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WorksheetsAncient Egypt - Lessons 1 and 2
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
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1.
According to an ancient Greek historian, what is "the gift" in Egypt?
a)
The cataract
b)
The Nile River
c)
Fertile Soil
d)
The Tigris and Euphrates River
2.
What is the MAIN reason the Nile River was so important?
a)
It contained fine soil called silt
b)
It flooded every summer
c)
It provided water for drinking and for crops
d)
It is the world's longest river
3.
Egyptian economy depended on what?
a)
fishing, gathering, soil
b)
flooding, fishing, hunting
c)
bartering and hunting, priests and pharaohs
d)
mining, hunting, farming, bartering
4.
What was the importance of the scribe?
a)
wrote about their daily lives
b)
was a hunter of high rank
c)
wrote all the important documents for officials
d)
was a farmer who employed bartering
5.
What does it mean to embalm?
a)
It was the process of performing surgery on a body
b)
The process of creating paper
c)
The process of creating a new government
d)
The process of mummifying a body after death
6.
According to the Egyptian Social Roles. Which level (group) was the largest?
a)
The laborers
b)
The craftspeople and merchants
c)
The scribes and government officials
d)
The Farmers
7.
A reed plant used to make paper
a)
flax
b)
barley
c)
papyrus
d)
wheat
8.
A fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea.
a)
tributary
b)
papyrus
c)
heiroglyphics
d)
delta
9.
The Egyptian writing system that uses thousands of picture symbols representing objects and ideas
a)
delta
b)
hieroglyphics
c)
dynasty
d)
papyrus
10.
Which is a reason the Nile has been called “the lifeblood” of Egypt?
a)
It borders two of the largest deserts in the world.
b)
It has dangerous cataracts.
c)
It is the longest river in the world.
d)
Its valley and delta provide fertile soil for farming.
11.
Which best describes the type of government in Egypt after 3100 B.C.?
a)
a democracy
b)
a dynasty
c)
an independent city-state
d)
constitutional monarchy
12.
In a(n) ____________________, the ruler is both a political and religious leader.
a)
democracy
b)
theocracy
c)
bureaucracy
13.
Government officials called ____________________ were appointed by the pharaoh and carried out his orders.
a)
henchmen
b)
mummies
c)
bureaucrats
14.
Traders, artisans, and scribes made up ancient Egypt’s ____________________ class.
a)
upper
b)
middle
c)
lower
15.
The Egyptians willingly served their all-powerful leader because they believed
a)
the leader appointed officials.
b)
the leader had an afterlife.
c)
the leader would not make them slaves.
d)
unity came from a strong leader.
16.
To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied the
a)
Book of Life After Death.
b)
Book of Prayers.
c)
Book of Spells.
d)
Book of the Dead.
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