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Ancient Egypt & Kush

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 1hrs 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Rosetta Stone helped historians understand what?
a)
Spanish
b)
Italian
c)
hieroglyphics
d)
Arabic
2.
The Nile River is the _____________ river in the world.
a)
widest
b)
shortest
c)
fastest
d)
longest
3.
During the ____________, the Egyptians began to build pyramids.
a)
Old Kingdom
b)
Middle Kingdom
c)
New Kingdom
d)
Newest Kingdom
4.
Part of the Egyptian burial practices consisted of Egyptians ___________ bodies as ____________.
a)
wrapping; sarcophagus
b)
burying; mummies
c)
preserving; mummies
d)
hiding; mummies
5.
The written Kushite language, ___________, was developed by the _____________.
a)
Meroitic; Kushites
b)
Arabic; Egyptians
c)
Spanish; explorers
d)
Egyptian; pharaohs
6.
Who wrote and copied religious and literary texts?
a)
scribes
b)
government officials
c)
soldiers
d)
pharaohs
7.
What is Ivory?
a)
A) A cloth made from bark
b)
B) Material made from elephant tusks
c)
C) A type of light-colored wood
d)
D) Rock that is craved into pottery
8.
In what region was Kush located?
a)
A) Upper Egypt
b)
B) Nubia
c)
C) Ethiopia
d)
D) Mesopotamia
9.
Where was the kingdom of Kush located?
a)
A) North of Egypt
b)
B) South of Egypt
c)
C) East of Egypt
d)
D) West of Egypt
10.
What left Egypt open to attack from Kush?
a)
A) A Series of weak pharaohs
b)
B) A lack of food
c)
C) Flooding of the Nile Delta
d)
D) Invasion routes from the Red Sea
11.
What was a result of Egypt's conquest of Kush?
a)
A) The Kushites refused to worship Egyptian gods.
b)
B) Many Kushites left their country to become nomads
c)
C) The Kushites fought Egypt for years
d)
D) Manhy Kushites used Egyptian names and wore Egyptian clothing.
12.
What is one reason we know little about ancient Kush?
a)
A) The Egyptians destroyed all records of Kushite history.
b)
B) We cannot translate their writing system.
c)
C) They had no writing system
d)
D) The Kushites did not build permanent residents.
13.
An example of Egyptian influence in Kushite culture can be found in...
a)
A) The Kushite military
b)
B) The Kushite writing 
c)
C) Religion in Kush
d)
D) Houses in Kush
14.
What two important trade goods did Kush export to Egypt?
a)
A) Wood and Gold
b)
B) Iron and Wheat
c)
C) Ivory and Ebony
d)
D) Horses and Jewelry 
15.
Many temples in Kush resembled those in _________.
a)
Egypt 
b)
Mesopotamia
16.
In a dynasty who takes power when a pharoah dies?
a)
Son or grandson
b)
a person the pharaoh chose
c)
a person elected by the people
d)
Daughter or granddaughter 
17.
Why did the Egyptians embalm the bodies of their dead pharaohs?
a)
to learn how human bodies worked
b)
to honor and show respect for the dead
c)
to prove that pharaohs were humans, not gods
d)
to preserve them while the souls traveled to the afterlife
18.
Who most likely built the Egyptian pyramids?
a)
Unskilled workers
b)
captured enemies
c)
farmers
d)
soldiers
19.
What invention resulted from the Egyptians studying the sky?
a)
fractions
b)
geometry
c)
written numbers
d)
a 365-day calendar
20.
Who made up the largest social class in Egypt's social structure?
a)
merchants and artisans
b)
pharaoh and his family
c)
farmers and unskilled workers
d)
priests and nobles
21.
Thutmose III expanded the empire of Egypt through the use of what?
a)
war
b)
trade
c)
envoys
d)
treaties
22.
The most successful pharaoh of the New Kingdom was ____________.
a)
Amenhotep IV
b)
Tutankhamen
c)
Akhenaton
d)
Ramses II
23.
Which word means a waterfall or rapids?
a)
cataract
b)
theocracy
c)
shadoof
d)
embalm
24.
Which word is a marshy area at the mouth of a river?
a)
envoy
b)
dynasty
c)
delta
d)
incense
25.
Mesopotamian had the ziggurat; Egyptians had the 
a)
hieroglyphics
b)
hanging gardens
c)
sphinx
d)
pyramids
26.
Ancient Egypt was made up of 90 percent desert land known as _______land.
a)
deserts
b)
black
c)
north
d)
red
27.
Ancient Egypt was made up of 10 percent fertile soil  known as _______ land where crops could be grown.
a)
deserts
b)
black
c)
north
d)
red
28.
The people lived along the east side of the _______ River where the soil was fertile enough for growing crops.
a)
Nile
b)
Mediterranean
c)
Africa
d)
Asia
29.
The river flowed from _____________ to ______________.
a)
south to north
b)
north to south
c)
east to west
d)
west to east
30.
The river in Egypt flows into the _________________________ Sea.
a)
Mediterranean
b)
Aegean
c)
Pacific 
d)
Black
31.
The geography of Egypt helped to protect the people living along the Nile River from outside invaders due to the _________________.
a)
cataracts
b)
geography
c)
deserts
d)
culture
32.
The religion  that Egyptians believed in is ________.
a)
monotheism
b)
polytheism
33.
Mesopotamian wrote on clay tablets; Egyptians wrote on ________.
a)
skins
b)
papyrus
c)
paper
d)
stone
34.
Mesopotamian had cuneiform; Egyptians had  ________.
a)
hieroglyphics
b)
papyrus
c)
geometry
d)
stone
35.
An Egyptian king was called a ___________
a)
scribe
b)
servant
c)
papyrus
d)
pharaoh
36.
Why were the pyramids built?
a)
To create Social Studies questions for students
b)
Religious monuments 
c)
Tombs for Pharaohs
d)
Seat of government
37.
The process of preserving a body for the afterlife
a)
Cremation
b)
Mummification
c)
Autopsy
d)
Surgery
38.
A reed plant that grows long the Nile River. Ancient Egyptians made baskets, sandals, river rafts, and PAPER from it.
a)
cataract
b)
delta
c)
papyrus
d)
embalming
39.
What continent is Egypt on?
a)
South America
b)
Asia
c)
North American
d)
Africa
40.
The Nile River Valley flooded every July, and that left the land...
a)
dry
b)
sandy
c)
barren
d)
fertile
41.
Why did the ancient Egyptians place the favorite belongings of the pharaoh in his tomb?
a)
So no other human would ever use them
b)
To keep thieves from stealing them
c)
To prevent his servants from stealing them
d)
So they could be used by the pharaoh in the next life
42.

Who was the god of the Nile River?

a)

Re

b)

Hapi

c)

Thoth

d)

Isis

43.

Egypt was divided into

a)

It was just one place

b)

East and West

c)

Upper and Lower

d)

North and South

44.

How could you describe the Nile River's flooding?

a)

It never flooded

b)

predictable

c)

unpredictable

d)

destructive

45.
How did the people of Egypt and the people of Nubia first come into close contact with one another? 
a)
through trade
b)
by trying to take over each other's empire
c)
through invasions by the Assyrians
d)
by trying to regain land taken by the Hyskos
46.
What body of water is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Black Sea
c)
Western Desert
d)
Nile River
47.
What body of water is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Red Sea
c)
Western Desert
d)
Nile River
48.
What is this part of Egypt circled in red called?
a)
Lower Egypt
b)
Upper Egypt
c)
Nile River
d)
Nile Delta
49.
Tell me this area of Egypt circled in red in the southern, elevated section called?
a)
Upper Egypt
b)
Lower Egypt 
c)
Kush
d)
Nubia
50.
What is the name of this rich farmland called?
a)
Nile Delta
b)
Nile River
c)
Egypt
d)
Mesopotamia
51.

This ruler avoided military conquests and expanded Egypt´s economy.

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Nefertiti

c)

Ramses II

d)

Thutmose II

52.
What does number 1 on the map represent?
a)
Kalahari Desert
b)
Democratic Republic of Congo
c)
Nile River
d)
Sahara Desert
53.

The reigns of Hatshepsut and Ramses the Great were similar because they both engaged in massive building projects

a)

false

b)

true

54.

Which of these contributed most to the rise of civilization in ancient Egypt?

a)

scientific progress

b)

jewelry making

c)

code of laws

d)

advancements in agriculture

55.

The Nile River Delta would be found in

a)

Lower Egypt

b)

Upper Egypt

56.

Egyptians used _____ to irrigate their fields.

a)

floodwaters

b)

basin

c)

delta

57.

Why are Egypt's social classes represented using a pyramid?

a)

The triangle represented the three seasons of the Nile.

b)

Most people were in the bottom classes, and the fewest people were at the top.

c)

Scientists like to use a pyramid to keep the layers apart.

d)

Pyramids were already in Egypt anyway.

58.

Which social class was responsible with helping the Pharaoh run the Kingdom by collecting taxes and leading the army?

a)

Priests

b)

Scribes

c)

Government Officials

d)

Peasants

59.

Which social class would have most likely been able to read and write?

a)

Priests

b)

Scribes

c)

Artisans

d)

Peasants

60.

Which social class would have included pottery makers, leatherworkers, sculptors, painters, weavers, and jewellery makers?

a)

Priests

b)

Scribes

c)

Artisans

d)

Peasants

61.

Which social class was responsible for maintaining temples and conducting rituals to keep the Gods happy?

a)

Priests

b)

Scribes

c)

Artisans

d)

Peasants

62.

A Vizier or a General would be an example of which social class in Ancient Egypt?

a)

Scribes

b)

Pharaohs

c)

Government Officials

d)

Priests

63.
Which one has the lowest social status?
a)
Artisan
b)
Priest
c)
Scribe
64.
Which of the following would have the most status, importance, and power on the social pyramid?
a)
A skilled stone cutter
b)
a farmer
c)
a scribe
d)
a temple priest
65.
Which of the following was not a job performed by a priest?
a)
collecting taxes
b)
mummification
c)
maintaining temples of the gods
d)
religious rituals
66.

The people in Ancient Egypt used this technology to water their fields.

a)

Excavation

b)

Irrigation

c)

Exclamation

d)

Slash and burn agriculture.

67.

Egyptian civilization was best known for:

a)

Farming, hieroglyphics, pharaohs, and mummification

b)

Kings, democracy, Hammurabi, and the Magna Carta

c)

Cave paintings, rock carvings, hieroglyphics, and mummies

d)

Rock, paper, scissors

68.

In Ancient Egypt a scribe would have most likely been a young boy that was trained to write important information on papyrus, as well as temple and tomb walls.

a)

True

b)

False

69.

Scientist were able to learn how to read hieroglyphics due to the translation of the?

a)

Alphabet

b)

Greek

c)

Rosetta Stone

d)

Pyramid at Giza

70.

He was the most important Egyptian god. He was the sun god. Where the sun rose (the east) symbolized birth. Where the sun set (the west) symbolized death. That is why tombs were primarily built on the west bank of the Nile River. It was also believed that at night he traveled the underworld.

a)

Amon-Ra

b)

Seth

c)

Anubis

d)

Horus

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