WorksheetsChapter 5: Egypt
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
About how much of the Ancient Egyptian population lived near the Nile River?
20%
60%
2%
95%
Which TWO of the following were NOT considered the "Golden Age" of Ancient Egypt?
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Which of the following was an important benefit provided by the Nile river
Silt
Access to iron ore
Mummification rituals
Access to flying falcons
Which Ancient Egyptian Period was known as the AGE OF ROYALTY?
Middle Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
New Kingdom
Which of the following stands 481 feet tall and is the largest ever built?
Pyramid of Khufu
Pyramid of Tutu
Pyramid of Blutu
Pyramid of Chad
Which of the following is the writing system developed by the Ancient Egyptians and later translated thanks to the Rosetta Stone?
Sanskrit
French
Hieroglyphics
Wingdings
Cuneiform
What eventually ended the "Old Kingdom"?
Crop failures
Cost of Pyramids
Power Struggles
All of the Above
The embalming process that Egyptians believed would help take them to the next life was called what?
mummification
reincarnation
pickling
naptime
Which of the following is a belief system with ONE God?
Monotheism
Polytheism
Theocracy
Agnosticism
Which of the following is a belief system with MANY Gods?
Monotheism
Polytheism
Theocracy
Agnosticism
Which of the following is a type of GOVERNMENT where political leaders are ALSO religious leaders?
Monotheism
Polytheism
Theocracy
Agnosticism
When bloodlines carry the ruling power, father to son or mother to daughter and so forth - the period of time under a bloodline of rulers is called what? (sometimes used in Japanese history)
dynasty
era
eon
epoch
Why did ancient Egyptians build statues of fearsome creatures?
To guard their important areas (like tombs and pyramids)
To use up all the sand they had laying around
As a kind of weird flex to brag on other civilizations
Which of the following is the significant trading partner of the Ancient Egyptians that WE DISCUSSED IN CLASS AND IN OUR NOTES?
Phoenicians
Italians
Greek
Romans
According to our notes, slides, discussions, and readings - where did Ancient Egypt get all of its PURPLE from?
Murex Shellfish
Special rocks
Crushed leaves of a red plant and a blue plant
Which of the following is the name of the civilization that crushed the Egyptians during the Middle Kingdom?
Greek
Assyrian
Hyksos
Romani
CHECK ALL THAT APPLY:
Besides worship, Temples in the Middle Kingdom were often used for what:
Workshops
Schools
Libraries
Barber Shops
Who was the first female Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt?
Tutankhamen
Hatshepsut
Ramses III
Ramses XIV
Name as many things as you can think of that made the Nile River important to the Egyptians:
Name and describe AT LEAST ONE Egyptian God or Goddess (explain what they looked like or maybe what they stood for)
