Egypt Test

How many dynasties were there in the 3,000 years of ancient Egypt

Why did Egypt want to control Nubia’s trade routes?

Egyptians left the brain in the mummy so it could think in the afterlife

What did early Egyptian farmers do after the Nile flooded and deposited fertile soil?

Ancient Egyptians developed a writing system called Cuneiform

Papyrus was made from reeds that grow in the Nile River

Ancient Egyptians thought pharaohs were gods in human form

What group made up the lowest class in Egyptian hierarchy?

Horus had a falcon head because he was the god of the sky

The entire Egyptian monarchy ended when Greece conquered them

The unification of Upper and Lower Egypt created the world’s first

What innovation helped make united government possible?

Egypt eventually became a province of Rome

The start of the Egyptian New Year was called inundation

What does PHARAOH mean

Pharaohs were thought to be the human form of what god?