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Ancient Egypt Week 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the Old Kingdom, Egyptian Pharaohs were considered to be:

a)

Wealthy

b)

Gods on Earth

c)

Military Leaders

d)

Very smart and intelligent

2.

What was considered to be a problem with the Egyptian Pyramids?

a)

They were very costly to build

b)

Easy to spot from a distance

c)

Robbed frequently

d)

All of the above

3.

Which time period was considered to be Egypt's Golden Age?

a)

Old KIngdom

b)

Middle Kingdom

c)

New Kingdom

4.

Egyptians realized that tombs were being robbed frequently, so where did they start burying Pharaohs during the Middle Kingdom time period?

a)

Pyramids

b)

Valley of the Kings

c)

In the Great Sphinx

d)

Hidden tombs throughout Egypt

5.

Which phrase best describes the New Kingdom time period?

a)

Flourishing arts and literature

b)

Building of the Pyramids and the Sphinx

c)

Expansion period due to military conquest

d)

Severe floods that strained the Nile River

6.

Which term best describes this definition, a form of written language, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, where symbols represent things.

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Cursive

c)

Symbolic Language

d)

Hieroglyphics

7.

Egyptians would their dead, embalming and drying corpses and wrapping them in linen

a)

Silt

b)

Mummify

c)

Bury

d)

Hide

8.

Which best describes a type of paper made from a plant used in ancient time?

a)

Silt

b)

Hieratic

c)

Papyrus

d)

Rosetta Stone

9.

This river floods often and this allowed Egyptians to successfully farm here. Many Egyptians still live near this river today.

a)

Tigris River

b)

Euphrates River

c)

Congo River

d)

Nile River

10.

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.

a)

Dynasty

b)

Family Tree

c)

Pharaohs

d)

Theocracy

11.

Before 1799, historians could not translate Egyptian hieroglyphics. The discovery of the _______________________ changed that.

a)

The Great Sphinx

b)

The Pyramids

c)

King Tut

d)

The Rosetta Stone

12.

The ______________ that remained on the banks of the Nile after the floods made the soil rich and fertile.

a)

Jewels

b)

Clay

c)

Silt

d)

Gold

13.

Ancient Egyptians often wrote on ___________________, which was made from a plant of the same name.

a)

Papyrus

b)

Palm

c)

Scroll

d)

Aloe

14.

With its human head and lion body, the __________________ is one of the most recognizable Egyptian statues

a)

Pyramid

b)

Cat

c)

Lioness

d)

Sphinx

15.

Akhenaten, Ramses the Great, and the female ruler Hatshepsut were all considered ___________________ of Egypt.

a)

Kings

b)

Queens

c)

Pharaohs

d)

Leaders