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WorksheetsAncient Egypt
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins
What is the Egyptian system of writing?
Cuneiform
Mrofienuc
Hieroglyphics
Phoenician
Describe the traditional Egyptian Religion
Monotheistic; Their religion had one main god.
Polytheistic; Their religion had many gods.
Monotheistic; Their religion had many gods.
Polytheistic; Their religion had one main god.
What was the worst spiritual punishment an Egyptian could get in the afterlife.
The soul would not exist anymore.
The soul would spend the rest of time in a painful afterlife.
The soul would spend the rest of time in a paradise afterlife.
The Egyptians did not believe in an afterlife.
What event began the Egyptian Old Kingdom?
The unification of Isis and Osiris
The conquering of the Babylonian Empire.
Akhenaten trading for wood with the Phoenicians.
The unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.
During the Old Kingdom, where were the Pharaohs buried when they died?
In the Valley of the Kings
In the Pyramids
In Ziggurats
In the Nile River
How did Egypt become wealthy during the Middle Kingdom?
They conquered other civilizations and forced them to pay tribute.
They mined diamonds from the Nile River.
Egypt was conquered by the Assyrians who were very wealthy.
Egypt was not wealthy during the Middle Kingdom.
What do historians call the Middle Kingdom of Egypt?
The Mabel Age of Egypt
The Time Between the Kingdoms.
The Golden Age of Egypt
The Conquering Age
In the Middle and New Kingdom, where were Pharaohs buried when they died?
In the Valley of the Kings
In Pyramids
In Ziggurats
In the Nile River
Which statement applies to the Pharaoh Hatshepsut?
Hatshepsut expanded trade to bring wood to Egypt.
Hatshepsut was a woman.
Hatshepsut made Egypt wealthy again.
All of the above
Which statement applies to the Pharaoh Akhenaten?
He conquered many civilizations near Egypt.
He was well liked by the Egyptian people.
He changed the Egyptian religion to a monotheistic religion that worshiped Aten, the sun god.
All of the above.
Which statement can be used to describe the Pharaoh Tutankhamun?
He changed the Egyptian religion back to a polytheistic religion.
No one knows for sure how he died.
His tomb is the only tomb that was found with everything still in place.
All of the above.
What is this image?
It is a touchrat; inside it is the name of an Egyptian city.
It is a choutach; inside it are the names of Egyptian rivers.
It is a cartouche; inside it are the names of Egyptian pharaohs.
It is a rachoute; inside it are the names of civilizations the Egyptians conquered.
In what ways did the ancient Egyptians use the Nile River?
As a fresh water source
For transportation
For food
All of the above.
In what way did the geography of Egypt provide protection for the Egyptian people?
The Sahara Desert is large which helped keep invading armies away.
The Nile River cataracts kept invading armies from using the river to attack Egypt.
All of the above.
Which statement is true about how the Mediterranean Sea affected Egyptian trade?
The Egyptians could not use the Mediterranean Sea to trade because of the cataracts.
The Egyptians used the Mediterranean Sea to increase trade because the Egyptians could spread their religion.
The Egyptians used the Mediterranean Sea to increase trade because it connected Egyptians to other cultures.
All of the above.
