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Ancient Egypt Art & Society

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The pharaoh gave me responsibility for ruling over my region of Egypt and keeping law and order there.

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Scribes

c)

Nobles

d)

Merchants

2.

King ______________ united Upper and Lower Egypt.

a)

Tut

b)

Ramses

c)

Narmer

d)

Osiris

3.

I am a prisoner of war. I work in the households of nobles or in mines or quarries.

a)

Farmers

b)

Nobels

c)

Slaves

d)

Craftsmen

4.

The river that was so essential for Egypt was called

a)

The Nile

b)

The Delta

c)

The Danube

d)

The Congo

5.

I am responsible for keeping written records in Ancient Egypt.

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Craftsmen

c)

Scribes

d)

Vizier

6.

I am a skilled worker. I make jewelry, pottery and clothing.

a)

Slaves

b)

Craftsmen

c)

Merchants

d)

Farmers

7.

I am responsible for performing rituals and ceremonies in temples. These keep the gods happy.

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Scribes

c)

Priests

d)

Officials

8.

I am the pharaoh’s chief adviser. I administer the kingdom and settle disputes between nobles.

a)

Vizier

b)

Slaves

c)

Officials

d)

Priests

9.

Ancient Egyptian began with the Lower and Upper Kingdom. Their location was based on..?

a)

Pharaoh's son

b)

Which kingdom was the richest

c)

The flow of the Nile River

d)

The queen liked these names

10.

I am the ruler and religious leader.

a)

Priests

b)

Pharaoh

c)

Vizier

d)

Slaves

11.

The primary way of traveling along the Nile River was with?

a)

Steamships

b)

Boats

c)

Swimming

d)

The gods did not allow anyone to travel on the Nile.

12.

I produce food for the royal family.

a)

Officials

b)

Farmers

c)

Craftsmen

d)

Slaves

13.

Why were the pyramids built?

a)

To block the Pharaoh's palace from blowing sand during a storm

b)

To make the gods happy

c)

To serve as burial tombs for pharaohs

d)

To give the slaves something to do

14.

I am at the bottom of Ancient Egyptian society.

a)

Scribes

b)

Slaves

c)

Merchants

d)

Nobles

15.
What is a body that has been preserved after death to keep it from decaying called?
a)
A corpse
b)
A ghost
c)
A mummy
d)
A cremation 
16.

What continent is Egypt in?

a)

Antartica

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

17.

2. How are people and animals often portrayed in Ancient Egyptian art?

a)

The head faces forward, but the body faces the side.

b)

The head is looking to the side, but the body faces forward.

c)

Both body and head face the side.

d)

People face forward, but animals face the side.

18.

Why did size matter in portraits during Ancient Egyptian period?

a)

The Egyptian artists didn't know how to draw people the same size?

b)

In Egyptian art, they drew people according to their size in real life.

c)

In Egyptian art, the size of a figure indicates its relative importance.

d)

All of the above

19.

Most of the Ancient Egyptian Art we have in museums today is because they were discovered in tombs. True or False?

a)

False

b)

True

20.
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?
a)
The tombs served as museums.
b)
The tombs were the private storage rooms fo the pharaoh.
c)
Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom.
d)
Egyptians believed the dead (ka) enjoyed such materials in the afterlife.
21.

Who would the people of Egypt blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?

a)

the farmers whose small villages were unclean

b)

the mummies whose ka was distrubed

c)

the pharaoh who was both ruler and god

d)

the dynasty that was in power

22.
Which important event provided rich soil year after year around the Nile River?
a)
Giant flocks of birds coming from the south.
b)
Huge storms came during the rainy seasons.
c)
The river flooded its banks.
d)
None of these events.
23.

Who would usually become pharaoh after a current pharaohs death?

a)

The oldest son would inherit the title of Pharaoh

b)

The queen would automatically become pharaoh

c)

The people would vote for the next pharaoh

d)

The husband of the pharaoh's oldest daughter.

24.

What is this image showing?

a)

This represents a slave weighing food being purchased for a noble.

b)

This image shows a soldier weighing the gold he received as a reward.

c)

This depicts the god Anubis weighing the heart of someone who has died to see if it is lighter than a feather.

d)

This is the Pharaoh's dog weighing his bones.

25.

What is this image called?

a)

Ancient Egyptian Social Pyramid

b)

Pharaohs Family Pyramid

c)

A noble's tomb

d)

Osiris' record of deaths