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WorksheetsJournal of Nakht
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 17mins
What happens if a farmer doesn't pay his taxes (in grain)?
He must work for the pharaoh.
His children are made slaves.
The soles of his feet are beaten.
He must pay double next year.
What will Tamyt and Mother do with the linen they wove?
pay rent or buy a chair
donate it to the temple for the goddess Isis
make matching tunics
sew a grand outfit for father
Of all the artisans Nakht visited, which workspace was the worst?
potters
tanning yard
goldsmith
manure field
Who was the guest of honor at Nakht's home for a special dinner?
Controller of the Granaries
Nakht's teacher
Father's supervisor
the pharaoh
Where were the tomb robbers when Nakht identified them?
May's house
On a boat
In a temple
At Nakht's house
What was Tamyt's plan to catch the tomb robbers?
set a trap
contact the Egyptian Police Department
Ask the servants to disguise themselves jewel buyers
Ask the gods by writing their question down and delivering it to a priest
What happened to the brick Nakht made (without straw)?
It was a different color than the rest.
It was the strongest brick in the wall.
It was stolen.
It crumbled the moment the worker stepped on it.
How did Nakht's family travel to Thebes?
boat
camel
donkey
walked
What was one astonishing thing that was unloaded of the ships from Punt?
a crate of rubies
elephants' tusks and skins of spotted cats
a polar bear
the original Ten Commandments
How long did Nakht and his family wait to see the King?
minutes
hours
days
weeks
After the visit to see King Hatshepsut, Nakht's father took him to
the Step Pyramid
Khufu's Pyramid
Punt
Back home to visit old friends
Near the end of his journal, Nakht's father agreed to let his son
become a full scribe
get a dog
have his own slave
lose his sidelock (ponytail)
What does a shaduf do?
makes bricks
catches tomb robbers like an alarm system
brings water to crops in the field
helps predict the flood
Who cut Nakht's sidelock?
father
mother
May
Tamyt
How did Father, Nakyt, and Tamyt get to the palace?
chariot
carried in chairs
walking
horseback
The setting of the Khufu's pyramid was
near Hatshepsut's palace
full of people trying to sell things
in Nakht's hometown of Esna
along the shores of the Nile
What did Nakht's father promise him if he completed his scribe training?
A new set of writing tools
A trip to the market
A feast in his honor
A new pair of sandals
A large room as in a tomb
plunder
chamber
procession
impact
Give an authoritative order
peer
perspective
command
elaborate
Ancient Egyptian style of writing (Picture Writing)
chamber
hieroglyphics
perspective
procession
To destroy and steal
plunder
contribute
procession
consider
To look into something OR a person who is your equal
chamber
peer
plunder
command
A number of people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly fashion, especially as part of a ceremony or festival.
plunder
command
procession
hieroglyphics
To think about something carefully
contribute
consider
peer
plunder
To give an object or idea to others
contribute
command
plunder
impact
Point of view
(What do you see?)
impact
perspective
significant
contribute
To have meaning; important
elaborate
contribute
peer
significant
To tell more!
elaborate
contribute
significant
peer
1: To have a strong and often bad effect on
2: To hit with great force
significant
elaborate
impact
perspective
When important people died in ancient Egypt, people walked in a ________ with the body as it was carried to the tomb.
chamber
command
hieroglyphs
procession
Finding King Tut's tomb was a _________ discovery for archeologists.
consider
perspective
significant
plundered
What is the ancient Egyptian form of symbol writing?
hieroglyphs
plundered
perspective
contribute
Ancient Egyptian pharaohs________ what treasures were to be buried with them.
significant
commanded
consider
impact
The early Egyptian people believed that the ancient Egyptian gods had an __________ on whether their lives would be lucky or unlucky.
impact
significant
consider
contribute
Archeologists dream of the day when they can _______ into an ancient tomb and discover treasures unseen for hundreds of years.
significant
consider
hieroglyphs
peer
The __________ of a peasant might be different from a priest as they both are from different social classes and might have different point of views.
chambers
hieroglyphs
perspective
impact
A person might ________the dangers of exploring an abandoned gold mine shaft before walking into one.
impact
consider
procession
significant
Mr. N wanted to _________ to the potluck meal, so he brought a salad.
impact
consider
plundered
contribute
It is too sad that most Egyptian tombs have been raided and _________, leaving many broken and damaged artifacts behind.
plundered
procession
peering
chamber
Walking into the cool __________, the archeologist could almost hear the ancient voices of the people who gathered there long ago.
hieroglyph
chamber
procession
peer
