Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Quiz

What is papyrus?

• A type of ancient Egyptian writing

• A plant used to make paper

• A tomb for Pharaohs

• A ruler of Egypt

What are hieroglyphics?

• A type of Egyptian god

• A plant that grows in the Nile

• Egyptian writing using small pictures

• A period of political stability

Who is Osiris?

• Egyptian god of the afterlife

• A famous Pharaoh

• A type of writing

• A period of prosperity

What is the belief in the afterlife?

• The practice of mummification

• Souls live on after death

• Building pyramids

• Writing in hieroglyphics

Who was Ramses the Great?

• A plant used to make paper

• A leader known for monuments

• A type of writing

• A group that ruled Egypt

What was the Old Kingdom?

• A period of political stability

• A type of Egyptian writing

• A group that conquered Egypt

• A famous Pharaoh

What was the New Kingdom?

• A period of political stability

• A period of reunification

• A type of writing

• A famous Pharaoh

What was the Middle Kingdom?

• A period of political stability

• A period of reunification

• A period when Egypt was reunited and conquered Nubia

• A famous Pharaoh

Who were the Hyksos?

• A type of writing

• A group that ruled southern Egypt

• A famous Pharaoh

• A plant used to make paper

What is mummification?

• Writing in hieroglyphics

• Preserving a body for the afterlife

• Building pyramids

• A period of prosperity