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Ancient Egypt

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What plant was a symbol of Ancient Egypt ?

a)

The Oaktree

b)

The Papyrus

2.

What did Egyptians use as sweetener ?

a)

Sugar

b)

Honey

3.

Say a name of a fairy tale that was already known in Ancient Egypt.

a)

Cinderella

b)

Pinnochio

4.

What was the first capital city of Ancient Egypt ?

a)

Memphis

b)

Cairo

5.

What was the favorite Egyptian pet ?

a)

The bird

b)

The cat

6.

What was the writing used by ancient Egyptians ?

a)

Hieroglyphs

b)

Alphabet

7.

What's the name of the desert that runs across the North Africa ?

a)

Atacama

b)

Sahara

8.

What's the process of preserving a body after death ?

a)

Funeral

b)

Mummification

9.

How did Cleopatra die ?

a)

She killed herself by swimming in a lake full of crocodiles and being devoured

b)

She killed herself by putting her hand into a basket full of poisonous snakes

10.

What were the Pyramids used for ?

a)

They were used as palaces

b)

They were used as tombs

11.

Which period were the pyramids built in ?

a)

The New Kingdom

b)

The Old Kingdom

12.

What kind of calendar did the Egyptians create ?

a)

The 375-day lunar calendar

b)

The 365-day solar calendar

13.

How long did the Hycsos stay in Egypt ?

a)

For about a hundred years

b)

For about a thousand years

14.

Who was Hatshepsut ?

a)

She was one of the queens who ruled the Egypt in the ancient times

b)

She was one of the most important female pharaohs

15.

How old was Tutankhamen when he became a pharaoh ?

a)

He was 8 years old

b)

He was 12 years old

16.

What was King Narmer's other name ?

a)

Nemesis

b)

Menes

17.

How many wives and children did Ramses II have ?

a)

He had thousands of wives and children

b)

He had hundreds of wives and children

18.

When was the tomb of Tutankhamen discovered ?

a)

In 1932

b)

In 1922

19.

Who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen ?

a)

A French archeologist called Sigmund

b)

An English archeologist called Carter

20.

Where is Tutankhamen's sarcophagus ?

a)

In France's Louvre museum

b)

In Egypt's Cairo museum

21.

What did Egyptians do for mummification ?

a)

They removed the organs from the body

b)

They removed the head from the body