Ancient Egypt

Question 1

An ancient empire west of Israel that is centered on the Nile River. It is found several times in the Old Testament of the Bible.

Answer 1

Egypt

Question 2

A writing system that uses pictures and symbols instead of letters and words.

Answer 2

hieroglyphics

Question 3

Egypt is located in the northeast part of this continent: ___________.

Answer 3

Africa

Question 4

Many of the events in the _____ Testament in the Bible took place in Egypt.

Answer 4

Old Testament

Question 5

True/False:

Hieroglyphics use letters and words.

Answer 5

False! Hieroglyphics only used pictures and symbols not letters or words.

Question 6

True/False

Hieroglyphics did not use any punctuation.

Hieroglyphics was intended to look like beautiful art.

Answer 6

True!

Question 7

People who spent a lot of time training to write hieroglyphics were called______.

Answer 7

scribes

Question 8

Most scribes were as young as _____ years old when they started learning hieroglyphics.

Answer 8

6

Question 9

True/False:

Only children of wealthy (rich) families had the privilege of becoming a scribe.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True/False: Anyone could write hieroglyphs.

Answer 10

False! Hieroglyphics was a complicated form of writing. Everyone could not write it; it took many years of education and experience to be able to write it.

Question 11

True/False:

Hieroglyphics only used pictures and symbols not letters or words.

Answer 11

True!

Question 12

True/False: Hieroglyphics was a very simple and easy form of writing.

Answer 12

False! Hieroglyphics was a complicated form of writing.

Question 13

A large structure that has a square base and four triangular sides that meet at a point on the top. They usually contain tombs.

Answer 13

pyramids

Question 14

The Pyramid of Khufu is also known as ______ ______ ________.

Answer 14

The Great Pyramid

Question 15

True/False:

The Pyramid of Khufu is the only pyramid listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True/False:

The Pyramid of Khufu is the smallest of the three main pyramids of Giza.

Answer 16

False! It is the largest of the three main pyramids of Giza.

Question 17

It took between ___ - ___ years to build the Pyramid of Khufu.

Answer 17

10 - 20 years

Question 18

True/False

The Pyramid of Khufu was considered the most famous pyramid built by the Egyptians.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True/False

The Pyramid of Khufu was made with over 2 million blocks of rocks and weights over 5 million tons!

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Some of the earliest pyramids were called _____ pyramids.

These pyramids have large ledges every, so often so they look like huge ____.

Answer 20

Step / Steps

Question 21

True/False

No one really knows how the Great Pyramid of Khufu was actually built.

Answer 21

True!

Question 22

True/False

It only took a few workers to build the Pyramid of Khufu

Answer 22

False! It took thousands of workers to build this pyramid

Question 23

True/False

All pyramids look the same.

Answer 23

False! Pyramids are UNIQUE structures!

Question 24

the act of creating or inventing something is called an _______

Answer 24

invention

Question 25

a tall grass like plant that grows in marshes especially in Egypt is known as ______

Answer 25

papyrus

Question 26

Paper used to be made from a ______ called papyrus.

Answer 26

plant

Question 27

True/False

To make papyrus paper, people had to:

1) cut down the papyrus plant
2) beat it to a pulp TWICE
3) dry it TWICE

Answer 27

True

Question 28

______ were made from long strips of papyrus paper

Answer 28

books

Question 29

Examples of what papyrus was used to create…….

Answer 29

paper, baskets, rope, blankets, tables, clothes, and more!

Question 30

Papyrus was a grass like weed that grew wildly along the banks of the ____ River.

Answer 30

Nile

Question 31

True/False

The only thing Egyptians used papyrus for was to make paper.

Answer 31

False! Papyrus was used to make many other things

Question 32

True/False

Egyptians invented the calendar.

Answer 32

True!

Question 33

Egyptians created a calendar based on their _____ seasons.

Answer 33

farming

Question 34

The 3 farming seasons that the Egyptians based their calendar on:

1) The _____ season
2) The _____ season
3) The _____ season

Answer 34

1) The flooding season
2) The planting season
3) The harvest season

Question 35

Each season was ____ months long

Answer 35

four / 4

Question 36

The Egyptians added five extra days for _____ days to their 360-day calendar, so they had a total of 365 days.

Answer 36

holy

Question 37

Egyptians created a calendar that was _____ days.

Answer 37

365

Question 38

True/False

Punctuation was used in hieroglyphics

Answer 38

False! Punctuation was NOT used in hieroglyphics

Question 39

True/False

The Rosetta Stone helped people to understand hieroglyphics.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

The ____ _____ is a stone with writing carved on it. French soldiers found it in the 1700s.

Answer 40

Rosetta Stone

Question 40

The ____ _____ is a stone with writing carved on it. French soldiers found it in the 1700s.

Answer 40

Rosetta Stone