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Chapter 5 Lesson 2

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Egyptians prized unity, so they developed a government under an all-powerful ruler who controlled both ________________ and _______________ affairs.
a)
Religious, political
b)
Trade, marriage
c)
Religious, farming
d)
Political, personal
2.
The word pharaoh originally meant “_____________________.”
a)
Great house
b)
Little house
c)
King
d)
Supreme commander
3.
Granaries were used to store ______________ so that people wouldn’t starve if there was a poor harvest.
a)
Grain
b)
Stone
c)
Money
d)
Copper
4.

Egyptians believed the pharaoh was the son of Re the Egyptian god of the _____________.

a)

Sun

b)

Birb

c)

Pyramid

d)

Nile

5.

Osiris was an early god who gave the people _________ and _____________. (remember, no death stuff)

a)

Laws, farming

b)

Copper, embalming

c)

The book of the dead, farming

d)

Flooding, pyramid technology

6.
What was the name of the god of learning?
a)
Thoth
b)
Re
c)
Osiris
d)
Bastet
7.
The Egyptians believed that life after death would be ____________________ than the present life.
a)
Even better
b)
Worse
c)
The same
d)
Scarier
8.
Egyptians studied the ______________ and __________________ in The Book of the Dead to help prepare them for the afterlife.
a)
Prayers, magic spells
b)
Words, pictures
c)
Pictures, Cuneiform
d)
Hieroglyphics, songs
9.
The earliest Egyptians believed that _____________________ could enjoy the afterlife.
a)
Only the pharaoh
b)
Anyone
c)
The pharaoh and his family
d)
The common people
10.
Egyptians wrote down medical information on papyrus scrolls — these became the world’s first _______________________.
a)
Medical books
b)
Books of the Dead
c)
Pop-up books
d)
Best sellers
11.

The pyramids protected the bodies of the pharaohs from all of the following EXCEPT.

a)

Floods

b)

Wild animals

c)

Robbers

d)

Apep (the snake god)

e)

Picolas Cage TOTLERS

12.

______________ did much of the work on the pyramids during the times the Nile was flooding. (not in text, but sheesh, rub those brain cells together for a second!)

a)

Farmers

b)

Priests

c)

Slaves

d)

Warriors

13.

After locating the stone to build the pyramid, artisans used ______________ tools to cut the blocks.

a)

Copper

b)

Stone

c)

Tin

d)

Iron

14.
The Egyptians invented a system of written numbers based on _______.
a)
Ten
b)
Sixty
c)
Twenty
d)
Three hundred sixty
15.
For more than _____________ years the Great Pyramid stood as the tallest structure in the world.
a)
4,000
b)
400
c)
40
d)
4
16.
At its peak, about ___________________ people lived in ancient Egypt.
a)
5,000,000
b)
500,000
c)
5,000
d)
500
17.
Which is the correct social class order?
a)
Pharaoh, nobles, traders, farmers, unskilled workers
b)
Pharaoh, traders, farmers, nobles, unskilled workers
c)
Nobles, pharaoh, traders, farmers, unskilled workers
d)
Pharaoh, nobles, traders, unskilled workers, farmers
18.
People who were _______________ in lower classes could hope to improve their social position.
a)
Ambitious
b)
Lazy
c)
Rich
d)
Enslaved
19.
Men and women from the upper class people in Egypt wore dark eye makeup and jewelry.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Middle class people held skilled jobs including _____________ and ______________.
a)
Trading, scribes
b)
Farming, shadoof building
c)
Embalming, religious ceremonies
d)
Warriors, pyramid builders
21.
The largest Egyptian social class included all of the following EXCEPT.
a)
Farmers
b)
Unskilled workers
c)
Enslaved people
d)
Traders
22.
Egyptian women held a lower legal status to that of men.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Boys learned farming or other trades from their fathers. This means the Egyptians had a ______________________ economy.
a)
Traditional
b)
Command
c)
Mixed
d)
Market
24.
What organ was left in your body when you were mummified so that you could make it into the afterlife?
a)
Your heart.
b)
Your brain.
c)
Your liver.
d)
Your lungs.

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