2. What allowed the Ancient Egyptian civilization to begin?

Natural barriers discouraged invasions

A line of rulers from one family

A person who writes down things

Why was embalming bodies so important to Ancient Egyptians?

bodyremovalalloweddeadpeople to gain access to the afterlife

A body wrapped after the embalming process

A King who is believed to be the son of Re

A reed plant used to make paper

What is the Book of the Dead?

A book that has secrets and spells for the afterlife

Fertile soil deposited from flooding

a bucket used to get water from the nile

Why do the cataracts help the people of egypt

helped protect them from invaders

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1
What is a Cataract?
Egyptian writing
Wild rapids on the river often forming waterfalls
Tomb for an Egyptian ruler
Fertile soil deposited from flooding
2
What is embalming?
A reed plant used to make paper
A body wrapped after the embalming process
A book that has secrets and spells for the afterlife
Removing all organs from the body
3
2. What allowed the Ancient Egyptian civilization to begin?
Natural barriers discouraged invasions
people wanted a new place of worship
people wanted to search for a new supply of food
people wanted to find a new supply of water
4
Which is NOT a characteristic of someone in the upper class?
Wearing white clothes
Wears lots of jewelry
Sandals made of papyrus
Wears makeup (men and women)
5
What is a dynasty?
A king
A line of rulers from one family
A game played by the Egyptian children
A scribes work in progress
6
What are hieroglyphics?
Pictures and sound symbols
the paper Egypt used
a bucket used to get water from the nile
Hot dry land
7
Which is a scribe?
A person who farms
A person who loves animals
A person who writes down things
A King who is believed to be the son of Re
8
Who is NOT in the middle class?
Artisans
Shop Keepers
Scribes
Unskilled workers
9
Which are in the second part of the upper class? (pick one) NoblesArtisansPriestsPharaoh
Artisans
Nobles
Priests
Pharaoh
10
Which is not one of the 3 main crops Ancient Egypt produced?
Corn
Flax Seed
Barley
Wheat
11
Why was embalming bodies so important to Ancient Egyptians?
bodyremovalalloweddeadpeople to gain access to the afterlife
onesIt allowed a way for people to have a new job,
It allowed a way to get rid of dead bodies
It allowed people to mourn over the loss of loved
12
Which two rivers flow together to make the Nile?
Blue Nile
The Amazon
The SaharaBlue Nile
White Nile
13
Who is the god of the the death?
Osiris
Re
Isis
Hapi
14
What is a mummy?
A body wrapped after the embalming process
A reed plant used to make paper
Removing all organs from the body
A book that has secrets and spells for the afterlife
15
Which god weighed whether you had a good or bad life and granted afterlife passage?
Osiris
Hapi
Anubis
Isis
16
Which is a pharaoh?
A person who farms
A person who loves animals
A King who is believed to be the son of Re
A person who writes down things things
17
Which is one of the largest deserts in the world?
The "Red land"
The Johnson
The Nubian
The Sahara
18
What is papyrus?
Removing all organs from the body
A reed plant used to make paper
A book that has secrets and spells for the afterlife
A body wrapped after the embalming process
19
Who do scribes work for
Rulers
Traders
All of the above
Priests
20
What were the two major kingdoms?
Upper Kingdom
New Kingdom
Lower Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
21
Who is the goddess known for motherhood, and being a wife to the god of death?
Isis
Hapi
Re
Osiris
22
Which is NOT a characteristic of someone in the lower class?
Children don't go to school
Has a small mud brick house
Wears makeup and jewelry
Mostly eats bread and veggies
23
26. The Nile is
One of the few rivers to flow South to North
Made of mostly mud
The longest river
Man made
24
Which of the following is in the top most part of the social class?
Nobles
Pharaoh
Priests
Artisans
25
Which of the following does not make up the lower class?
Herders
Priests
Unskilled workers
Farmers
26
Who was in charge of farming crops and turning them into food
Men
Men and Women
Women
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27
Which is Not accurate about a delta?
A section of the river resembling a flower blossom river
Fertile soil at the mouth of a river
divides into small parts and flows into a larger body
Land that is really hot
28
Who is the god of the sun?
Osiris
Re
Hapi
Isis
29
What type of religion is Egypt?
Monotheistic
Democracy
Atheist
Polytheistic
30
Which of the following was NOT important for entering the afterlife?
Being good looking
Knowing prayers and spells from the book of the dead
Having a good life
Having a preserved body that did not decay
31
What is the Book of the Dead?
A body wrapped after the embalming process
A reed plant used to make paper
A book that has secrets and spells for the afterlife
Removing all organs from the body
32
What type of irrigation system did Egypt use?
basins
they did not use irrigation
water sprinklers
airplanes
33
What is Kemet?
Tomb for an Egyptian ruler
Fertile soil deposited from flooding
Egyptian writing
Wild rapids on the river
34
What is a shadoof?
Pictures and sound symbols
a bucket used to get water from the nile
the paper Egypt used
Hot dry land
35
What is a pyramid?
Tomb for an Egyptian ruler
Wild rapids on the river
Fertile soil deposited from flooding
Egyptian writing
36
Why do the cataracts help the people of egypt
helped protect them from invaders
Made the people have to work twice as hard to trade
it made Egypt cold
gave them slow flowing water
37
Who is the god of the Nile?
Hapi
Osiris
Re
Isis
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Which of the following is how they grouped people into social classes?
Privilege and Land size
Animals Owned
How many sets of farm land you have
Wealth and Power

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