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Ancient Egypt Unit Test Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

(Standard 6.15) Which of these is the CORRECT order of Egyptian society from highest class to lowest class?

a)

Farmers, Artisans, Priests, Scribes

b)

Priests, Scribes, Artisans, Farmers

c)

Scribes, Priests, Artisans, Farmers

d)

Artisans, Priests, Farmers, Scribes

2.

(Standard 6.16) 

  • Anubis

  • Horus

  • Isis

  • Osiris

  • Ra

    What would be the BEST title for this list?

a)

Egyptian Gods

b)

Regions of Egypt

c)

Egyptian Pharaohs

d)

Kingdoms of Egypt

3.

Pyramids are ______.

a)

warehouses where surplus food is stored.

b)

temples where the people are allowed to come & play.

c)

stone tombs with four rectangle-shaped sides that join a limestone roof.

d)

royal tombs with four triangle-shaped sides that meet at a point on top.

4.

Which statement best describes the burial practices of Egyptians?

a)

Egyptians preserved bodies as mummies.

b)

Egyptians carried their dead to neighboring countries.

c)

Egyptians used a funeral pyre for their dead.

d)

Egyptians buried their dead in the river.

5.

What was the most important use of the papyrus plant?

a)

It was used to feed livestock.

b)

It was used for clothing.

c)

It was used as building material.

d)

It was used as a writing surface.

6.

Mummification was a very detailed and sometimes very costly process.  The procedure was completed by a team of priests and embalmers and took seventy days.  Why was this process so important to the Ancient Egyptians?

a)

They wanted their families to visit them long after their death

b)

They believed their body would be resurrected in the afterlife

c)

To prevent the spread of diseases

d)

Mummified bodies were works of art and symbols of wealth

7.

(Standard 6.18) Egyptians developed hieroglyphics as a system of writing. In addition to scribes, who used hieroglypics to record important information?

a)

farmers

b)

priests

c)

slaves

d)

women

8.

(Standard 6.19) During the period known as the New Kingdom, the Egyptians controlled the Nubian kingdom of Kush.  Then in the 8th century, BCE Nubia was able to conquer Egypt. All along, extensive trade networks were established by Egyptian and Nubian merchants. Which of the following was a direct result of the conflict and trade between the two kingdoms?

a)

Many aspects of Nubian culture were adapted by the Egyptians

b)

Neither culture adapted any aspects of the other

c)

Both cultures disappeared completely

d)

Many aspects of Egyptian culture were adapted by the Nubians

9.

(Standard 6.19) What aspects of its culture did Nubia take from Egypt?

a)

The use of iron, gold, and ivory

b)

Its writing system

c)

Gods and the use of pyramids

d)

A system of rule by queens

10.

To help control and plan the flooding of the Nile, Egyptians developed _______ and _______

a)

The plow

b)

365 day calendar

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Irrigation canals

11.

What physical feature is located north of the mouth of the Nile River?

a)

Sinai Peninsula

b)

Red Sea

c)

Nile Delta

d)

The Great Pyramid

12.

How did the shadoof help Egypt develop?

a)

It helped trade with other civilizations

b)

It helped scribes write faster

c)

It was used to build the Sphinx

d)

It helped grow crops to create a food surplus

13.

"Some Egyptian pharaohs were from Nubia, although they closely followed the usual Egyptian methods of governing. In fact, they were seen, and saw themselves, as culturally Egyptian. The two cultures were so close that some scholars see them as virtually the same. Nubians appear to have been assimilated into Egyptian culture."


Based on the passage above, which of the following is a generalization about Nubia and Egypt?

a)

Nubians had more queens than kings

b)

Nubians often adopted Egyptian culture and practices

c)

Nubian farming was better than Egypt's

d)

Nubians wanted to be as different from Egypt as possible