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WorksheetsAncient Egypt
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who united upper and lower Egypt and is considered to be the first pharaoh?
a)
Menes
b)
Ahmose
c)
Hatshepsut
d)
queen Nefertiti
2.
How does the Nile River flow?
a)
starting in the south to the north
b)
starting in the north to the south
c)
starting in the middle to the north
d)
starting in the middle to the south
3.
What is this system of writing called?
a)
calligraphy
b)
Hieroglyphs
c)
Cuneiform
d)
Alphabet
4.
Egypt is in
a)
Antrartica
b)
Asia
c)
Africa
d)
Europe
5.
How often did the Nile River flood?
a)
Every now and then
b)
Every 3 months
c)
Every year at some time
d)
Every year at about the same time
6.
Lower Egypt is located in southern Egypt
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What was on the Rosetta stone?
a)
random marks
b)
a list of rules
c)
3 languages
d)
a tomb
8.
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?
a)
The tombs served as museums.
b)
The tombs were the private storage rooms fo the pharaoh.
c)
Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom.
d)
Egyptians believed the dead (ka) enjoyed such materials in the afterlife.
9.
The ruler of Egypt is called a...
a)
bureaucracy.
b)
theocracy.
c)
dynasty.
d)
pharaoh.
10.
What was a MAJOR purpose for building the pyramids?
a)
temples for religious worship
b)
storehouses for reserves of grain
c)
homes for the pharaohs' servants
d)
tombs for pharaohs when they died
11.
Of these four groups, which one had the LOWEST social status?
a)
priests
b)
scribes
c)
artisans
d)
government officials
12.
During the ____________, the Egyptians began to build pyramids.
a)
Old Kingdom
b)
Middle Kingdom
c)
New Kingdom
d)
Newest Kingdom
13.
Why is King Tut important?
a)
He was totally hot.
b)
His tomb was found with mummy intact.
c)
We don't know how he died.
d)
He had a big pyramid.
14.
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
15.
Egyptian queen who focused on trade rather than conquest
a)
Hatshepsut
b)
Cleopatra
c)
Thutmose III
d)
Amenhotep IV
16.
What did Hatshepsut do to keep with the traditional role of Pharaoh?
a)
She dressed as a male, referred to herself as "he", and sometimes wore a fake golden beard.
b)
She married a queen.
c)
She killed all her siblings.
d)
She went to war with other countries to expand Egypt.
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