What does the Rosetta Stone look like?

A large black stone with three types of writing on it.

What was the famous discovery made in 1799?

The discovery of the Rosetta Stone.

How was the Egyptian society organized?

Society resembled a pyramid with the Pharaoh at the top.

Define the word Hieroglyphs

Ancient Egyptian writing with pictures and symbols.

What is one reason the Ancient Egyptians used geometry for?

To measure area so they can figure out taxes.

How did the Egyptian achievements in medicine affect later civilizations?

Greeks and Romans studied their medical records to learn.

How were religion and medicine closely related in Ancient Egypt?

Doctors were specially trained priests.

How were the women of Egypt viewed?

As the living model of Isis, wife of Osiris.

Why was it important to for the Egyptians to figure out the length of the year.

They farmed and needed to know when the Nile would flood.

An early form of paper made from a plant.

How do we know about the everyday life of the Ancient Egyptians?

Historians studied Egyptian Art to understand daily life.

What does an astronomer do?

An astronomer studies the stars and objects in the sky.

The practice of creating medicine from plants.

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1
What was the largest class of people?
The middle class.
The peasants.
The nobles and priests.
The Pharaoh.
2
What does the Rosetta Stone look like?
A large black stone with three types of writing on it.
A small blue rock with three types of writing on it.
A small pink stone with pictures of French soldiers.
A large blue rock with two types of languages written on it.
3
Who is the scholar who was able to translate the Rosetta Stone?
Mrs. Clark
Jean Francois Champollion
King Tut
Napolean Bonaparte
4
What was the famous discovery made in 1799?
A brand new species of cat was discovered.
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone.
Fire was discovered.
Your teacher discovered someone cheating in class.
5
How was the Egyptian society organized?
Society resembled an inverted pyramid with peasants on top.
Society did not resemble anything and was chaos.
Society resembled a square where everyone was equal.
Society resembled a pyramid with the Pharaoh at the top.
6
Define the word Hieroglyphs
Ancient Egyptian writing with pictures and symbols.
An island on the Nile River.
Another name for a pharaoh.
An Ancient Egyptian spoken language.
7
What is one reason the Ancient Egyptians used geometry for?
Because it was fun.
The Pharaoh liked geometry so everyone had to learn it.
They did not use geometry.
To measure area so they can figure out taxes.
8
How did the Egyptian achievements in medicine affect later civilizations?
They did not know anything about medicine.
People did not study their medical records.
They did not achieve anything, so no one was affected.
Greeks and Romans studied their medical records to learn.
9
How were religion and medicine closely related in Ancient Egypt?
The doctors told the priests how to heal the sick.
Religion and medicine had nothing to do with each other.
Doctors were specially trained priests.
Doctors and priests were cousins.
10
How were the women of Egypt viewed?
Once again this is not the correct answer.
The were not treated well at all.
The were not acknowledged at all.
As the living model of Isis, wife of Osiris.
11
Why was it important to for the Egyptians to figure out the length of the year.
They thought it would be fun to calculate the length.
They did not calculate the length of the year.
They farmed and needed to know when the Nile would flood.
Up until then there was no such thing as a year.
12
What is papyrus?
An Ancient Egyptian God.
An early form of paper made from a plant.
This is not the correct answer.
A pyramid for burying the dead.
13
How do we know about the everyday life of the Ancient Egyptians?
Historians just make stuff up.
Historians studied Egyptian Art to understand daily life.
Historians do not know about the daily life of Egyptians.
Historians interviewed the Ancient Egyptians.
14
What does an astronomer do?
An astronomer is an aide to the Pharaoh.
An astronomer reads and writes in hieroglyphics.
An astronomer studies the stars and objects in the sky.
An astronomer is a person who buys and sells goods.
15
What is herbalism?
The practice of creating medicine from plants.
The practice of making medicine in a lab.
The practice of using plants to decorate the house.
The practice of naming your son Herb.

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