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WorksheetsWalk like an Egyptian.....
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which is NOT an invention of the ancient Egyptians?
calendar
potter's wheel
papyrus
cuneiform
What is a dynasty?
a collection of queens
series of rulers from the same family
a collection of kingdoms
The river that flows through Egypt is called the...
Hudson
Nile
Euphrates
Tigris
What sea does the Nile River empty into?
Black
Caspian
Mediterranean
Why were the tombs filled with art, jewelry and other treasures?
They were museums
They were private storage areas for the kings
Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest place for their king's belongings
Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed their materials in their afterlife
The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called
Nubia and Cairo
The land between two rivers
Upper and Lower Egypt
Northern and Southern Egypt
Pyramids are....
warehouses where surplus food is stored
temples where the people are allowed to come and pray
stone tombs with four triangular sides that have steps going up
royal tombs with four triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top
What is hieroglyphics?
ancient Egyptian written language
modern English written language
ancient Sumerian written language
What continent is Egypt on?
Asia
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
Which organ was not thrown away during the mummification process?
the lungs
the stomach
the heart
the colon
Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?
the heavens
the afterlife
the pharaohs
Who would the people blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?
the dynasty in power
the mummies whose ka was disturbed
the pharaoh who was both ruler and god
The Egyptians used this to write on...
stone
cork
papyrus
paper
What is a delta?
An airline
A Greek letter
A fan shaped flat land left by silt as a river drains into a large body of water
A place where people can swim safely in a river
Pharaoh Hatshepsut was....
A man
A woman
A child
What was the largest social class in ancient Egypt?
slaves and farmers
priests
merchants
gods and pharaohs
The Black Land was caused by...
Sharpies leaking all over the land
yearly flooding of the Nile
the desert surrounding the Nile
the damming of the Nile River
The builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza was...
The Pharaoh Tut
The Pharaoh Hatshepsut
The Pharaoh Khufu
What is a pharaoh?
A person's spirit
An ancient Egyptian ruler
A dead body that is well preserved
