Free Printable Final Egyptian Test

1.

People in ancient Egypt believed the Cat

a)

was a good luck charm

b)

helped during childbirth

c)

protect the home

d)

all of the above

2.

Answer true/false. The penalties for injuring or killing a cat were severe.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Cats were associate with this god who was the sun god.

a)

Isis

b)

Horus

c)

Ra

d)

Thoth

4.

The first feline goddess Egyptians worshipped was

a)

Thoth

b)

Ra

c)

Isis

d)

Mafdet

5.

This famous Queen won the hears of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Knum

c)

Tut

d)

Skaka

6.

Where did most the Egyptian population live?

a)

along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea

b)

along the coast of the Red Sea

c)

along the coast of the Nile River

d)

in the desert

7.

What did Egyptians believed they needed to do in order to overcome death like Osiris?

a)

burn their bodies in the temple

b)

have their bodies buried in the waters of the Nile

c)

pay tribute to the pharaoh in gold and grain

d)

preserve their bodies for the afterlife

8.

Who were the individuals responsible for using hieroglyphics to record information?

a)

artisans

b)

bureaucrats

c)

pharaohs

d)

scribes

9.

What is the name of the river that supplies life to Egypt and floods every year, allowing Egyptians to grow a great variety of crops?

a)

Thames

b)

Mississippi

c)

Nile

d)

Amazon

10.

Ancient Egyptians wrote on a type of paper known as:

a)

carbon copy paper

b)

Printer paper

c)

Clay tablets

d)

Papyrus

11.

The Egyptian form of writing, consisting of many symbols, is called:

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Sanskrit

d)

Cyrillic

12.

List each ancient Egyptian societal group in order from most important to least important:

a)

gods, pharaoh, nobles and priests, artisans and merchants, farmers, slaves

b)

artisans and merchants, gods, slaves, farmers, nobles and priests

c)

Nobles and priests, merchants and artisans, slaves, farmers, slaves, pharaoh

d)

Pharaoh, nobles and priests, gods, artisans and merchants, farmers, slaves

13.

Ancient Egyptian religion was:

a)

Polytheistic

b)

Monotheistic

c)

Atheistic

d)

Animistic

14.

Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?

a)

scribes who kept poor records

b)

government officials hated by the pharaoh

c)

peasant farmers when it was too wet to grow crops

d)

priests hoping to get jobs at the temples

15.

A line of rulers from one family.

a)

Papyrus

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Dynasty

d)

Delta

16.

A reed plant used to make paper.

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Cataract

c)

Dynasty

d)

Papyrus

17.

The Old Kingdom of Egypt is characterized by _________________________.

a)

Conquering nearby civilizations

b)

Developing art and literature

c)

Building pyramids for Pharaohs

d)

Having a strong military

18.

What do virtually all Egyptian mummies have in common? Choose the best answer.

a)

They were religious leaders in life.

b)

They were rich or powerful in life?

c)

They were buried in large pyramids.

d)

They were pharaohs or kings in life.

19.

What might you find in canopic jars?

a)

A mummy's ka

b)

A mummy's internal organs

c)

A mummy's posessions

d)

A mummy's limbs

20.

According to ancient Egyptian beliefs, what might happen to a body if it's not preserved after death?

a)

The spirit would lose it's identity in the afterlife.

b)

The spirit would not enter the afterlife.

c)

The spirit would be sent to an afterlife of pain and suffering.

d)

The spirit would be forced to roam the earth.

21.

After the mummification process was complete, the mummy was placed in an elaborately decorated sarcophagus. What was a sarcophagus?

a)

a grave

b)

a pyramid

c)

a jar

d)

a coffin

22.

How did the Egyptians symbolize that a mummy had moved on to a higher plain of existence?

a)

By removing it's brain with a hook.

b)

By burying it in a tomb

c)

By placing a death mask over it's face

d)

By washing it with natron

23.

What can you conclude from the fact that the Egyptians painted the walls of the mummies' tombs with pictures of servants, food and animals?

a)

They wanted to liven up the dull brick walls.

b)

They believe the dead needed these things in the afterlife.

c)

They wanted to protect the dead against grave robbers.

d)

They believe these images warded off evil spirits.

24.

What term means king of ancient Egypt?

a)

Artisan

b)

Commerce

c)

Interdependence

d)

Pharaoh

e)

Meroitic Script

25.

What term means the buying and selling of goods and services?

a)

Artisan

b)

Commerce

c)

Interdependence

d)

Pharaoh

e)

Meroitic Script

26.

Why did Egyptians build the pyramids? (Choose all that apply.)

a)

To serve as a palace for the pharoahs

b)

Temples for their gods

c)

To help improve scientific discover

d)

Tombs for the Pharaohs

27.

Who is the god of the underworld and ruler of the afterlife?

a)

Osiris

b)

Isis

c)

Ra

d)

Anubis

e)

Horus

28.

Who is the goddess of protection and associated with thrones?

a)

Osiris

b)

Isis

c)

Ra

d)

Anubis

e)

Horus

29.

Which is the god that has a man's body with a hawk head and a headdress with a sun disk?

a)

Osiris

b)

Isis

c)

Ra

d)

Anubis

e)

Horus

30.

Which is the god that has a man's body with a jackal head and is the god of embalming?

a)

Osiris

b)

Isis

c)

Ra

d)

Anubis

e)

Horus

31.

Which is the god that has a man's body with a hawk head and is the god associated with pharaohs?

a)

Osiris

b)

Isis

c)

Ra

d)

Anubis

e)

Horus

32.

Who is Atum-Ra and how was he involved in the Egyptian Mythology?

a)

He was the brother of Anubis

b)

First god of Egyptian mythology

c)

Geb’s sister

d)

He wasn’t involved in Egyptian mythology

33.

Who is the god of evil?

a)

Seth

b)

Anubis

c)

Hades

d)

zues

34.

What form did the gods and goddesses of the Ancient Egyptians typically take?

a)

Humans

b)

plants

c)

animals

d)

element

35.

What was Osiris god of

a)

Justice

b)

Underworld

c)

Moon

d)

sky and wind

36.

True or False: Unlike Roman and Greek Mythologies the Ancient Egyptians did not build many temples on their gods.(A)

a)

True

b)

False

37.

What two gods were married and the parents of the god Horus?(A)

a)

Isis and Osiris

b)

Thoth and Ra

c)

Amun and Ra

d)

Isis and Thoth

38.

What was the first god called called?

a)

Atumn

b)

Horus

c)

Nut

d)

Osiris

39.

Who was the god of the sun called?

a)

Atumn

b)

Horus

c)

Nut

d)

Osiris

40.

Which god rules over the underworld?

a)

Anubis

b)

Horus

c)

Seth

d)

Isis

41.

Which two gods fought for control over Egypt?

a)

Osiris and Seth

b)

Geb and Ra

42.

What is the river that runs across Egypt?

a)

Nile

b)

Sahara

c)

Thames

d)

Ganga

43.

Which organ was not removed during mummification?

a)

Lungs

b)

Liver

c)

Heart

d)

Brain

44.

How long did the mummification process take?

a)

100 days

b)

7 years

c)

1 year

d)

70 days

45.

Where is the Sphinx located

a)

Egypt

b)

America

c)

Africa

d)

Russia

46.

True or False: Linen strips were used to wrap a mummy

a)

True

b)

False

47.

The ancient Egyptians lived along the Nile river because...

a)

they loved to ride on their boats

b)

they like to take a shower every hour

c)

they liked to catch fish

d)

it helped them grow crops and drink water

48.

True or False: Sugar was used in the mummification process

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Which is these are NOT in Egypt?

a)

Pyramids

b)

The Sphinx

c)

Nile river

d)

Disneyland

50.

god of writing and knowledge

a)

Thoth

b)

Anubis

c)

Horus

d)

Sobek

51.

sky goddess

a)

Nut

b)

Bastet

c)

Isis

d)

Ma'at

52.

god of the earth

a)

Geb

b)

Ra

c)

Set

d)

Horus

53.

The god of the dead:

a)

Osiris

b)

Anubis

c)

Ra

d)

Isis

54.

The goddess of magic:

a)

Anubis

b)

Horus

c)

Isis

d)

Osiris

55.

Which god or goddess is the cat sacred to?

a)

Sobek

b)

Bastet

c)

Ptah

d)

Sekhmet

56.

ancient Egyptian god of storms, chaos and evil

a)

Seth

b)

Anubis

c)

Osiris

d)

Horus

57.

The name Egyptians gave to their idea of heaven was

a)

Wadi Natron

b)

Field of Reeds

c)

Land of a 1,000 lakes

d)

Field of dreams

58.

How did the people of ancient Egypt believe the spirits of the dead make their way to the afterlife?

a)

by boat

b)

by camel

c)

flying through the air

d)

by car

59.

The goddess of love, birth, and joy; associated with the sky.

a)

Hathor

b)

Bastet

c)

Isis

d)

Set

60.

Which god has long hair and a big belly?

a)

Khnum

b)

Aten

c)

Hapy

d)

Osiris

61.

protector of babies, family, pregnant women

a)

Bes

b)

Ma'at

c)

Ra

d)

Nephthys

62.

Which is not a creator god?

a)

Amon

b)

Atum

c)

Hapy

d)

Khnum

63.

Which god had the phoenix as one of his symbols?

a)

Bes

b)

Osiris

c)

Horus

d)

Ra

64.

Why did the ancient Egyptians place the favorite belongings of the pharaoh in his tomb?

a)

So no other human would ever use them

b)

To keep thieves from stealing them

c)

To prevent his servants from stealing them

d)

So they could be used by the pharaoh in the next life

65.

The goal of mummification was to

a)

Make sure the body decayed

b)

Preserve the body and achieve immortality

c)

Become one with the universe

d)

None of the above

66.

What am I the God of?

a)

God of embalming and mummification

b)

resides over the afterlife

c)

the God of power and wisdom

d)

the Sun God

67.

What am I the God of?

a)

God of embalming and mummification

b)

resides over the afterlife

c)

the God of power and wisdom

d)

the Sun God

68.

What am I the God of?

a)

Goddess of healing

b)

God of violence and disorder

c)

the God of power and wisdom

d)

the Sun God

69.

The word Egypt comes from Greek word

a)

Ageyptoes

b)

Egypteos

c)

Aegyptos

70.

The word Kemet means

a)

Yellow land

b)

Black land

71.

It was through Rosetta stone that ancient Egyptian writing came to be deciphered

a)

True

b)

False

72.

Identify the picture

(a)

73.

The following are the features of Great Pyramid

a)

Square base

b)

Made of limestone blocks

c)

Took 20 years to complete

d)

Hands of the workers were cut off

74.

Egyptians were predominantly

a)

Montheistic

b)

Polytheistic

75.

In which jar internal organs were kept??

a)

Steel jar

b)

Clay jar

c)

Canopic jar

76.

The special type of salt was called as

a)

Nitron

b)

Natron

c)

Netron

77.

Which calendar was introduced by Egyptian Civilization??

a)

Lunar calendar

b)

Solar Calendar

78.

On what all basis we come to know that Egyptian were good mathematicians

a)

Building of pyramids

b)

Use of lever

c)

Using big machines to dig the ground

d)

Use of ramp

79.

Queen Cleopatra took whose help to rule her empire

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Porus

c)

Roman kings

80.

What did the mummification process help Ancient Egyptians learn?

a)

The importance of the brain

b)

Human Anatomy

c)

How souls went to heaven

d)

How to send people to heaven

81.

A line of rulers from one family

a)

theocracy

b)

pharaoh

c)

dynasty

d)

shadoof

82.

The Sphinx has the head of a Pharaoh and the body of a...

a)

Snake

b)

Scarab Beetle

c)

Lion

d)

Dog

83.

A large stone box that held a mummy's coffin.

a)

dynasty

b)

sarcophagus

c)

tomb

d)

Canopic jars

84.

A pharaoh named Akhenaton forced his subjects to worship only the sun god Aton.

Which statement best explains why Akhenaton’s religious policy caused conflict throughout Egypt?

a)

Most ancient Egyptians preferred worshiping the god Seth.

b)

Many ancient Egyptians viewed the sun god as a lesser god.

c)

Most ancient Egyptians believed in worshiping many gods.

d)

Many ancient Egyptians did not believe in worshiping gods.

85.

Burial chambers for the most wealthy and important in Egyptian society

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Duat

c)

Sphinx

d)

Pyramids

86.

Goddess who eats the hearts of the unworthy

a)

Cerberus

b)

Garm

c)

Ammit

d)

Atum

87.

Appears as a woman made of stars

a)

Tefnut

b)

Nut

c)

Geb

d)

Shu

88.

God of the Earth; Appears as a green man at the foot of Shu or a green man with a goose on his head

a)

Atum

b)

Set

c)

Anubis

d)

Geb

89.

God of life, rebirth, and the afterlife; ruler of the underworld; murdered by Set

a)

Isis

b)

Horus

c)

Anubis

d)

Osiris

90.

Goddess of night, death, lament, and service; wife of Set; mother of Anubis

a)

Isis

b)

Nut

c)

Nephthys

d)

Atum

91.

God of the sky and war; Rightful pharaoh of the gods

a)

Set

b)

Horus

c)

Tahuti

d)

Atum

92.

Who was responsible for keeping the gods happy and performing temple rituals?

a)

viziers

b)

scribes

c)

artisans

d)

priests

93.

Who made items like pottery, jewelry, cloth and papyrus items?

a)

doctors

b)

merchants

c)

artisans

d)

slaves

94.

Which of the following would have the most status, importance, and power on the social pyramid?

a)

A skilled stone cutter

b)

a farmer

c)

a scribe

d)

a temple priest

95.

What continent is Egypt on?

a)

South America

b)

Asia

c)

North American

d)

Africa

96.

The process of preserving a body for the afterlife

a)

Cremation

b)

Mummification

c)

Autopsy

d)

Surgery

97.

Longest river in the world, made settlement possible in Ancient Egypt

a)

Amazon

b)

Nile

c)

Tigris

d)

Euphrates

98.

A decorative coffin used for the Pharaohs and the wealthy in Egypt

a)

Tomb

b)

Sarcophagus

c)

Grave

d)

Ziggurat

99.

What does the sphinx do?

a)

decorate the pyramids

b)

hold the bodies

c)

look scary

d)

guard the pyramids

100.

Another name for food shortage

a)

famine

b)

plague

c)

reign

101.

A civilization means

a)

A group of people that live in small tribes.

b)

a group of people that has its own culture and laws and live in large well organised groups like towns.

c)

a group of people who come from Africa.

d)

A group of people who think the same things.

102.

When were the Ancient Egyptians around?

a)

65 million years ago

b)

1485 - 1603 AD

c)

8000 - 2000 BC

d)

3200 BC - 30 AD

103.

Ancient Egyptians believed these people were also gods.

a)

The Pharaoh

b)

High Priests

c)

Soldiers

d)

Scribes

104.

These people harvested crops like wheat, barley, dates, cucumbers, figs, beans and grapes.

a)

Soldiers

b)

Scribes

c)

Farmers

d)

Nobles

105.

What Ancient Egyptian God was known to be born every morning in the east and died each night in the west?

a)

Ra, god of the sun

b)

Isis, mother goddess

c)

Nut, goddess of the sky

d)

Geb, god of the earth

Final Egyptian Test

Total questions: 105

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