Ancient Egypt

Question 1

Why did Egyptians mummify bodies?

Accepted Answer

So their souls could come back to receive offerings

Question 2

Who created the laws in Egypt

Accepted Answer

The pharaoh

Question 3

Egyptians were polytheistic because they...

Accepted Answer

Believed in many gods

Question 4

Aside from the Nile, most of Egypt is what?

Accepted Answer

Desert

Question 5

Rich soil at the bottom of the Nile that helps grow crops is called what?

Accepted Answer

Silt

Question 6

The Nile River empties into the

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea

Question 7

How did the Nile River help the people of ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

The Nile helped in many ways. All of the above

Question 8

Why didn’t the Nubians use the Nile River for travel?

Accepted Answer

Cataracts

Question 9

Pyramids were...

Accepted Answer

Tombs for pharaohs

Question 10

Irrigation is an example of which 5-theme of geography?

Accepted Answer

Human-Environment Interaction

Question 11

One good thing about the desert surrounding Egypt is that...

Accepted Answer

It offered protection from invasions

Question 12

The Egyptian economy was based on what?

Accepted Answer

Agriculture

Question 13

The Egyptians invented a type of paper called

Accepted Answer

Papyrus

Question 14

This invention helped the Egyptians build the pyramids...

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Geometry

Question 15

"Egypt has a desert and many pyramids" is an examples of this theme of geography

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Place

Question 16

Where did most people live in ancient Egypt

Accepted Answer

Along the Nile

Question 17

Who was just below the pharaohs on the social structure?

Accepted Answer

Priests

Question 18

The Nile River flows...

Accepted Answer

South to North

Question 19

A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group is called

Accepted Answer

A dynasty

Question 20

Egypt is in what region?

Accepted Answer

Middle East

Question 21

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?

Accepted Answer

King Menes/Narmer

Questions 21