Ancient Egypt Trivia

Question 1

What did pyramids serve as?

Accepted Answer

Tombs for pharaohs

Question 2

How did the Nile affect farming?

Accepted Answer

Made land fertile

Question 3

What was the Egyptian calendar based on?

Accepted Answer

Nile River

Question 4

Why were animals sacrificed?

Accepted Answer

To please gods

Question 5

What did Egyptians believe about the afterlife?

Accepted Answer

Need bodies

Question 6

True or false: Egyptians used the Nile for transport

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

What was Osiris the god of?

Accepted Answer

Dead

Question 8

Why was the Rosetta Stone important?

Accepted Answer

Decipher hieroglyphs

Question 9

How did pyramids protect pharaohs?

Accepted Answer

Protected body and spirit

Question 10

What did Egyptians believe about gods?

Accepted Answer

Animal-headed gods

Question 11

What did Egyptians use for writing?

Accepted Answer

Papyrus

Question 12

What was the Rosetta Stone's role?

Accepted Answer

Language key

Question 13

What did the Nile provide for Egyptians?

Accepted Answer

Mud for building

Question 14

Why did Egyptians mummify bodies?

Accepted Answer

Preserve for afterlife

Question 15

What did hieroglyphs represent?

Accepted Answer

Picture-words

Question 16

Who was Ra in Egyptian mythology?

Accepted Answer

King of gods

Question 17

How did scholars use the Rosetta Stone?

Accepted Answer

Translate hieroglyphs

Question 18

What were canopic jars used for?

Accepted Answer

Preserve organs

Questions 18