How did Upper Egypt get its name?

It is upriver of the Nile's flow

The tombs of Egyptian pharoahs were meant to

provide them with what they would need in the afterlife

Why did the Egyptians mummify their dead?

so their Ka would enter the afterlife

Why was the Rosetta Stone important?

It helped decipher hieroglyphics

In Ancient Egypt, a dynasty was?

A line of rulers from one family

A type of government in which one person has complete control

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1
What direction does the Nile flow?
South to North
West to East
East to West
North to South
2
How did Upper Egypt get its name?
It floods more than Lower Egypt
It is downriver of the Nile's flow
It is upriver of the Nile's flow
It is in northern Egypt
3
The tombs of Egyptian pharoahs were meant to
provide astonishment for tourists 4000 years in the future
provide them with what they would need in the afterlife
be robbed
provide work for the poor of Egypt.
4
Why did the Egyptians mummify their dead?
to keep the for the future
so the dead could be buried easier
to preserve them to someday bring them back to life
so their Ka would enter the afterlife
5
The Nile River holds what distinction?
The widest river in the world
The longest river in the world
The only freshwater river in the world
the most dangerous river in the world
6
Why was this important?
It isn't
It helped decode Hieroglyphics
It showed the power of the Pharaoh
It was found in the tomb of king Narmer
7
Why was the Rosetta Stone important?
It told us hieroglyphics were just pictures
It told Egyptians how to live their life
Because it was a beautiful stone
It helped decipher hieroglyphics
8
After conquering the king of lower Egypt, he united Egypt
Narmer
Cleopatra
Ramses II
Tutankhamen
9
Which statement is true about the Nile River?
it provided water for irrigation
the silt made the land fertile for farming
All of the above
it was a highway for trade
10
What was the name of Egyptian writing?
hieroglyphics
alphabet
pictographs
cuneiform
11
The area near the mouth of the Nile river where silt was deposited is called a______?
isthmus
delta
cataract
peninsula
12
To symbolize unification of Egypt a pharaoh wore
a bird head
double crown
cartouche
two rings
13
In Ancient Egypt, a dynasty was?
The Lakers
A brutish warrior who protected the king
A well-respected ruler
A line of rulers from one family
14
Hieroglyphics in Egypt were used
to record marriages
all of the above
to determine how much farmers owed the government
to keep order in the government
15
Egyptian god known as the King of the gods...
Horus
Isis
Anubis
Amun
16
Housed the tombs of dead pharoahs
Coffins
Graves
Mummies
Pyramids
17
A monarchy is?
A type of government in which one person has complete control
A steep waterfall
A wide area of land at the mouth of a river
A series of rulers from the same family
18
The Nile River flows into which body of water?
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Indian Ocean
19
Egyptian scribes ...
were highly respected
were responsible for the irrigation canals
part of the lowest social class
were responsible for teaching religion
20
What were the names of the Three Kingdoms of Egypt
Old, Middle, New
Small, Medium, Large
Past, Present, Future
Ancient, Mid-Ancient, Post-Ancient
21
A reed plant that grows wild along the Nile River; used to make paper
Pyramids
Hieroglyphics
Paper
Papyrus
22
An Egyptian dynasty is...
at least 250 years long
belief in multiple gods
family of rulers
made up of Upper and Lower Egypt
23
An Egyptian Pharaoh was considered to be what?
a dynasty
A god
Scribe
Ruler of the world
24
In what lake does the Nile River start?
Victoria
Malawi
Chad
Albert
25
What is true about the Nile River?
The people used it for food, water, and transportation
All of the above
It made the farm soil rich
It flows from south to north

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