WorksheetsAncient Egypt
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which body of water does the Nile River flow into?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Red Sea
2.
What were pyramids?
a)
temples to the gods
b)
prisons
c)
tombs for pharaohs
d)
tombs for nobles
3.
What is Egyptian writing called?
a)
cuneiform
b)
hieroglyphic
c)
characters
d)
Sanskrit
4.
What was the most common form of religious practice in Ancient Egypt?
a)
hieroglyphics
b)
polytheism
c)
mythology
d)
monotheism
5.
Why was papyrus important to ancient Egyptians?
a)
it made it easier to keep records and communicate
b)
it allowed them to sail too far away ports for trade
c)
it allowed them to create a system of writing
d)
it kept mice out of the granaries
6.
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?
a)
slaves
b)
pharaoh
c)
priests
d)
scribes
7.
The definition of the word Pharaoh
a)
A King
b)
Prince
c)
A Tomb
d)
A city in Egypt
8.
An example of a delta is
a)
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
b)
A plane formation
c)
a triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river.
d)
The rapids along the Nile
9.
Polytheism is the belief in
a)
One God
b)
Multiple Gods
c)
No God
d)
The flying spaghetti monster
10.
Why do Pharaos get mummified?
a)
So their body doesn't decay
b)
So they stay nice and juicy
c)
Because Otzi was mummified
d)
To prepare them for the afterlife
11.
Pyramids are built to
a)
for worshipping the Gods
b)
to look strong and cool to other nations
c)
be a tomb for the Pharaoh
d)
to give farmers jobs when not farming
12.
Egypt is on what Continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
13.
What is a dynasty?
a)
a collection of queens
b)
a collection of kingdoms
c)
series of rulers from different families
d)
series of rulers from the same family
14.
What is the famous river in Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
15.
Who would write and record information?
a)
slaves
b)
scribes
c)
farmers
d)
craftspeople
16.
How did the Nile River benefit Egyptians? (select all that apply)
a)
fresh drinking water
b)
floods destroyed homes and crops
c)
floods provided silt
d)
papyrus grew near the river
e)
a waterway for transportation
17.
How did Egyptians get water to their crops?
a)
Plow
b)
Chariot
c)
Wagon
d)
Irrigation
18.
Egypt is surrounded by desert, what is a benefit of this?
a)
The temperature is warm
b)
The sand is soft
c)
Protection
d)
Easy to navigate
19.
What type of government did ancient Egypt have?
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Monarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Democracy
20.
Ancient Egypt was isolated because of its ___________.
a)
economy
b)
geography
c)
religion
d)
government
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