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Ancient Egypt, Life, Politics and Writing

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What we know about childhood in ancient Egypt comes from:

a)

Writings of Adults

b)

Items placed in children's tombs

c)

Reading Hieroglyphics

d)

A and B

2.

Children were raised by:

a)

Parents

b)

Fathers

c)

The State

d)

Extended families

3.

Which children received a formal education?

a)

Sons of scribes and noblemen

b)

Children of scribes and noblemen

c)

Boys

d)

Girls

4.

Which of the following did children NOT inherit from their parents?

a)

Property

b)

Social class

c)

Professions

d)

Political offices

e)

Education

5.

_____ out of 10 children died before the age of one.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

6.

Egyptian adolescents married when:

a)

They were economically and physically ready

b)

Marriages were arranged for them

c)

Boys received their inheritance

d)

None of the above

7.

Which of the following do Hieroglyphics represent:

a)

Objects

b)

Actions

c)

Sounds

d)

Ideas

e)

All of the above

8.

How were Hieroglyphics read?

a)

Left to write

b)

Right to left

c)

Top to bottom

d)

Right to left

e)

Depended on the pictures

9.

In which of the following places were hieroglyphics not found?

a)

Walls of tombs

b)

Papyrus

c)

Stone tablets

d)

Mummies

10.

Today, we can read hieroglyphics because of the:

a)

Internet

b)

Rosetta Stone

c)

Demotic

d)

Scribes

11.

The ____________ is carved three times into the Rosetta Stone.

a)

Name of the Pharaoh

b)

History of Ancient Egypt

c)

Same passage of writing

d)

Name and author of the Rosetta Stone

12.

The word hieroglyph means:

a)

Picture writing

b)

Holy writing

c)

Animal writing

d)

Ancient writing

13.

A Pharaoh was the:

a)

Political leader

b)

Religious leader

c)

A and B

d)

None of the above

14.

The word Pharaoh is _______.

a)

Egyptian

b)

Greek

15.

Which of the following was NOT a title held by a pharaoh?

a)

Leader of the army

b)

Lord of the Two Lands

c)

High Priest of Every Temple

16.

Ancient Egyptians believed their pharaoh was the incarnation of:

a)

Ra

b)

Horus

c)

Narmer

d)

Cleopatra

17.

The first pharaoh of Egypt according to Manetho was:

a)

Ra

b)

Horus

c)

Menes

d)

Cleopatra

18.

The first capital of Egypt was:

a)

Alexandria

b)

Cairo

c)

Thebes

d)

Memphis

19.

During the Old and Middle kingdoms, pharaohs were buried in _____________ when they died.

a)

The desert

b)

The Valley of the Kings

c)

Pyramids

d)

Memphis

20.

Scribes were very ___________ in ancient Egypt.

a)

Common

b)

Rare

c)

Respected

d)

Well Dressed

e)

B, C and D

21.

How long did it take to become a scribe?

a)

5 years

b)

One year

c)

700 days

d)

10-12 years

22.

Scribes wrote in which of the following languages?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Hieratic

c)

Demotic

d)

All of the above

23.

The language of the common people was:

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Hieratic

c)

Demotic

d)

None of the above

24.

Which of the following did scribes NOT do?

a)

Record everyday events

b)

Record important events

c)

Keep accounts and oral tradition

d)

Edit and revise texts

e)

Invent new hieroglyphics