Why was the flooding of the Nile River so important to the Egyptians?

Provided silt/sediment to fertilize fields & water for crops

Ancient Egypt had a social pyramid. This suggests:

People were ranked on their social level.

All of the following are true of Egyptian mummification EXCEPT:

left all of the organs in the dead body.

Everyone is always amazed at the number of items found in King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Why?

We see the amount of wealth and power a pharaoh had.

Why did Egyptians practice mummification?

believed proper burial was necessary to achieve afterlife

An accurate calendar was important to Egyptians because:

it predicted when Nile floods began and ended

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1
Why was the flooding of the Nile River so important to the Egyptians?
Provided silt/sediment to fertilize fields & water for crops
It made traveling faster
It destroyed unwanted homes
It gave them more water to store
2
Ancient Egypt had a social pyramid. This suggests:
People were ranked on their social level.
All people were treated equally in Egypt
People needed to know where they lived in Egypt.
Pyramids were only built for the pharaohs.
3
The kings of Egypt were known as:
pharaohs
Patriots
mummies
scribes
4
The pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt was called:
Hatshepsut
Tutankhamen
Menes
Gary
5
Egyptians brought water from the Nile to their farms. This is called:
irrigation
deltas
hieroglyphics
silt
6
One woman that served as pharaoh of Egypt was called:
Menes
Hatshepsut
Tutankhamen
Moses
7
All of the following were true of the Egyptian pharaohs EXCEPT:
They were worshipped as gods.
They were always women.
They were political, religious, and military leaders.
They were mummified for protection after death.
8
All of the following are true of Egyptian mummification EXCEPT:
took the brain out of the skull with a hook.
wrapped the body in cloth and covered the face with a mask
placed lungs, stomach, intestines, and liver inside jars
left all of the organs in the dead body.
9
Everyone is always amazed at the number of items found in King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Why?
There were no pharaohs in Egypt.
We see the amount of wealth and power a pharaoh had.
There was never a King Tutankhamen.
King Tut didn’t have a tomb
10
Why did Egyptians practice mummification?
believed proper burial was necessary to achieve afterlife
wanted to become better doctors by examining dead bodies
copied all of their ideas from the ancient Greeks.
They believed that all dead people should be treated equally
11
Hieroglyphics were an Egyptian form of:
pottery
weapons
writing
the NY Jets
12
The pyramids were built as
tombs for the pharaohs
homes for the slaves
palaces for the kings
temples to worship in
13
A professional writer was called a
cuneiform
scribe
priest
pharaoh
14
All of the following are true of Egyptian religion EXCEPT:
They believed in only one God.
They believed that proper mummification was important.
They had a strong belief in the afterlife.
Believed that Nile must be worshipped to ensure flooding.
15
In ancient Egypt, the Nile flooded
at the same time each year
when Moses commanded it
sporadically throughout the year
when the Egyptians opened up the Aswan Dam
16
An accurate calendar was important to Egyptians because:
it told when to celebrate the Jewish holidays
it told when to survey the land
it predicted when Nile floods began and ended
it told when to build a pyramid
17
The Nile River provided the Ancient Egyptians with all of the following EXCEPT:
fertile soil for better farming
a means of transportation
gold for trade
water for their crops

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