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Lesson 4 Ancient Egypt 6th grade
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1
Hieroglyphics were always written horizontally from right to left.
True
False
2
The Southern Part of Egypt is called
Southern Egpyt
Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
Middle Egypt
3
Menes wore this to represent his rule over upper and lower Egypt
A double crown
A golden robe
A ruby ring
A purple crown
4
Who's tomb was discovered in 1922?
Queen Hatshepsut
Menes
King Tut
Ramses the Great
5
A stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top is an Obelisk.
False
True
6
Most people in Egypt were Craftspeople.
True
False
7
Pyramids were built during the New Kingdom.
True
False
8
Who did the people blame if the crops didn't grow or disease struck?
The nobles
The priest
The farmers
The Pharaoh
9
A Delta is a triangle-shaped area of soil deposited by a river.
False
True
10
Steep rapids along a river
sphinx
papyrus
cataracts
canals
11
The two names of the two regions in Egypt are
Tigris and Euphrates
Northern and southern
eastern and western
upper and lower
12
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth.
Mummies
Tamales
Pyramids
Pharaohs
13
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry , and other treasures?
They served as storage rooms for the pharaoh
They were the safest place in the kingdom
For the dead to enjoy in the afterlife
They served as museums
14
What are Hieroglyphics typically written on?
From left to right
From right to left
From top to bottom
From bottom to top
15
Imaginary creature with the body of a lion and the head of another animal.
cataract
sphinx
papyrus
16
Most of the people in Egypt held what type of job?
Scribe
Merchant
Slave
Farmer
17
Imaginary creature with the body of a lion and the head of another animal
pharaoh
mummy
sphinx
Ka
18
What did the farmers build to direct the flow of the water to their fields?
reservoirs
tunnels
cataracts
canals
19
The Sphinx is what we use to decipher hieroglyphics.
True
False
20
Egyptians believed the Pharaohs were gods.
True
False
21
What is the name of slab of stone discovered that helped historians understand hieroglyphics?
Birth Stone
Limestone
Code of Hammurabi
Rosetta Stone
22
Upper Egypt is located in the Northern part of Egypt.
False
True
23
Egypt was called The ______ because the Nile River brought life to this region and allowed it to thrive.
Gift of the Nile
Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Pharaohs
Gift of the Delta
24
Egypt's natural barriers include....
cataracts
Mediterranean Sea
desert to the east
All of the above
25
Osiris is the god of
stars and sky
the sun
the sea
the underworld
