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Ancient Egypt

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What river runs through Ancient Egypt?

a)

Tigris

b)

Nile

c)

Euphrates

d)

Huh?? River?? You're kidding, right?

2.
What is a dynasty?
a)
a collection of queens
b)
a collection of kingdoms
c)
series of rulers from different families
d)
series of rulers from the same family
3.
Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?
a)
They used a funeral pyre for the dead.
b)
They carried the dead to a nearby country.
c)
They preserved bodies as mummies.
d)
They were buried in the river.
4.

Who was the greatest of the female pharoahs?

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Cleopatra

c)

Merneith

d)

Nefertiti

5.
The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Upper and Lower Egypt
c)
Eastern and Western Egypt
d)
Nubia and Cairo
6.
Who would the people blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?
a)
the farmers
b)
the mummies
c)
the pharaoh
d)
the dynasty that was in power
7.

What are pyramids?

a)

warehouses to store food surplus

b)

temples where people are allowed to come and pray

c)

tombs with 2 rectangle-shaped sides

d)

tombs with 4 triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top

8.

Egyptian writing system

a)

papyrus

b)

alphabet

c)

cuneiform

d)

hieroglyphics

9.

Who was the youngest pharaoh?

a)

Khufu

b)

Tutankamun

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Ramses II

10.

Who were the greatest pharaohs of Egypt?

a)

Tutankamun

b)

Khufu

c)

Cleopatra

d)

Ramses II

11.

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?

a)

Menes

b)

Ahmose

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Nefertiti

12.

How does the Nile River flow?

a)

from the Upper to Lower

b)

from Lower to Upper

c)

from the third cataract to Nubia

d)

from Nubia to the third cataract

13.

Why is Upper Egypt called Upper Egypt?

a)

The elevation

b)

The opposite to the flow of the river

c)

The gods named it that

d)

All of the above

14.

What is a Pharaoh?

a)

emperor

b)

King only

c)

God only

d)

God and king

15.
Lower Egypt is located in southern Egypt
a)
True
b)
False
16.

Upper Egypt was in northern Egypt

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Who was considered the highest on the social pyramid?

a)

Scribe

b)

Pharaoh

c)

Slaves

d)

Farmers

18.

What body of water ran through Egypt?

a)

The Nile River

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Red Sea

d)

Gulf of Mexico

19.

Whose tomb, found in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs?

a)

Ahmose of Thebes

b)

Ramses the Great

c)

Queen Hatshepsut

d)

King Tutankhamen

20.

When was King Tut's tomb found and who found it?

a)

George Washington - 1787

b)

Queen Elizabeth I - 1601

c)

Howard Carver - 1922

d)

Lewis and Clark - 1802