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WorksheetsWriting, scribes & papyrus in Ancient Egypt
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was Ancient Egyptian writing called?
a)
Hieroglyphics
b)
phonogram
c)
ideogram
d)
pictures
2.
How would you know which way to read Hieroglyphics?
a)
By looking at the directions of the symbols
b)
They always read them left to right
c)
They didn’t have a direction because they were pictures
d)
They were always read from top to bottom
3.
Who discovered the Rosetta stone?
a)
Captain Pierre Bouchard
b)
Jean-Francois
c)
Thomas Young
4.
What name helped them to decipher the Rosetta stone?
a)
Ptolmys
b)
Thomas Young
c)
Cartouche
d)
Greek
5.
What language was not found on the Rosetta stone?
a)
French
b)
Greek
c)
Demotic
d)
Heiroglyphics
6.
Who was the most famous scribe?
a)
Imhotep
b)
Ra
c)
Thomas Young
d)
Scribe
7.
What colour would Titles or headings be written in?
a)
Red
b)
black
c)
blue
d)
white
8.
The Ancient egyptians would write on paper made from:
a)
Papyrus
b)
skin
c)
stone
d)
rock
9.
What was the plant called that they would use to make paper from?
a)
Cyprus papyrus
b)
Papyrus
c)
Figs
d)
Grapes
10.
Why did papyrus survive in Egypt but not in any other country?
a)
Egypts climate was best suited to preserving it
b)
Egyptians were the only people who used papyrus
c)
Egyptians looked after the papyrus better
d)
Egyptians would place the papyrus in a museum
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