• scribes

How does the Nile River flow?

• starting in the south to the north 
• starting in the north to the south 
• starting in the middle to the north 
• starting in the middle to the south