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WorksheetsAncient Egypt Week 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
During the Old Kingdom, Egyptian Pharaohs were considered to be:
Wealthy
Gods on Earth
Military Leaders
Very smart and intelligent
What was considered to be a problem with the Egyptian Pyramids?
They were very costly to build
Easy to spot from a distance
Robbed frequently
All of the above
Which time period was considered to be Egypt's Golden Age?
Old KIngdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Egyptians realized that tombs were being robbed frequently, so where did they start burying Pharaohs during the Middle Kingdom time period?
Pyramids
Valley of the Kings
In the Great Sphinx
Hidden tombs throughout Egypt
Which phrase best describes the New Kingdom time period?
Flourishing arts and literature
Building of the Pyramids and the Sphinx
Expansion period due to military conquest
Severe floods that strained the Nile River
Which term best describes this definition, a form of written language, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, where symbols represent things.
Cuneiform
Cursive
Symbolic Language
Hieroglyphics
Egyptians would their dead, embalming and drying corpses and wrapping them in linen
Silt
Mummify
Bury
Hide
Which best describes a type of paper made from a plant used in ancient time?
Silt
Hieratic
Papyrus
Rosetta Stone
This river floods often and this allowed Egyptians to successfully farm here. Many Egyptians still live near this river today.
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Congo River
Nile River
Which word best describes a family of rulers that are in power in a country; the period of time when a country is led by members of the same family.
Dynasty
Family Tree
Pharaohs
Theocracy
Before 1799, historians could not translate Egyptian hieroglyphics. The discovery of the _______________________ changed that.
The Great Sphinx
The Pyramids
King Tut
The Rosetta Stone
The ______________ that remained on the banks of the Nile after the floods made the soil rich and fertile.
Jewels
Clay
Silt
Gold
Ancient Egyptians often wrote on ___________________, which was made from a plant of the same name.
Papyrus
Palm
Scroll
Aloe
With its human head and lion body, the __________________ is one of the most recognizable Egyptian statues
Pyramid
Cat
Lioness
Sphinx
Akhenaten, Ramses the Great, and the female ruler Hatshepsut were all considered ___________________ of Egypt.
Kings
Queens
Pharaohs
Leaders
