Why is the Rosetta Stone significant?

It allowed a French Egyptologist to translate hieroglyphics

How are the floods of the Nile different than those of Mesopotamia?

The Nile floods were predictable

What river did the Egyptians rely on and what was it used for?

The Nile. Travel/Trade, Farming/Fertile Soil, Drinking

How are the governments of Egypt and Mesopotamia different?

Egypt had theocracy, Mesopotamian city-states had monarchies

What did the Egyptians base their seasons on in their calendar?

The Nile's predictable flood patterns (akhet, peret, shemu)

Why did the Egyptians mummify bodies?

So they had a safe travel into the afterlife

Who was in the upper class in Egypt?

pharaoh and their family, bureaucrats, priests, etc.

A line of rulers from the same family who pass down power

What are some achievements of the Egyptians?

Shadoof, pyramids, calendar, medical skills, math, papyrus

What is Tutankhamun most famous for?

The discovery of his tomb filled with preserved artifacts

Egypt had what type of government?

theocracy-pharaoh was both the religious &political leader

What is the significance of natron?

It was used in the embalming process

Why were the pyramids built?

They were burial tombs for the pharaohs

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Duplicate of Egypt

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1
Were the Egyptians polytheistic or monotheistic
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
2
Why is the Rosetta Stone significant?
It allowed French soldiers to speak Egyptian
It helped show how Egyptian evolved into Greek
It allowed a French Egyptologist to translate hieroglyphics
It helped Egyptians communicate with gods
3
What two deserts surrounded Egypt?
The Syrian and the Sahara
There were no deserts in Egypt
The Syrian and Arabian
The Western and the Sahara
4
How are the floods of the Nile different than those of Mesopotamia?
The Nile was easier to travel through during floods
The Mesopotamia floods were predictable & the Nile were not
The Nile floods were deadly
The Nile floods were predictable
5
What river did the Egyptians rely on and what was it used for?
The Indus. Travel, fertile soil, drinking.
The Nile. Travel/Trade, Farming/Fertile Soil, Drinking
The Euphrates. Fertile soil, travel, bathing
The Tigris. Travel/Trade, Farming/Fertile Soil, Drinking
6
How are the governments of Egypt and Mesopotamia different?
Egypt had an empire, Mesopotamia had democracy
Egypt had theocracy, Mesopotamian city-states had monarchies
Mesopotamia had a theocracy, Egypt had a monarchy
Egypt had a democracy, Mesopotamia had city-states
7
What did the Egyptians base their seasons on in their calendar?
The praying cycle of the Egyptian gods
The heat waves that would come in from the desert
The religious holidays
The Nile's predictable flood patterns (akhet, peret, shemu)
8
What is the fan-shaped part of the Nile that splits into the Mediterranean Sea called?
the nile delta
the nile cataract
the nile shadoof
the nile river
9
Why did the Egyptians mummify bodies?
So they had a safe travel into the afterlife
So they could scare people around Halloween
Priests were bored and wanted a hobby
So that they did not smell from decaying
10
Who was in the upper class in Egypt?
pharaoh and their family, bureaucrats, priests, etc.
Slaves, soldiers, farmers, etc.
Scribes, merchants, shopkeepers, etc.
Farmers, scribes, merchants, etc.
11
About 80% of Egyptians were in what class on the social pyramid?
The Upper Class
The Lower Class
The Middle Class
The Richer Class
12
What was Egypt's climate like?
Hot and Wet
Snowy and Rainy
Hot and Dry
Cold and Rainy
13
What is a dynasty?
A show about duck hunting
A trusted advisor to the pharaoh
The pharaoh's immediate family and court
A line of rulers from the same family who pass down power
14
What are some achievements of the Egyptians?
Paper, shadoof, bamboo, geometry
Shadoof, pyramids, calendar, medical skills, math, papyrus
Sailboat, wheel, calendar, plow
Sailboat, shadoof, wheel, pyramids
15
Where was papyrus found?
Traded and imported from Mesopotamia
At the bottom of the Nile
In the desert
Growing along the Nile's banks
16
The Mesopotamian canals and the Egyptian shadoof both aided early people with ______.
Dynasty
Writing
Praying
Irrigation
17
Which pharaoh attempted to switch Egypt to believing in one god?
Ay
Akhenaten
Hatshepsut
Tut
18
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Narmer
Hatshepsut
Imhotep
Tutankhamun
19
What is Tutankhamun most famous for?
Being the oldest pharaoh to rule
Being killed by Ay
Discovering 100 canes in his tomb
The discovery of his tomb filled with preserved artifacts
20
Egypt had what type of government?
theocracy-pharaoh was both the religious &political leader
theocracy-priest was both the religious &political leader
democracy- the pharaoh got elected by the people
democracy- all citizens got to vote for their leader
21
What is the significance of natron?
It was used to write on
It was a food source in Egypt
It was used in the embalming process
It was the most important job
22
Why were the pyramids built?
They were burial tombs for the pharaohs
To host parties in
To look pretty and bring people to travel to Egypt
To shade people from the hot sun
23
Who was the youngest pharaoh to rule?
Imhotep
Hatshepsut
Akhenaton
Tutankhamen
24
What written language did Egyptians use to keep records of important information?
Cuneiform
Sanskrit
Rosetta Stone
Hieroglyphics
25
What are the areas of fast moving waters in the Nile River called?
Cataract
Shadoof
Irrigation
Delta
26
Who was the first female pharaoh?
Females could not rule
Cleopatra
Hatshepsut
Nefertiti
27
A craftsman in Egypt would be in what social class?
upper class
middle class
higher class
lower class
28
What did the Egyptians write on?
Paper
Linen Strips
Papyrus
Claytablets
29
Why was Lower Egypt at the top and Upper Egypt at the bottom?
The Nile flows south to north
The Nile flows north to south
The Lower class wanted to be at the top
The Upper class people lived at the bottom of Egypt
30
Who was the 1st great architect of the pyramids?
Ramses II
Imhotep
Hatshepsut
King Tut

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