- 1. The use of workers and resources to produce goods and services
A) Economy
B) Pharaoh
C) Empire
D) Pyramid
- 2. A large stone with 3 languages that helped to learn the meaning of hieroglyphics
A) Rosetta Stone
B) Papyrus
C) Pyramids
D) Economy
- 3. The system of writing using pictures or signs
A) Pyramids
B) Papyrus
C) Scribes
D) Hieroglyphics
- 4. A group of lands and people under one government
A) Empire
B) Leadership
C) Deltas
D) City-state
- 5. Bits of black soil, sand, and clay that fertilize the soil
A) Irrigation
B) Papyrus
C) Clay
D) Silt
- 6. A triangle shaped area of marshy land made by deposits of silt, sand and small stones at the mouth of a river
A) Delta
B) Irrigation
C) Pyramid
D) Silt
- 7. The supreme ruler of Egypt
A) King
B) Pharaoh
C) Pyramid
D) Scribe
- 8. A person who receives training to write and keep records
A) King
B) Papyrus
C) Pharaoh
D) Scribe
- 9. A huge stone structure built as the royal tombs
A) Rosetta Stone
B) Pyramids
C) Irrigation
D) Temple
- 10. The practice of one person owning another
A) Irrigation
B) Slavery
C) City-State
D) Empire
- 11. The watering of dry lands by means of streams, canals or pipes in order to grow crops
A) Irrigation
B) Farming
C) Delta
D) papyrus
- 12. Type of paper made from reeds that grew in the Nile River Valley
A) Papyrus
B) Scribes
C) Cuneiform
D) Hieroglyphics
- 13. The ________ was and important discovery that helped historians unlock an unknown language.
A) Rosetta Stone
B) Cuneiform
C) Hieroglyphics
D) Papyrus
- 14. ____________ techniques made it possible for agriculture in both the Nile River Valley as well as along the Tigris and Euphrates river.
A) Economy
B) Domesticate
C) Surplus
D) Irrigation
- 15. The ancient Egyptians viewed their _________ as both a ruler and a god.
A) Pyramid
B) Empire
C) Scribe
D) Pharaoh
- 16. Cuneiform was written on clay tablets while scribes in Egypt wrote on __________.
A) Papyrus
B) Hieroglyphics
C) Rosetta Stone
D) Pyramids
- 17. The Nile River empties into the Mediterranean Sea in a marshy _______ region
A) Desert
B) Delta
C) Empire
D) Irrigation
- 18. The ______ became an important person in the government because he/she could record important information.
A) Warrior
B) Pharaoh
C) Scribe
D) Farmer
- 19. The Rosetta Stone helped historians decode ____________.
A) Greek
B) Papyrus
C) Pyramids
D) Hieroglyphics
- 20. The __________ were built to help send the Pharaoh to the afterlife.
A) Empire
B) Pyramids
C) Government Buildings
D) Irrigation
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