WorksheetsY3 Spr1 Ancient Egyptians
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 24mins
When were the Ancient Egyptians around?
65 million years ago
1485 - 1603 AD
8000 - 2000 BC
3200 BC - 30 AD
Hieroglyphics is...
Ancient Egyptian picture writing
Another name for the rulers of Egypt
Belief in an afterlife.
Buildings with sides shaped like triangles
What is a pharaoh?
an Ancient Egyptian scribe
an Ancient Egyptian leader
an Ancient Sumerian king
An Ancient circus performer
What was the name of the Egyptologist that discovered Tutankhamun's tomb?
Bob Dylan
Arthur Pennywhistle
Howard Carter
Robson Green
How were many ancient Egyptian artifacts recovered by historians?
Egyptians buried items with mummies in tombs
Egyptians kept vast museums and libraries
Egyptians buried items in the ground for others to find
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?
The tombs served as museums.
The tombs were the private storage rooms fo the pharaoh.
Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom.
Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife.
The process of preserving a body for the afterlife is called...
Cremation
Mummification
Autopsy
Surgery
What was the special salt used to dry the body during mummification
Sea
Morton
Natron
Iodized
This organ was considered useless so it was removed and thrown away
Brain
Heart
Liver
Stomach
The jars that hold the internal organs of the deceased are called
Canopic
Bell
Ziploc
Mason
What was the purpose of canopic jars?
They held the oils used to help preserve the body
They held important organs taken from the body
They held food that the spirit would need in the afterlife
They were for storing papers that detailed the life of the person
The Egyptians mummified the body because they believed
Their soul needed it
The gods needed it
The body was going to resurrect in the next life
It was required by law
How long was a body encased in natron?
40 hours
40 weeks
40 days
40 months
The large stone coffin that holds the other wooden coffins is called a
Shaduf
Shenti
Masoleum
Sarcophagus
The Egyptians built the pyramids to
Keep people employed.
Give thanks to the Nile.
Make use of their machines.
Bury their pharaohs.
Identify this structure
Bent Pyramid of Sneferu
Great Pyramid of Khufu
Ziggurat of Ur
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
What does the sphinx do?
decorate the pyramids
hold the bodies
look scary
guard the pyramids
Who was the Egyptians' most important god, creator of the universe and responsible for the sun?
Osiris
Ra
Seth
Isis
Who was the god of marriage, magic, and motherhood?
Ptah
Hathor
Amun
Isis
What have you enjoyed most in learning about the Ancient Egyptians?
