The economic system of the Egyptian did NOT involve...

Payments for products in ancient coins

What is the purpose of mummification?

Preserve a body for the afterlife

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Ancient Egypt

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1
Where is the Great Pyramid located?
Giza
Nile
Alexandria
Cairo
2
Scribes were more important than soldiers.
False
True
3
The Rosetta Stone was used by scholars to ...
Enter a secret tomb
Translate Hieroglyphics
Measure the size of a harvest
Survey the land after the Nile flooded
4
A Pharaoh was both a _____ and _____.
Priest and King
King and God
Top General and King
Chief Builder and God
5
Merchants were more important than artisans.
True
False
6
Why were the Pyramids build?
To honor the god Horus
To store the surplus of food
So farmers had work in the flood season
To honor the Pharaoh
7
Egypt is known as the gift of the __________.
Desert
Nile
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
8
Anyone could attend school in ancient Egypt.
True
False
9
What is the Egyptian calendar based on?
Flooding of the Nile
Weather
The Moon
Sunrise and Sunset
10
The economic system of the Egyptian did NOT involve...
Payments for products in ancient coins
Trading with faraway places
The use of barter to exchange goods and services
Dependence on surplus foods to trade at markets
11
Pictures that represent ideas, things or sounds
Rosetta Stone
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Papyrus
12
What was the planting season called?
Peret
Shemu
Akhet
Tut
13
Where is Egypt located?
South Western Africa
North Western Africa
South Eastern Africa
North Eastern Africa
14
What was the harvesting season called?
Akhet
Peret
Tut
Shemu
15
What is the purpose of mummification?
Scare children into behaving
Hide materials from thieves
Cleansing a person after an illness
Preserve a body for the afterlife
16
Strips of this plant stalk were used to make paper.
Reeds
Papyrus
Linen
Flax
17
What was used to draw water from the reservoirs?
Papyrus
Irrigation
Canal
Shaduf
18
A civilization needs all BUT ...
Wealth
Government to make laws
Food, Shelter, Water
Community of people who live and work in a place
19
What is an artisan?
Servants to the Pharaoh
People who recorded government documents
People who trade goods
Makers of crafts and art
20
What was the flood season called?
Tut
Shemu
Akhet
Peret

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Ancient Egypt

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Questions 20

Answers

1
Where is the Great Pyramid located?
Giza
Nile
Alexandria
Cairo
2
Scribes were more important than soldiers.
False
True
3
The Rosetta Stone was used by scholars to ...
Enter a secret tomb
Translate Hieroglyphics
Measure the size of a harvest
Survey the land after the Nile flooded
4
A Pharaoh was both a _____ and _____.
Priest and King
King and God
Top General and King
Chief Builder and God
5
Merchants were more important than artisans.
True
False
6
Why were the Pyramids build?
To honor the god Horus
To store the surplus of food
So farmers had work in the flood season
To honor the Pharaoh
7
Egypt is known as the gift of the __________.
Desert
Nile
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
8
Anyone could attend school in ancient Egypt.
True
False
9
What is the Egyptian calendar based on?
Flooding of the Nile
Weather
The Moon
Sunrise and Sunset
10
The economic system of the Egyptian did NOT involve...
Payments for products in ancient coins
Trading with faraway places
The use of barter to exchange goods and services
Dependence on surplus foods to trade at markets
11
Pictures that represent ideas, things or sounds
Rosetta Stone
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Papyrus
12
What was the planting season called?
Peret
Shemu
Akhet
Tut
13
Where is Egypt located?
South Western Africa
North Western Africa
South Eastern Africa
North Eastern Africa
14
What was the harvesting season called?
Akhet
Peret
Tut
Shemu
15
What is the purpose of mummification?
Scare children into behaving
Hide materials from thieves
Cleansing a person after an illness
Preserve a body for the afterlife
16
Strips of this plant stalk were used to make paper.
Reeds
Papyrus
Linen
Flax
17
What was used to draw water from the reservoirs?
Papyrus
Irrigation
Canal
Shaduf
18
A civilization needs all BUT ...
Wealth
Government to make laws
Food, Shelter, Water
Community of people who live and work in a place
19
What is an artisan?
Servants to the Pharaoh
People who recorded government documents
People who trade goods
Makers of crafts and art
20
What was the flood season called?
Tut
Shemu
Akhet
Peret