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Why did Egyptians build pyramids to honor their pharaohs?
a) To protect the pharaoh's bodies from wild animals
b) to serve as the pharaoh's tomb
c) to hold the pharaoh's sarcophagus, as well as the clothing, food, and his possessions
d) All of the above
What is an embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips called
a) mummy
b) corpse
c) cadaver
d) morgue
Name the upper class of the social pyramid in Ancient Egypt
a) farmers
b) slaves
c) priests and nobles
d) merchants and artisans
Which of the following inventions did Ancient Egypt make?
a) the sailboat
b) a number system based on 12
c) cuneiform writing
d) 365 day calendar
A diagram of Egypt's social classes looks like what?
a) pyramid
b) cone
c) sphere
d) cube
Ancient Egyptians were monotheistic
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
A bucket attached to a pole that moves is called a...
a) shaduf
b) levee
c) fertile
d) canal
The Egyptian Pharaoh was both king and a religious leader
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
What type of land borders the Nile River in Egypt?
a) savannas
b) deserts (Eastern and Western)
c) marshes
d) mountains
What helped protect Egypt from invasion?
a) the cataracts
b) the Western desert
c) the Eastern desert
d) all of the above
a reed plant used to make paper
a) cataract
b) papyrus
c) delta
d) hieroglyphics
a fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea
a) cataract
b) dynasty
c) delta
d) papyrus
a line of rulers from one family
a) papyrus
b) delta
c) dynasty
d) cataract
dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water
a) cataract
b) delta
c) dyansty
d) papyrus
the Egyptian writing system
a) Hieroglyphics
b) papyrus
c) cataract
d) cuneiform
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