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WorksheetsAncient Egypt
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which of the following best describes how Egyptian civilizations developed?
Villages replaced towns
Farms grew into villages and then cities
Cities broke off into scattered farms
Farms replaced cities and then pyramids
Which of the following did not cause social classes to appear during the Old Kingdom?
need for government officials
increase in farming
Sumerian influences
increase in population
How was Egypt able to build pyramids and temples?
The pharaoh's families paid the costs
It collected taxes from the people
It collected payments from Sumer
The priests help religious festivals
By the 1400s BC, Egypt was leading military power. Based on this fact, what conclusion can you make about Egypt's resources?
It was a rich country
It was a poor country
Its resources were being heavily taxed
Its resources were being sent to help other countries
What factor contributed most to the growth of trade in the New Kingdom?
Egypt's defeat of the Sinai Peninsula
Egypt's creation of an army
Egypt's conquest of distant lands
Egypt's creation of the Pyramids
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?
The tombs served as museums
The tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh
Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom
Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife
Which of the following demonstrates that Kush and Egypt at times lived in peace with each other?
Kush and Egypt attacked each other
Kush and Egypt traded with each other
Kush and Egypt battled Aksum together
Kush and Egypt built things together
What was the effect of Egypt's conquests of Kush in 1500 BC?
Egyptian pharaohs worked with Kushite kings
Egyptian culture became more like Kushite culture
Kushite language became the language of Egypt
Kushite culture became more like Egyptian culture
A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is a
delta
scimtar
dynasty
reign
Who is responsible for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt?
Ramses
Ahmose
Menes
Akhenaton
The Nile delta is in
Lower Egypt
The Suez Canal
Upper Egypt
Memphis
The Egyptian burial process for pharaohs where the organs were once removed and the body preserved is called
Mummying
Embalming
Packaging
Drainage
Pyramids in ancient Egypt were built as
A tribute to the gods
A burial place for pharaohs
An indication of direction
A way of creating gods
The Great Pyramid in Giza was built for
King Tut
Hatshepsut
Ramses II
Khufu
This Egyptian pharaoh was responsible for expanding the Egyptian empire through trade rather than military conquests
Hatshepsut
Akhenaton
Ramses
Thutmose
Crops could grow in the fertile black lands, what "lands" were not able to grow crops?
Green Lands
Yellow Lands
Red Lands
Black Lands
How did Ramses solve the problem with the Hittites?
A bloody war
Paying them
Dividing disputed land
A peace treaty
Who defeated the Hyksos and named himself pharaoh, beginning the Middle Kingdom?
Julius
Ramses
Tut
Ahmose
Which of the following did not cause social classes?
need for government officials
increase in farming
sumerian incluences
increase in population
The rocky hilly land of south Egypt caused steep rapids or ______________ to form.
Deltas
Cataracts
Floods
Rocks
The ____________ is the longest river in the world.
Amazon
Mississippi
Nile
Indus
The southern part of Egypt was called _________________.
Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
Sahara Egypt
Hittite Egypt
The Egyptians began to build pyramids during the ______________.
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
The ___________________________ helped historians understand hieroglyphics.
Temple of Karnak
Abu Simbel
Tut's Tomb
Rosetta Stone
____________________ in Egypt grew wheat, barley, fruits and vegetables as well as raised cattle and sheep.
farmers
merchants
pharaohs
artisans
A triangle shaped area of land made by soil deposited by a river is called a
tributary
mountain
pyramid
delta
Without annual ____________________, people never could have settled in Egypt.
monsoons
farming
flooding
A period in Egyptian history that lasted from 2700 BC to 2200 BC when the pyramids of Giza were constructed
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Life after death
embalming
mummies
ka
afterlife
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
pyramids
science
engineering
farming
A period in Egypt of order and stability
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Egyptian writing system
cuneiform
pictographs
hieroglyphics
alphabet
A long lasting paper-like material made from reeds.
reeder
papyrus
cardstock
tablets
Similar to tombs, the walls of Egypt's __________________ are covered with impressive paintings and carvings.
temples
houses
palaces
Imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and heads of other animals or humans were called
bastet
sphinxes
obelisks
rosettas
A tall four sided pillar that is pointed on top.
pyramid
obelisk
sphinxes
rosettas
In 1922 archaeologists found the tomb of ____________________ untouched by tomb robbers.
Ramses
Hatshepsut
Akhenaton
Tutankhamen
Pharaoh that sent an army to take control of Kush around 1500 BC
Thutmose
Hatshepsut
Ramses
Mentuhotep
A system of people in different lands who trade goods
import
export
merchants
trade network
Items sent out to other regions
imports
exports
Goods brought in from other regions
imports
exports
The first woman queen to rule Kush
Hatshepsut
Nefertiti
Shanakhdakheto
TRUE OR FALSE
The Mediterranean Sea made it easy for other countries to invade Egypt.
True
False
TRUE OR FALSE
The Egyptians built pyramids for all people who died.
True
False
TRUE OR FALSE
The rule of Mentuhotep II began the Middle Kingdom
True
False
TRUE OR FALSE
The Egyptians believed that temples were a place to house and honor the gods.
True
False
