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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following do the pictures in hieroglyphics represent?
Objects
Actions
Sounds
Words
All of the above
- 2. Multiple Choice
How were hieroglyphics read?
Left to right
Right to left
Top to bottom
Depended on the pictures
- 3. Multiple Choice
In which of the following places were Hieroglyphics NOT found:
Tombs
Papyrus
Carved into stone
Written on mummies
- 4. Multiple Choice
Today, scholars are able to understand hieroglyphics because of the:
Rosetta Stone
Internet
Demotic
Scribes
- 5. Multiple Choice
The __________ is carved into the Rosetta stone three times.
name of the pharaoh
history of ancient Egypt
same passage of writing
name of the author of the Rosetta stone
- 6. Multiple Choice
The word hieroglyph means:
picture writing
holy writing
animal writing
ancient writing
- 7. Multiple Choice
Scribes were very ___________ in ancient Egypt.
common
rare
respected
well dressed
B and C
- 8. Multiple Choice
How long did it take to become a scribe?
five years
one year
700 days
ten to twelve years
- 9. Multiple Choice
Scribes wrote in which of the following languages?
hieroglyphics
hieratic
demotic
all of the above
- 10. Multiple Choice
The language of the common people was:
hieroglyphics
hieratic
demotic
none of the above
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following did scribes NOT do?
record everyday events
record important events
keep accounts
document oral traditions
invent new hieroglyphs
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