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Ancient Egypt Review

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1-10.

Egyptian Social Structure

Egypt's society was structured like a pyramid and was based on an Egyptian principle called ma'at, which stressed the importance of truth, order, and balance. At the very top of this social pyramid was the pharaoh, Egypt's supreme ruler. Egyptian religion strengthened the pharaoh's authority. Because pharaohs were believed to be gods, their word was law.

1.

Who was at the very top of the social pyramid in ancient Egypt?

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Artisans

c)

Government officials

d)

Peasants

2.

What principle stressed the importance of truth, order, and balance in ancient Egypt?

a)

Anubis

b)

Osiris

c)

Ma'at

d)

Horus

3.

Which group in ancient Egypt was responsible for the temples and religious rituals?

a)

Scribes

b)

Artisans

c)

Priests

d)

Peasants

4.

What was the main responsibility of the government officials in ancient Egypt?

a)

Building temples

b)

Carrying out the orders of the pharaoh

c)

Recording information

d)

Farming

5.

Which social class in ancient Egypt had the highest status and enjoyed a high quality of life?

a)

Government officials

b)

Peasants

c)

Artisans

d)

Scribes

6.

What was the main occupation of the peasants in ancient Egypt?

a)

Recording information

b)

Metalworking

c)

Building temples

d)

Farming

7.

Which group in ancient Egypt had the lowest social status?

a)

Scribes

b)

Artisans

c)

Government officials

d)

Peasants

8.

What was the main responsibility of the priests in ancient Egypt?

a)

Religious rituals

b)

Farming

c)

Recording information

d)

Carrying out the orders of the pharaoh

9.

Which group in ancient Egypt recorded information for government and religious leaders?

a)

Scribes

b)

Government officials

c)

Artisans

d)

Peasants

10.

What was the main occupation of the artisans in ancient Egypt?

a)

Farming

b)

Metalworking

c)

Building temples

d)

Recording information

11.

What was one of the main jobs of scribes?

a)

Taking care of the gods in the temples

b)

Overseeing temples devoted to music and dancing

c)

Recording accounts of the grain and food supply

d)

Creating statues, engravings, and reliefs

12.

What is the name given to the king in ancient Egypt?

a)

Pharrel

b)

Artificial

c)

Phantom

d)

Pharaoh

13.

From top to bottom, what is the correct order of the social structure of ancient Egypt?

a)

Pharaoh, Scribes, Priests, Merchants, Farmers.

b)

Pharaoh, Priests nobles & officials, Scribes, Merchants & artisans, Farmers, servants & slaves

c)

Pharaoh, Priests, Scribes, Farmers, Merchants

d)

Pharaoh, Priests, Farmers, Scribes, Merchants

14.

How did the flooding of the Nile impact the economy of Egypt?

a)

Flooding brought gold silt to Egypt

b)

Flooding coated the land with a layer of silt that made it ideal for farming

c)

Flooding poisoned the land with salt and harmed farming

d)

The Witczak River Monster swallowed merchant ships.

15.

Deserts surrounding the Nile River provided the Ancient Egyptians protection against ________.

a)

Invasion

b)

Protection

c)

Rain

d)

Traders

16.

Choose the two major landforms that impacted Ancient Egypt's geography.

a)

Mountains

b)

Deserts

c)

Continents

d)

Rivers

17.

The ancient Egyptian god of the sun and air, usually depicted as a bearded man wearing a headdress with a double plume.

a)

Amun-Ra

b)

Ma'at

c)

Osiris

18.

A sky god in ancient Egyptian mythology often depicted as a hawk or man with the head of a hawk.

a)

Amun-Ra

b)

Horus

c)

Osiris

19.

An ancient Egyptian goddess considered the mother of every pharaoh.

a)

Ma'at

b)

Heka

c)

Isis

20.

A preservation process consisting of the drying or embalming the flesh of a deceased body.

a)

Negative Confessions

b)

Mummification

c)

Wedjat

21.

A list of 42 sins which the soul of the deceased can honestly say it has never committed when it stands in judgment in the afterlife.

a)

Wab

b)

Osiris

c)

Negative Confessions

22.

An ancient Egyptian god associated with disorder, foreign lands and people, and the color red.

a)

Set

b)

Horus

c)

Isis

23.

A ceremony performed after death to gain entrance into the afterlife.

a)

Weighing of the Brain of the Soul

b)

Weighing of the Arm of the Soul

c)

Weighing of the Heart of the Soul

24.

Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian RELIGION?

a)

the afterlife

b)

the obelisks

c)

the farmers

d)

the heavens

25.
Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?
a)
They used a funeral pyre for the dead.
b)
They carried the dead to a nearby country.
c)
They preserved bodies as mummies.
d)
They were buried in the river.
26.
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, etc.....?
a)
Tombs were museums.
b)
Tombs were private storage for the pharaoh.
c)
Tombs were the safest place in the kingdom.
d)
They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.
27.
Pyramids are 
a)
warehouses to store food surplus
b)
temples where people are allowed to come and pray
c)
tombs with 2 rectangle-shaped sides
d)
tombs with 4 triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top
28.
The worship of many gods.
a)
monotheism
b)
irrigation
c)
polytheism
d)
epic
29.
Who is at the top of the Egyptian social hierarchy?
a)
slaves
b)
pharaoh
c)
scribe
d)
merchant
30.
Salt mixture used to mummify bodies
a)
Natron
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Saline
d)
Mineral
31.
A book of spells used to help obtain life after death
a)
Book of the Dead
b)
Afterlife Book
c)
Book of Scribes
d)
Book of Life
32.
Ruler of ancient Egypt considered to be a god here on earth
a)
Pharaoh
b)
Priest
c)
Patron
d)
Prophet
33.
During the Weighing of the Heart, a person's heart is weighed against...
a)
A Feather
b)
A Grain of Sand
c)
Gold
d)
A Scareb
34.
Process of embalming and drying a corpse to preserve it
a)
Mummification
b)
Burial
c)
Cremation
d)
Preservation
35.
Specialized containers used to store organs of a mummified body
a)
Canopic Jars
b)
Grave Goods
c)
Tomb Vases
d)
Sarcophagus
36.
Egyptians made mummies so ....
a)
they can rest comfortably
b)
they can have power
c)
their soul can recognize the body in the afterlife
d)
they can rule the kingdom
37.

During the Old Kingdom, where were the Pharaohs buried when they died?

a)

In the Valley of the Kings

b)

In the Pyramids

c)

In Ziggurats

d)

In the Nile River

38.

What form did the gods and goddesses of the Ancient Egyptians typically take?

a)

Plants

b)

Humans

c)

Animals

d)

Elements

39.

What was Osiris the god of?

a)

The underworld and the dead

b)

The sky and wind

c)

Knowledge and wisdom

d)

The moon and stars

40.

According to ancient Egyptians who is Ra?

a)

moon god

b)

sun god

c)

water god

d)

god of the underworld

41.

According to ancient Egyptian religion, who is Isis?

a)

god that represented the ideal mother and wife

b)

goddess that represented the ideal mother and wife

c)

goddess that represented truth, harmony and justice

d)

goddess that represented balance, reciprocity, order

42.

Who did the Egyptians believe the pharaoh was the son of?

a)

Horus

b)

Osiris

c)

Amun

d)

Anubis

43.
What plant did the Egyptians use to make paper? 
a)
Flax
b)
Cotton
c)
Papyrus
d)
Palm
44.
What is the name of the continent where Egypt is located?
a)
North America
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
Africa
45.
Which is an invention from ancient Egypt that we still use today? 
a)
Light bulb
b)
365-day calendar
c)
Loin cloth
46.
Which is the most famous Egyptian architecture? 
a)
Eiffel Tower
b)
Pyramids
c)
Statue of Liberty 
47.
What is the name for the writing Egyptians used? 
a)
hieroglyphics
b)
alphabet
c)
papyrus
d)
symbols 
48.
Most of ancient Egypt's land was...?
a)
mountains
b)
desert
c)
rainforest
d)
ice
49.
Ancient Egyptian's needed a way to move water inland to grow food, what system did  they come up with? 
a)
irrigation system
b)
water system
c)
stream system
d)
flood system
50.
What is one reason the Nile River was important to the Egyptians? 
a)
Rich farming soil
b)
Sand to help build Pyramids
c)
Boat rides 
51.
What is the name of the largest river that runs through Egypt? 
a)
The Nile River
b)
The Amazon River 
c)
The Mississippi River 
52.

Which of the following is true of Hatshepsut? Select TWO answers.

a)

Egypt's second female pharaoh

b)

Promoted and expanded trade with other lands

c)

Ruled during Egypt's Middle Kingdom

d)

Was known as a peaceful ruler

53.

All of the following are true of pharaoh Ramses II EXCEPT:

a)

He reigned during Egypt's New Kingdom for more than 60 years

b)

He was a humble and quiet leader

c)

He is best known for his military leadership and impressive monuments

d)

He and the Hittites signed the world's first peace treaty

54.

I wore mens clothes and a fake beard so people wouldn't know I was a woman while I ruled as pharaoh. I also expanded trade routes to far away lands to help my kingdom get what I need. Who am I?

a)

Queen Cleopatra

b)

Queen Elizabeth II

c)

Queen Hatshepsut

d)

Queen Nefertiti

55.

I had so many monuments and temples built to honor me! Probably because I was such a great military leader! I also expanded the Egyptian Kingdom and I was the longest ruling pharaoh. Who am I?

a)

King Hammurabi

b)

King Tutankhamun

c)

King Menes

d)

King Ramses II

56.

I was not known for the great things I did as a pharaoh. I was only 9 when I became pharaoh. Then died at the age of 19. Actually. I am known for my tomb which was discovered undisturbed in 1922. The artifacts left behind helped understand ancient Egypt. Who am I?

a)

King Tutankhamun

b)

King Menes

c)

Queen Hatshepsut

d)

Ramses the Great

57.

Which period is often called the Golden Age, a time when Egypt had reached the height of its power?

a)

the Old Kingdom

b)

the Middle Kingdom

c)

the New Kingdom

d)

after the New Kingdom

58.

It was built from more than 2 million stone blocks. It had tunnels inside. What was it?

a)

the Sphinx

b)

the White Chapel

c)

the temple at Abu Simbel

d)

the Great Pyramid at Giza

59.

Senusret I controlled a source of natural resources that were used in beautiful works of art. What was that source

a)

forests of giant cedar trees

b)

hot, bubbling mineral springs

c)

mines for gold, copper, and gems

d)

flocks of birds with scarlet feathers

60.

Why did archaeologists reconstruct the White Chapel?

a)

It offered tourists shade while they waited for a guide.

b)

It gave the scientists a place to study what they dug up.

c)

It was an experiment to learn old construction methods.

d)

It was built by Senusret I but had been taken apart by a later ruler

61.

Hatshepsut was the first pharaoh who was

a)

a god.

b)

a child

c)

a priest.

d)

a woman.

62.

Which phrase best describes Hatshepsut’s monument at Dayr al-Bahri?

a)

a pyramid constructed in the open desert

b)

a mud-brick structure found on an island

c)

a shrine dug out of rock below ground level

d)

a great temple built into a cliff above the river

63.

Look at the timeline. In which time period did Egypt have a pharaoh who was especially known for promoting trade?

a)

between 2600 and 2500 B.C.E.

b)

between 2000 and 1900 B.C.E

c)

between 1500 and 1400 B.C.E.

d)

between 1300 and 1200 B.C.E.

64.

Which of the following was NOT a job of the pharaoh?

a)

making mummies

b)

collecting taxes

c)

religious leader

d)

law maker

65.

Which of the following facts are true about Hatshepsut?

a)

she sent trade ships far away to bring back new products to Egypt

b)

she ruled for over 60 years

c)

sometimes wore the beard of the pharaoh

d)

declared war on Egypt's neighbors

66.

What two objects were associated with the pharaoh showing his absolute power and protection of his people?

a)

crook

b)

pyramid

c)

scarab

d)

flail

67.

The pharaoh was thought to be the human form of the god _______.

a)

Anubis

b)

Isis

c)

Horus

d)

Seth

68.

Who was the ruler that united upper and lower Egypt to become the first pharaoh of the first dynasty?

a)

Ramses II

b)

Khufu

c)

Cleopatra VII

d)

Menes (Narmer)

69.

Which pharaoh built more temples and monuments than any other pharaoh during his long reign?

a)

Senusret I

b)

Hatshepsut

c)

Ramses II

d)

Khufu

70.

How were pyramids used by the ancient Egyptians?

a)

tombs for pharoahs

b)

monuments to military leaders

c)

homes for the gods

d)

places for ritual sacrifce

71.

If crops failed or disease spread through Egypt, who was blamed?

a)

neighboring enemies

b)

the priests

c)

the farmers

d)

the pharaoh

72.

If a pharaoh's son became the next pharaoh, this started a _________.

a)

government

b)

kingship

c)

pyramid

d)

dynasty

73.

How did the Egyptians view their pharaoh?

a)

As a father to all of them

b)

As a legend

c)

As a deity (god)

d)

As one of them

74.

Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies?

a)

to decorate palaces of the pharaohs

b)

to preserve dead bodies of the pharaohs

c)

to transport goods up and down the Nile

75.
One extraordinary Egyptian invention was paper they made from
a)
linen.
b)
papyrus.
c)
marble.
d)
leather.
76.
In ancient Egypt, the most skilled artisans were the
a)
leatherworkers.
b)
painters.
c)
stone carvers.
d)
sculptors.
77.
In ancient Egypt, the peasants' lives revolved around the three seasons of the _____.
a)
Nile River
b)
social pyramid
c)
pharaoh
d)
harvest
78.

This social class was an educated group. They were in charge of keeping records.

a)

priests

b)

scribes

c)

merchants

d)

government officials

79.

A Vizier or a General would be an example of which social class in Ancient Egypt?

a)

Scribes

b)

Pharaohs

c)

Government Officials

d)

Priests

80.

Which social class was responsible for maintaining temples and conducting rituals to keep the Gods happy?

a)

Priests

b)

Scribes

c)

Artisans

d)

Peasants

81.

Which social class would have included pottery makers, leatherworkers, sculptors, painters, weavers, and jewellery makers?

a)

Priests

b)

Scribes

c)

Artisans

d)

Peasants

82.

Which social class would have most likely been able to read and write?

a)

Priests

b)

Scribes

c)

Artisans

d)

Peasants

83.

Which social class was responsible with helping the Pharaoh run the Kingdom by collecting taxes and leading the army?

a)

Priests

b)

Scribes

c)

Government Officials

d)

Peasants

84.

Which Social Class was the largest (most people were part of it)?

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Scribes

c)

Peasants

d)

Artisans

85.
Becoming a scribe took little training.
a)
True
b)
False
86.
Why did it take many years to become a scribe?
a)
Papyrus was difficult to write on
b)
There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn
c)
Students needed to save money
87.

True or False? Only men could be scribes.

a)

True

b)

False

88.

True or False? Only men could be priests.

a)

True

b)

False

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