Ancient Egypt

Question 1

Name the system of picture writing used by Ancient Egyptians

Answer 1

Hieroglyphics

Question 2

True or flase: the Nile River lies east of the Red Sea

Answer 2

false - it lies to the west of the Red Sea

Question 3

When did Egypt fall to the Romans?

Answer 3

30BC

Question 4

What is King Menes known for?

Answer 4

Uniting the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt

Question 5

How do we know about life in Ancient Egypt?

Answer 5

written records
wall paintings
remains of tombs
hieroglyphics on temple and tomb walls

Question 6

what can we learn about Ancient Egypt from wall paintings?

Answer 6

about their religious rituals, royal conquests and about everyday tasks depicted in scenes of everyday life

Question 7

True or false: all egyptians were taught to read and write

Answer 7

false

Question 8

what is a scarab?

Answer 8

a beetle; symbol for Ra (the sun god)

Question 9

True or false: Egypt is surrounded by the Sahara Desert

Answer 9

true

Question 10

True or flase: the Nile River lies to the east of the Red Sea

Answer 10

false: it lies to the west of the Red Sea

Question 11

Name the sea that forms Egypt’s northern border

Answer 11

Mediterranean Sea

Question 12

Name the capital of the old Kingdom

Answer 12

Memphis

Question 13

Name the capital of the new Kingdom

Answer 13

Thebes

Question 14

True or false: the valley of the Kings is found north of the Pyramids

Answer 14

false: the Valley of the Kings is south of the pyramids

Question 15

What did the Egyptians believe caused the Nile River to flood annually?

Answer 15

tears of the goddess Isis

Question 16

Why were the floods important to Ancient Egypt?

Answer 16

they brought fertile soil/mud for growing crops; they were able to store the flood waters to irrigate their fields in the dry season

Question 17

True or false: most of Egypt’s wealth came from gold

Answer 17

false: most of their wealth came from farming

Question 18

how were fields and crops irrigated in Ancient Egypt?

Answer 18

with an elaborate system of canals and ditches that distributed the flood waters

Question 19

what does pharoah mean?

Answer 19

Great House

Question 20

who were the pharoahs?

Answer 20

the rulers of Ancient Egypt

Question 21

why was grain important in Ancient Egypt?

Answer 21

food
used for paying taxes
exchanged for other goods

Question 22

why did the Egyptians develop an accurate balance?

Answer 22

for weighing grain and other valuable goods for trade

Question 23

True or false: the annual rains that fell in th Nile River Valley caused the Nile river to flood

Answer 23

false: it almost never rains in the Nile River Valley. The rains in the Ethiopian Highlands caused the river to flood.

Question 24

why did Ancient Egyptians preserve bodies?

Answer 24

so they could reach the afterlife safely

Question 25

what was the process of preserving the body called?

Answer 25

mummification

Question 26

how long did the preservation process take?

Answer 26

about 70 days

Question 27

what is natron and what was it used for in Ancient Egypt?

Answer 27

it is a chemical, it was used in the process of mummification to dry out the body and prevent it from rotting

Question 28

what is a canopic jar?

Answer 28

jars used for storing the organs (such as lungs, liver and stomache) that were removed from a body during the mummification process

Question 29

how was the brain removed from the body as part of the preservation process?

Answer 29

through the nose with a long hook

Question 30

why was the body stuffed ?

Answer 30

so it kepts its shape

Question 31

True or flase: the body was dried for 70 days before being wrapped in badages

Answer 31

false: it was dried for 40 days (the whole process took about 70 days)

Question 32

True or false: the Egyptians used aspirin to treat pain and fever

Answer 32

true

Question 33

What was the job of a scribe?

Answer 33

They kept records for pharoah, wrote letters, made lists of taxes and possessions (te\hey wrote things down)

Question 34

T or F: Hieroglypics has about 26 symbols

Answer 34

false - had about 700 pictures

Question 35

Who was Anubis and what did he do?

Answer 35

He was a god who brought a dead person to the Hall of the Dead and weighed the person’s heart to see if the person was good or not.

Question 36

what is a sarcophagus?

Answer 36

a stone coffin inside which a mumy was placed

Question 37

What did the Ancient Egyptians believe the afterlife was like

Answer 37

it was a field of reeds where people would live forever without sickness or death

Question 38

Why were the dead put on trial according to A. Egyptian belief?

Answer 38

only people who were good could enter the afterlife and so to prove they were good the dead were put on trial

Question 39

According to A. Egyptain belief, what happened if a dead person was found to have done evil things?

Answer 39

The demon Ammit ate their heart and they could not enter the afterlife

Question 40

what did Ammit look like?

Answer 40

head of a crocodile and body of a hippo and lion

Question 41

what did Anubis look like?

Answer 41

head of a jackal

Question 42

what was the Sphinx?

Answer 42

a half man - half lion statue that protects the Great Pyramid

Question 43

How did Anubis determine if a person was good or bad?

Answer 43

He wighed their heart against the feather of truth. If their heart was lighter than the feather they were good and if their heart was heavier they were not

Question 44

What happened to a dead person once their heart had been found to be lighter than the feather of truth?

Answer 44

they were brought before the gods and had to swear they had done no evil in life nor killed anyone. Then they could enter the afterlife

Question 45

Give 5 reasons why the Nile was important to Ancient Egypt:

Answer 45

1) water for drinking, cooking and washing
2) transport (for travel and trade)
3) building materials (mud bricks and reeds)
4) farming (fertile soil, irrigation of crops)
5) recreation (fishing and swimming)