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Ancient Egypt Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reorder the following from Oldest to Newest

a)

Old Kingdom

b)

Middle Kingdom

c)

New Kingdom

1)
2)
3)
2.

Egyptian Pharaohs Mummies are protected in a _________

a)

sarcophagus

b)

Archaeologist

c)

embalm

d)

Hieroglyph

3.

The ______ of the Nile river creates land that is easy to farm.

a)

Papyrus

b)

Delta

c)

Pharaoh

d)

Dynasty

4.

During the Han dynasty (206BC –220AD) Cai Lun wasas the first person to produce paper as we know it today. However Egytians created this to write on 4000 years ago.

a)

Pharoah's

b)

Papyrus

c)

Theocracy

d)

DaBai's Forehead

5.

Egyptians during the Old Kingdom used 800 symbols to write. What are these symbols called?

a)

Hieroglyphs

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Rosetta Stone

d)

Delta

6.

a line of rulers from the same family of a country

a)

Hierarchy

b)

Dynasty

c)

Kingdomship

d)

Succession

7.

When was the 1st pyramid built?

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

New Kingdom

c)

Old Kingdom

d)

Cleopatra Dynasty

8.

What river is essential to Egypt's survival

a)

Amazon River

b)

Nile River

c)

Yellow River

d)

Euphrates River

9.

Who was higher up in the Egyptian class pyramid?

a)

Military

b)

Artisans

10.

What is a "Pharaoh"?

a)

the ruler of an ancient Egyptian kingdom

b)

the boss

c)

a kingdom

d)

ancient

11.

What was the purpose of Egyptian pyramids?

a)

tombs

b)

religious ceremonies

c)

to be closer to the gods

d)

to keep enemies away

12.

The flow of the Nile River is from...

a)

South to North

b)

North to South

c)

East to West

d)

West to East

13.

Reorder the following from Most to Least important in Ancient Egypt

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Priests

c)

Artisans

d)

Farmers

e)

Slaves

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
14.

Match the following social classes with their description

a)

Pharaoh

1.

Political, religious, and military leader

b)

Priests and Nobles

2.

wealthy Egyptians, had jobs that gave them high status

c)

Merchants, Artisans, and Scribes

3.

Business owners, considered skilled workers

d)

Farmers

4.

Grow food for Egypt

e)

Unskilled Workers

5.

Built houses, pyramids, did manual labor

15.

This 7.5cm statue is the only Khufu portrait discovered so far. (Khufu was the pharaoh who built the largest pyramid in Giza.) Egyptians dedicated their art to ...

a)

Ra - the Sun God

b)

Achievements of the Pharaohs

c)

Gilgamesh

d)

their mothers

16.

Life after death.

a)

Obelisk

b)

Mummy

c)

Afterlife

d)

Ka

17.

The process of preserving a body.

a)

Afterlife

b)

Pharaoh

c)

Embalm

d)

Desert

18.

scientists who study ancient cultures

a)

biologist

b)

archeologist

c)

nomad

d)

migration

19.

"a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god." Is a definition for which form of government?

a)

Theocracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Dictatorship