Ancient Egypt

Which long river did ancient Egyptian civilization grow up along?

• The Indus
• The Amazon
• The Nile
• The Tigris

What were the giant stone tombs built for Egyptian kings called?

• Ziggurats
• Colosseums
• Pyramids
• Pagodas

What was the title given to the rulers of ancient Egypt?

• Pharaoh
• Caesar
• Emperor
• Sultan

What is the name for the picture-symbols used in ancient Egyptian writing?

• Runes
• Alphabet
• Hieroglyphs
• Cuneiform

What did Egyptians make by preserving dead bodies for the afterlife?

• Scrolls
• Fossils
• Statues
• Mummies

The Great Sphinx at Giza has a human head and the body of which animal?

• A bull
• A horse
• A lion
• An eagle

Which young pharaoh's nearly untouched tomb was discovered in 1922?

• Ramses II
• Khufu
• Akhenaten
• Tutankhamun

What paper-like material did Egyptians make from a river reed to write on?

• Bamboo
• Parchment
• Papyrus
• Vellum

Egyptians believed in many gods. Which one was the powerful sun god?

• Osiris
• Thoth
• Anubis
• Ra

Which carved stone helped scholars finally learn to read hieroglyphs?

• The Palermo Stone
• The Narmer Palette
• The Rosetta Stone
• The Dream Stele

Around what year did Egypt's unification begin?

• 30 BCE
• 3100 BCE
• 2560 BCE
• 1822 CE

Who is said to have united Upper and Lower Egypt?

• Cleopatra
• Narmer
• Osiris
• Khufu

Egypt became a Roman province in 30 BCE after Cleopatra VII died.

• True
• False

The Egyptians called their country '____,' meaning 'the black land.'

• Nile
• Kemet
• Nubia
• Giza

Which crops did Egyptian farmers grow for bread and beer?

• Rice and corn
• Grapes and olives
• Potatoes and beans
• Wheat and barley