WorksheetsAncient Egypt
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who had all the power in the Old Kingdom?
a)
Slaves
b)
Priests
c)
Pharaohs
d)
Mr. Stu
2.
Why is King Tut important?
a)
He was totally hot.
b)
His mummy was found recently intact.
c)
We don't know how he died.
d)
He had a big pyramid.
3.
What material did the Ancient Egyptians right on?
a)
Paper
b)
Clay tablets
c)
Planbooks
d)
Papyrus
4.
What was the Rosetta Stone used for?
a)
Paper Weight
b)
Translating Languages
c)
Wall Decoration
d)
Building Pyramids
5.
What system of writing did the Ancient Egyptians use?
a)
Hieroglyphics
b)
Greek
c)
English
d)
Cueniform
6.
Why were the pyramids built?
a)
To create Social Studies questions for students
b)
Religious monuments
c)
Tombs for Pharaohs
d)
Seat of government
7.
Which Pharaoh unified Egypt?
a)
Ms. Hill
b)
Narmar
c)
Hatshepsut
d)
Tut
8.
Who first used the Rosetta Stone to translate ancient Egyptian writing?
a)
King Tut
b)
Howard Carter
c)
Jean Champollion
d)
The Sphinx
9.
A mummy is:
a)
An undead creature that haunts pyramids
b)
A body prepared for the afterlife.
c)
A way to execute criminals.
d)
A method of preserving fruit.
10.
The most important piece of geography in Ancient Egypt was:
a)
Cataracts
b)
The Valley of Kings
c)
The Desert
d)
The Nile River
11.
The Great Sphinx is:
a)
The crown Egyptian Pharaoh's wore.
b)
The symbol of house Gryffindor.
c)
A statue of a mythical creature.
d)
A river running through Egypt.
12.
Pharoah's stopped building pyramids in the Middle Kingdom becasue:
a)
They were too expensive.
b)
The Pharaoh's had lost power.
c)
All of these.
d)
Grave robbers were looting them.
13.
Who was not an Egyptian pharaoh?
a)
Khufu
b)
Champollion
c)
Narmer
d)
Hatshepsut
14.
Silt formed from the Nile flooding helped with:
a)
Embalming
b)
Pyramids
c)
Making Papyrus
d)
Growing Crops
15.
The Nile River did NOT provided the Egyptians with:
a)
jewels
b)
linen
c)
fertile soil
d)
embalming
16.
What was Amon-Re (or Re, Ra) the God of?
a)
The Moon
b)
The Stars
c)
The Sun
d)
The Afterlife
17.
Which god was the God of the Afterlife?
a)
Amen Ra (Ra)
b)
Annubis
c)
Osiris
d)
Nut
18.
Who was considered to be a god on earth?
a)
Ra
b)
Horus
c)
The Vizier
d)
The Pharaoh
19.
True or False: Women could become pharaoh.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
True or False: Lower Egypt is where the Nile River begins.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Which of the following was NOT inside the Canopic jars?
a)
The Brain
b)
The Lungs
c)
The Stomach
d)
The Inestines
22.
What did the ankh symbolize?
a)
Mummification
b)
Death
c)
Life
d)
Pharaoh
23.
What was the purpose of mummification?
a)
To make the body last longer.
b)
To make the dead body pretty.
c)
To help the Pharaoh stay in control.
d)
To preserve the body for the afterlife.
24.
The Egyptian Afterlife was....
a)
A place that people would go to after dinner to enjoy a nice time
b)
When the the "ka" and "ba" would leave the body.
c)
Where Egyptians believed they would go to after they had died
d)
A way that Egyptians would bury their dead.
25.
What was the job of the "ka"?
a)
To visit the family of the dead
b)
To provide protection
c)
To live in the afterlife
d)
To visit the dead body during mummification
26.
What was the job of the "ba"?
a)
To watch over the family
b)
To protect the mummified body
c)
To give food to the priests
27.
True or False: Religion did not impact the daily life of ancient Egyptians.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Who was beneath the Vizier who helped run the government?
a)
Scribes
b)
Merchants
c)
Government Officials
d)
Vizier's Secretary
29.
The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called
a)
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
b)
Eastern Egypt and Western Egypt
c)
Nubia and Cairo
d)
Mesopotamia
30.
The Nile River Valley was well suited for settlement. Which of the following statements supports this fact?
a)
The geography support various desert plants and birds.
b)
The geography included many areas for hunters to hunt widely.
c)
The geography included areas for farming.
d)
The geography helped to unify the country
31.
The southern part of Ancient Egypt was called
a)
Upper Egypt
b)
Lower Egypt
32.
Which word below matches this definition: Egypt's first pharoah
a)
papyrus
b)
pharaoh
c)
King Ezana
d)
Menes
33.
1.Around 5000 b.c., Egyptians first settled in the ______.
a)
Libyan Desert
b)
city of Memphis
c)
Nile River valley
d)
Mediterranean Sea
34.
The Nile River provided Egyptians with natural resources and defenses.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Narmer, the king of ______, unified Egypt for the first time around 3100 b.c.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Upper Egypt
c)
the Nile River valley
d)
Lower Egypt
36.
The Egyptians always believed that only pharaohs could reach the afterlife.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
37.
The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing was___.
a)
pyramids
b)
embalming
c)
ramps
d)
papyrus
38.
Who became pharaoh at age 10?
a)
Thutmose III
b)
Tutankhamen
c)
Thebes
d)
Ramses II
39.
This god leads people to the underworld when they die. He sometimes has the head of a falcon wearing a crown and avenged the death of his father by killing Seth.
a)
Horus
b)
Osiris
c)
Re
d)
Isis
40.
This god has many roles. He is the messenger to Osiris, guard of the scales during the heart weighing ceremony, and in charge of embalming and mummification. He has the head of a jackal.
a)
Isis
b)
Seth
c)
Horus
d)
Anubis
41.
This god lives in the underworld where he judges the dead. He is often seen as a mummy in a royal crown holding a crook and flail.
a)
Re
b)
Osiris
c)
Isis
d)
Anubus
42.
What substance was the body packed in during mummification?
a)
Salt
b)
Natron
c)
Vinegar
d)
Cotton
43.
What were the three kingdoms that existed from 2700 BCE to 1085 BCE in Ancient Egypt?
a)
First, Second, & Third
b)
First, Middle, Last
c)
Ancient, Middle, Young
d)
Old, Middle, & New
44.
The Egyptians started the process of mummification because they believed a soul could exist only so long as the body was preserved.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
True or false: Both men and women wore makeup
a)
true
b)
false
46.
1. To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied the _____________
a)
Book of Spells
b)
Book of the Dead
c)
Book of Life After Death
d)
Book of Hope
47.
a reed plant that grew wild along the Nile
a)
papyrus
b)
delta
c)
afterlife
d)
shadoof
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