Ancient Egypt Part 1

Question 1

What book told the story of ancient Egyptians passing into the afterlife?

Accepted Answer

The Book of the Dead

Question 2

What natural feature DIDN'T help protect Egypt from Invaders?

Accepted Answer

The Nile River

Question 3

What was the long, thin reed that grew along the Nile riverbanks?

Accepted Answer

Papyrus

Question 4

What river was the Egyptian civilization founded along?

Accepted Answer

The Nile River

Question 5

Was there a social structure (different levels of wealth and power) in ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 6

What did Egyptians make that was based on the cycle of flooding?

Accepted Answer

Calendar

Question 7

The first King to build a pyramid was who?

Accepted Answer

King Zoser

Question 8

What is the belief in many gods called?

Accepted Answer

Polytheism

Question 9

The triangle of marshy wetlands where a river meets a sea is called what?

Accepted Answer

Delta

Question 10

What word in the English language comes from the word "papyrus"?

Accepted Answer

Paper

Question 11

Embalming changed the body into what?

Accepted Answer

Mummy

Question 12

What did the Egyptians make to help carry flood water into the fields?

Accepted Answer

Irrigation channels

Question 13

Egyptians believed in an _________, a life that would continue after death.

Accepted Answer

afterlife

Question 14

What is the ancient Egyptian written language known as?

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphics

Question 15

How was the flooding in Egypt different than the flooding in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Flooding in Egypt was more predictable

Question 16

What was vital to the development Mesopotamia, Egypt, and other early civilizations?

Accepted Answer

Rivers

Question 17

What is a series of rulers from the same family called?

Accepted Answer

Dynasty

Question 18

What is it called to treat a body to protect it from decay?

Accepted Answer

Embalming

Question 19

Rushing water that forms waterfalls and rapids are called what?

Accepted Answer

Cataracts

Questions 19