WorksheetsEgypt Vocabulary quiz
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
This early empire has its home along Africa's longest river, with a detailed form of writing.
Babylonian
Akkadian
Egyptian
Assyrian
The northern part of ancient Egypt
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
The Mediterranean
Nile Delta
A way of supplying water to an area of land
Irrigation
mummification
aqueduct
rain
A paper like material that Egyptians used for writing
clay tablets
papyrus
silk
paper
First female pharaoh to expand Egypt through trade.
Hatshepsut
Nefertiti
Cleopatra
Towslet
The longest river in the world
Tigris
Nile
Euphrates
Indus
Fine soil deposited when a river flood recedes
sand
mud
sediment
silt
A triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers
river bank
delta
river bed
creek bed
Which of these was NOT a method King Menes used to unify Ancient Egypt?
married the daughter of the king of Lower Egypt
wore the white and red crown
constructed a monument to himself in Lower Egypt
attacked and defeated Lower Egypt
A large waterfall of rapid in a river
waterspout
cataract
whirlpool
wave
The city of Memphis was established at the beginning of
the Middle Kingdom
the New Kingdom
the Old Kingdom
the intermediate Kingdom
The great pyramids at Giza were built as
temples to the gods
tombs to the pharaohs
decorations for Egypt
Homes of the pharaohs
A skilled craftsperson
artisan
potter
toolmaker
painter
A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader
King
god-king
Pharaoh
ruler
A series of rulers from the same family
brother
emperors
kings
dynasty
System of offices and officials that handle the business of a government.
bureaucracy
government
senate
cabinet
a dead body which was preserved long ago by being rubbed with special oils and wrapped in cloth.
skeleton
mummy
corpse
carcass
A picture or symbol representing a word, syllable, or sound, used by the ancient Egyptians instead of alphabetical letters.
alphabet
cuneiform
demotic
Hieroglyphic
The pyramids were built in
the Old Kingdom
the New Kingdom
the second Intermediate Kingdom
the Middle Kingdom
The structure with the head of a human and the body of a lion built to protect the Pharaohs was
a Chimera
a sphinx
serberus
minotaur
To the ancient Egyptians, the Red Lands were
the Eastern and Western deserts
the Northern and Southern deserts
the Eastern and Southern deserts
the Western and Northern deserts
The narrow strip of fertile land on which the ancient Egyptian civilization developed was called
the Yellow Land
the Brown Land
the Black Land
the Red Land
Which of these did the ancient Egyptians not bring back from Nubia?
gold
copper
slaves
dyes
Which of the following was NOT a natural barrier that protected ancient Egypt
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea.
mountains
deserts
In the Middle Kingdom ancient Egypt was invaded by foreigners known as
the Hyksos
the Hittites
the Assyrians
the Nubians
19. Which ancient Egyptian leader fought against the Hittites in the area that was then called Kadesh?
Hatshepsut
Ramses ll
Osiris
Menes
24. Which of the following groups made up the majority of people in ancient Egypt?
artisans and artists
farmers and other peasants
merchants and traders
scribes
Where did the Egyptians build most of their cities?
along the Nile
in the Western Desert
on the Mediterranean Sea
on the Red Sea
The Kingdom of Egypt began when
The pharaohs united Egypt into one kingdom.
Egyptians voted to form a kingdom.
The Egyptian army took control.
Priests created a government.
