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Egyptian Period

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the three periods of the Egyptian Period.
a)
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
b)
Old, Middle & New Kingdom
c)
Upper, Middle & Lower 
d)
Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean 
2.
When a family has a succession of rulers.
a)
Kingdoms
b)
Monarch
c)
Pharaoh 
d)
Dynasty
3.
Egyptian symbolic writing.
a)
Hieroglyphics 
b)
Sanskrit 
c)
pictographs
d)
petroglyphs
4.
Believing in many gods or more than one.
a)
Monotheism
b)
Nano-theism
c)
Omnism 
d)
Polytheism 
5.
The spirit of the Pharaoh is called the  _____. 
a)
Quia
b)
Obelisk
c)
Ka
d)
Papyrus
6.
A stone coffin the pharaoh was placed in is called a _______.
a)
sarcophagus
b)
bakare
c)
obelisk
d)
mastaba 
7.
A flat low lying tomb that had a chapel and a shaft... these eventually evolved into pyramids.
a)
obelisk
b)
sarcophagus
c)
mastaba
d)
Ka
8.

The main god in time of the Old Kingdom... unites with Ra in the New Kingdom.

a)
Set
b)
Anubis
c)
Amun 
d)
Horus
9.
God that embalms the pharaoh and is known as a conductor of souls.
a)
Set
b)
Horus
c)
Osiris 
d)
Anubis
10.
God of the earth.
a)
Isis
b)
Geb
c)
Osiris 
d)
Ra
11.

God of the underworld and afterlife; husband to Isis.

a)

Anubis

b)

Osiris

c)

Geb

d)

Amen-Ra

12.
The Sun God.
a)
Horus
b)
Ra
c)
Amen
d)
Geb
13.
Egyptian god of the sky.
a)
Isis
b)
Osiris
c)
Geb
d)
Horus
14.

The great moon goddess; married to her brother Osiris.

a)

Isis

b)

Thoth

c)

Nut

d)

Min

15.
God of Chaos; married to his sister Nephthys and killed his brother Osiris. 
a)
Horus
b)
Set
c)
Amen-Ra
d)
Sobek
16.
God of the dangers of the Nile and fertility.
a)
Osiris
b)
Nut
c)
Thoth
d)
Sobek
17.
Goddess of the home, women's secrets, fertility and cats.
a)
Bastet
b)
Nut
c)
Mut
d)
Isis
18.
Name this step pyramid from the Old Kingdom.
a)
Khufu
b)
Djoser's
c)
Menkaure
d)
Khafre
19.
Name the largest pyramid near Giza. 
a)
Khafre 
b)
Khufu
c)
Djoser
d)
Menkaure 
20.
The pyramids were made of _________________.
a)
cement
b)
marble
c)
granite
d)
Limestone
21.
The smallest of the great pyramids of Giza is the _______.
a)
Khafre
b)
Khufu
c)
Menkaure
d)
Djoser
22.
This pyramid still has the original cap on top.
a)
Khafre
b)

Menkaure
 

c)
Khufu
d)
Djoser
23.
The three small pyramids were built for the _________. 
a)
cats
b)
slaves
c)
gods
d)
queens
24.
What was found underground next to Khufu's pyramid? 
a)
His Servants 
b)
His Home
c)
His Boat
d)
His gold
25.
a)

Obelisk

b)

serdab

c)

Great Sphinx

d)

Colossus of Ramesses II

26.

Name this temple found in Karnak ?

a)

Temple of Khonsu

b)

Temple of Ramessess II

c)

Great Hypostyle Hall

d)

Djoser's Step

27.
Name this archaeological find that shows the joining of upper and lower Egypt.
a)
Narmer Pallete
b)
Shield of Karnak
c)
Ramesses Pallete
d)
Shield of Khan
28.
Identify this temple from the New Kingdom.
a)
Karnak
b)
Hhonsu
c)
Luxor
d)
Ramesses 
29.
Name this shape that is a four sided shaft with a pointed top. 
a)
Narmer
b)
Ankh
c)
Ka
d)
Obelisk
30.
Identify this location where the New Kingdom pharaohs were buried.
a)
Nile River Banks
b)
Valley of the Kings
c)
Temples near the Nile
d)
Mastabas
31.

Name this Temple that was moved to higher ground and is found in Abu Simbel.

a)
Temple of Hatshepsut
b)
Temple of Amenhotep IV
c)
Temple of Ramesses II
d)
Temple of Karnak
32.

Name this Temple for a female Pharaoh found in the Valley of the Kings.

a)
Temple of Ramesses
b)
Temple of Hatshepsut
c)
Temple of Dier el Bahri
d)
Temple of Tutankhamun
33.
Identify this New Kingdom pharaoh that believed in one god and married Queen Nefertiti.
a)
Tutankhamun  AKA  King Tut
b)
Ramesses II 
c)
Seti I
d)
Amenhotep IV  AKA Ikhnaton 
34.
Name this New Kingdom queen that was married to Ahknaton AKA Amenhotep IV. 
a)
Hatshepsut
b)
Bastet
c)
Cleopatra 
d)
Nefertiti
35.
Why is King Tutankhamen AKA King Tut so famous? 
a)
He was so young
b)
He was good looking
c)
Tomb was intact or untouched
d)
He became a god
36.
Where would you see the Colossus of Ramesses? 
a)
Karnak
b)
Memphis
c)
Luxor
d)
Giza
37.
Why is there a lot of statues at the bottom of the Nile river? 
a)
the Nile moved
b)
they are sacrifices to the Nile gods
c)
No one knows for sure
d)
They fell off a boat
38.
Why were the pyramids built? 
a)
to show off
b)
protect and help the pharaoh become a god
c)
make the pharaoh happy
d)
get closer to the gods
39.

What purpose did the Ka statue serve?

a)

resting place for the Ka

b)

gave the ka instructions

c)

keep the pharaoh company in next life

d)

was a guard of the pharaoh's body

40.
What is the sign of eternal life called? 
a)
ka
b)
ankh 
c)
obelisk
d)
nut
41.

Who discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen in 1922 ?

a)

British archealogist Howard Carver

b)

American archaeologist John Bu-cannon

c)

French archaeologist Pierre Portmanteau

d)

Spanish archaeologist Francisco Goya

42.

Where did the Egyptians first settle?

a)

Danube River Delta

b)

Ganges River Delta

c)

Zambezi River Delta

d)

Nile River Delta

43.

Consort of Amun; she was the mother god and queen of all gods.

a)

Bastet

b)

Mut

c)

Isis

d)

Cleopatra

44.

Beetle that symbolized the circle of life.

a)

serdab

b)

scarab

c)

ka

d)

moka

45.

He was the first non-Egyptian to rule; general of Alexander the Great.

a)

Caesar

b)

Marc Antony

c)

Ramesses II

d)

Ptolemy Suter

46.

She was of the Ptolemy dynasty and the last Pharaoh of Egypt to rule.

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Cleopatra

c)

Nefertiti

d)

Tutankhaman

47.

The holding room for the Ka Statue.

a)

scarab

b)

serdab

c)

ankh

d)

obelisk

48.

Helped scientist decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.

a)

Emerald Tablet

b)

Rosetta Stone

c)

Rolling Stone

d)

Rock of Ages