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Ancient Egyt Module 4 Lesson 2 Old Kingdom

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: The Old Kingdom is famous for building pyramids and the Great Sphinx.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

(a)   was considered both the head of the government and the Egyptian religion.

Choose from the below words
Pharaoh
Vizier
Sphinx
Nomarch
3.

What was the capital city of Egypt during the Old Kingdom period?

a)

Cairo

b)

Alexandria

c)

Thebes

d)

Memphis

e)

Luxor

4.

True or False: In the Egyptian religion, Pharaoh was considered a god.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

Huge triangular tomb built by the Egyptians is (a)  

Choose from the below words
delta
Red Land
Rosetta Stone
pyramid
6.

What does polytheistic mean?

a)

believe in 1 god

b)

believe in Allah

c)

belief in many gods

7.

Egyptian's name for a person's life force

a)

noble

b)

Ka

c)

dynasty

d)

delta

8.
Which river flows through the center of Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Amazon
9.
Why were the pyramids built?
a)
as tombs for the pharaohs
b)
as vaults for the government's wealth
c)
as shelters for the homeless
d)
as monuments to the gods
10.

The ancient Egyptians read (a)   in order to know how to achieve life after death.

Choose from the below words
The Book of the Dead
The Book of Life
The Book of the Pharaohs
The Book of Prayers
11.
Which of the following beliefs was  central to Egyptian religion?
a)
the afterlife
b)
the pyramids
c)
the pharaohs
d)
the heavens
12.

Egypt traded with Nubia.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

There were very few trees that grew naturally in Egypt. In order to get wood, the Egyptians had to...

a)

travel deep into the Sahara Desert to cut down trees

b)

trade with Syria

14.

Many Egyptian religious customs focused on what happened after people died.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The Egyptians had gods for nearly everything, including the sun, the sky, and the earth. Many gods mixed human and animal forms.

a)

True

b)

False