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Ancient Egypt

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which body of water does the Nile River flow into?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Red Sea
2.
What were pyramids?
a)

a place to store food surplus

b)
prisons
c)
tombs for pharaohs
d)
tombs for nobles
3.
What is Egyptian writing called?
a)
cuneiform
b)
hieroglyphic
c)
characters
d)
Sanskrit
4.
What was the most common form of religious practice in Ancient Egypt?
a)
hieroglyphics
b)
polytheism
c)
mythology
d)
monotheism
5.
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?
a)
slaves
b)
pharaoh
c)
priests
d)
scribes
6.
Polytheism is the belief in 
a)
One God
b)
Multiple Gods
c)
No God
d)

one god on even days, multiple gods on odd days

7.
Pyramids are built to 
a)
for worshipping the Gods
b)
to look strong and cool to other nations
c)
be a tomb for the Pharaoh
d)
to give farmers jobs when not farming
8.
Egypt is on what Continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
9.
What is a dynasty?
a)
a collection of queens
b)
a collection of kingdoms
c)
series of rulers from different families
d)
series of rulers from the same family
10.
What is the famous river in Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
11.
Who would write and record information?
a)
slaves
b)
scribes
c)
farmers
d)
craftspeople
12.

How did the Nile River benefit Egyptians? (select all that apply)

a)

fresh drinking water

b)

floods destroyed homes and crops

c)

floods provided silt

d)

papyrus grew near the river

e)

a waterway for transportation

13.

How did Egyptians get water to their crops?

a)

Plow

b)

Chariot

c)

Wagon

d)

Irrigation

14.

Egypt is surrounded by desert, what is a benefit of this?

a)

The temperature is warm

b)

The sand is soft

c)

Protection

d)

Easy to navigate

15.

Ancient Egypt was isolated because of its ___________.

a)

economy

b)

geography

c)

religion

d)

government

16.
Why do Pharaos get mummified?
a)
So their body doesn't decay
b)

So they can be put on display

c)

Because they wanted to be like Otzi

d)
To prepare them for the afterlife
17.

An Egyptian king. Also known as a living God.

a)

Nomad

b)

Ruler

c)

Pharoah

d)

Vizier

18.

The process of preserving a body using salts and spices

a)

maranade

b)

soaking

c)

embalming

d)

papyrus

19.

The process of removing internal organs, dry out the body and wrap in linen.

a)

surgery

b)

cleansing

c)

cuneiform

d)

Mummification

20.

How did the Nile River help Egypt?

a)

provided water

b)

made soil good for farming

c)

All of the Above

d)

made it easy to travel by boat

21.

What is a mummy?

a)

A preserved body

b)

A name for yo mama

c)

A dead body

d)

A body wrapped in toilet paper

22.

What was the name of the sun god in Egypt?

a)

Osiris

b)

Isis

c)

Ra

d)

Set

23.

What god was killed by his brother and had to become god of the underworld?

a)

Ra

b)

Isis

c)

Osiris

d)

Set

24.

What was left in the body during mummification?

a)

Heart

b)

Liver

c)

Brain

d)

Stomach

25.

In the Egyptian Book of the Dead, what was weighed against a feather to judge whether a person was evil or good?

a)

Heart

b)

Amulet

c)

Scarab

d)

Brain

26.

What is the name of the boy who became pharaoh between ages 9 and 12

a)

Ramses II

b)

Khufu

c)

Tut

d)

Hammurabi

27.

Who was the advisor of Tut, who some believe killed the pharaoh?

a)

Ay

b)

Ramses II

c)

Ankh

d)

Oliver

28.

Which of these is the correct order of Egyptian Society from highest to lowest?

a)

farmers, artisans, priests, scribes

b)

priests scribes artisans farmers

c)

scribes, priests, artisans farmers

d)

artisans, priests, farmers scribes

29.

What are two facts about the Pharaoh Narmer that makes him stand out in Egyptian History?

a)

He was a weak military leader and had the shortest reign as pharaoh

b)

His son Tutankhamen was found in an undisturbed tom in 1922 with a solid gold mask.

c)

He was the last pharaoh of Egypt and he fought to separate lower and upper Egypt.

d)

He united two tribes to make the largest land area in the world to be ruled by one person and was the first Egyptian Pharaoh.

30.

In Ancient Egypt the _________ was both head of the government and religious life.

a)

general

b)

king

c)

pharaoh

d)

pope

31.

Tutankhamen also known as King Tut, is known for which of these?

a)

His tomb was found in Greeece completely empty in 1922.

b)

A very long reign as pharaoh, dying of a broken leg in 1327

c)

His tomb was discovered fully intact in 1922 with about 3500 artifacts

d)

His tomb was first discovered by Woodrow Wilson in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings.

32.

Papyrus would have been MOST important in the Egyptians ability to

a)

irrigate

b)

communicate

c)

build pyramids

d)

defeat invaders

33.

One of the reasons for the success of early civilizations such as those in Egypt and Mesopotamia was because

a)

they formed democratcailly elected governmnets

b)

they were able to find ways to make stone tools

c)

they were geographically protected from outside invaders

d)

they used rivers and bodies of water for food and trade

34.
What is the area south of the Nile River delta?
a)
Lower Egypt
b)
savannas
c)
Thebes
d)
Upper Egypt
35.
A collection of spells and prayers studied to help obtain the afterlife
a)
Book of Secrets
b)
Dead Sea Scrolls
c)
Hieroglyphics
d)
Book of the Dead
36.
What respresented a united Egypt?
a)
falcon
b)
cobra
c)
double crown
d)
crook and flail
37.
Which pharaoh tried to give Egypt a new religion?
a)
Tutankhamen
b)
Akhenaton
c)
Thutmose III
d)
Ahmose
38.
This is a strong, rapid of water found in the river
a)
river
b)
waterfall
c)
cataract
d)
flood
39.
What is Ancient Egypt surrounded by?
a)
deserts
b)
desserts
c)
rivers
d)
oceans
40.

The largest group of Egyptian society was made up of

a)

farmers and workers

b)

artisans and merchants

c)

scribes and traders

d)

soldiers and nobles

41.

The ancient Egyptians believed that their pharaohs were...

a)

unfair and cruel

b)

gods in human form

c)

greedy and selfish

d)

the best rulers in the whole wide world

42.
True or False: The Egyptians were the first civilization to invent the wheel.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
Why did the Egyptians have problems with their teeth?
a)
Because they used toothpaste 
b)
Because their bread was full of sand and grit 
c)
Because they ate too many sweets
d)
Because they considered toothless people to be good looking
44.
What did the Egyptians invent to help take care of their teeth?
a)
The dental drill 
b)
Toothpaste
c)
 Gold fillings
d)
All of the above
45.

The ancient Egyptians did not think ____ _____ was important. So, they pulled it out through the nose.

a)

The stomach

b)

The brain

c)

The lungs

d)

The liver

46.

Ancient Egyptians put 4 internal organs in ______________.

a)

canopic jars

b)

four corners of the pyramid

c)

the trash

d)

boxes

47.

The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Eastern and Western Egypt

c)

Upper and Lower Egypt

d)

Nubia and Cairo

48.

Which of the following best defines dynasty?

a)

Series of rulers from the same family

b)

a collection of kingdoms

c)

a collection of queens

d)

series of rulers from different families

49.

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?

a)

the tombs served as museums

b)

the tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh

c)

Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom

d)

Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife

50.

What was the role of scribes in ancient Egypt?

a)

they planted seeds and harvested grain

b)

the fought in military battles

c)

they produced writings

d)

the made laws