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Ancient Egypt

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A family of kings or other rulers who have ruled over a country for many years.

a)

Monarch

b)

Theocracy

c)

Regent

d)

Dynasty

2.

Egypt’s great pyramids were constructed during the...

a)

Old Kingdom

b)

First Intermediate Period

c)

Middle Kingdom

d)

New Kingdom

3.

Egypt’s government can best be described as a…

a)

male-dominated monarchy

b)

male-dominated theocracy

c)

democratic theocracy

d)

egalitarian social democracy

4.

The Rosetta Stone is the stone tablet that…

a)

on which the oldest written record is found.

b)

that contains Ramses II’s treaty with the Hittites.

c)

on which the first legal code is written.

d)

that helped to decipher hieroglyphics.

5.

A state controlled by religious leaders.

a)

monarchy

b)

theocracy

c)

democracy

d)

aristocracy

6.

The Nile River did all of the following for the Egyptians, except…

a)

provide several natural resources for the population.

b)

provide food and water for the people of Egypt.

c)

provide protection from invaders.

d)

provide transportation through the kingdom.

7.

A payment made by one ruler or country to another more powerful one, especially in order to be protected.

a)

tribute

b)

regent

c)

pictograph

d)

theocrat

8.

He lived to be one of the oldest pharaohs ever and helped write the first peace treaty in recorded history.

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Akhenaten

c)

Ramses II

d)

Amenhotep III

9.

He was born Amenhotep IV, but changed his name and moved the capital to Amarna to pursue the religious conversion of Egypt.

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Akhenaten

c)

Ramses II

d)

Amenhotep III

10.

He created some of the first pyramids ever like the Step Pyramid of Saqqara.

a)

Tutankhamen

b)

Khufu

c)

Menes

d)

Djoser

11.

He was a young pharaoh who was forced to renounce the Aton and return Egypt to the old gods.

a)

Tutankhamen

b)

Khufu

c)

Menes

d)

Djoser

12.

Someone who governs instead of a king or queen, because the king or queen is ill, absent, or still a child.

a)

monarch

b)

theocrat

c)

regent

d)

technocrat

13.

Egyptian society believed women had all of the following rights, except…

a)

testify in court

b)

buying & selling property

c)

seek a divorce & remarry

d)

rule as a pharaoh

14.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of civilization?

a)

organized religion

b)

writing & record keeping

c)

military conquest of others

d)

a system of government

15.

This group of people made up about 80% of the population of Egypt.

a)

Nobles & warriors

b)

Priests & Scribes

c)

Artisans & craftsmen

d)

Peasants & slaves

16.

Ancient Egyptians believed that when they died that they would...

a)

meet Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates.

b)

be judged by their deeds to determine which afterlife they go to.

c)

be dead. To them there was no afterlife.

d)

wander aimlessly in an eternal dessert of shadow and dust.

17.

Ancient Egypt had more than one female pharaoh.

a)

True

b)

Fales

18.

A religion consisting of many gods.

a)

polytheism

b)

monotheism

c)

deism

d)

atheism