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Ancient Egypt

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

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.
Egypt is on what Continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
8.
What is the famous river in Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
9.
Who would write and record information?
a)
slaves
b)
scribes
c)
farmers
d)
craftspeople
10.

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

11.

How did Egyptians get water to their crops?

a)

Plow

b)

Chariot

c)

Wagon

d)

Irrigation

12.

Ancient Egypt was isolated because of its ___________.

a)

economy

b)

geography

c)

religion

d)

government

13.
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
14.

An Egyptian king. Also known as a living God.

a)

Nomad

b)

Ruler

c)

Pharoah

d)

Vizier

15.

The process of preserving a body using salts and spices

a)

maranade

b)

soaking

c)

embalming

d)

papyrus

16.

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

a)

surgery

b)

cleansing

c)

cuneiform

d)

Mummification

17.

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

18.

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.

19.

Which pharaoh of Egypt defied traditions and ruled as a women for over 20 years in the 1400s bce?

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Hatshepsut

c)

Thutmose

d)

Ramses III

20.

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

21.

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