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Ancient Egypt-Western Civ (DLP)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Jars that preserved organs of the dead

a)

Silt

b)

Canopic Jars

c)

Tomb

d)

Papyrus

2.

What continent is Egypt found on?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

3.

Tiny particles of rock and minerals found in water

a)

Pyramid

b)

Pharaoh

c)

Silt

d)

Mummification

4.

Egypt was divided into Upper and Lower Egypt

a)
True
b)
False
5.

The process of preserving a dead body to prevent decay

a)

Mummification

b)

Papyrus

c)

Tomb

d)

Hieroglyphics

6.

Flooding in Egypt made the soil bad for growing crops

a)
True
b)
False
7.

A system of writing mainly in pictorial characters

a)

Papyrus

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Pyramid

d)

Canopic Jars

8.

The alphabet was used in hieroglyphics

a)
True
b)
False
9.

A ruler of ancient Egypt

a)

Mummification

b)

Silt

c)

Pyramid

d)

Pharaoh

10.

A house or chamber for the dead

a)

Tomb

b)

Pyramid

c)

Silt

d)

Hieroglyphics

11.

Structures used as burial places and monuments for Pharaohs

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Canopic Jars

c)

Mummification

d)

Pyramids

12.

A plant that was turned into a material to write on

a)

Silt

b)

Papyrus

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Tomb

13.

Which organ was left in the body during mummification?

a)

Heart

b)

Brain

c)

Liver

d)

Stomach

14.

What did they do with the brain during the mummification process?

a)

Left it in the body

b)

Put it in a canopic jar

c)

Threw it away

d)

Weighed it against an ostrich feather

15.

The mummification process only took 2 days.

a)
True
b)
False
16.

How did ancient Egyptians irrigate their farmland?

a)

The used sprinklers

b)

They dug canals from the river

c)

They used hoses

d)

They watered by hand

17.

Which was NOT one of the kingdoms in ancient Egypt?

a)

New

b)

Old

c)

Middle

d)

First

18.

Which was NOT a place pharaohs were buried?

a)

Graveyards

b)

Valley of Kings

c)

Hidden Tombs

d)

Pyramids

19.

Pharaohs believed they could use their belongings in the afterlife.

a)
True
b)
False
20.

"Hiero" means holy.

a)
True
b)
False
21.

Slaves were at the top of the Egyptian social hierarchy.

a)
True
b)
False
22.

How old were scribes when they began training?

a)

10-11 years old

b)

21 years old

c)

14-15 years old

d)

6-7 years old

23.

Pharaohs could be men or women.

a)
True
b)
False
24.

Male pharaohs wore makeup.

a)
True
b)
False
25.

Pharaohs often married family members to keep power in the family.

a)
True
b)
False
26.

Egyptians only believed in one god.

a)
True
b)
False
27.

Egyptians even mummified animals.

a)
True
b)
False
28.

"Glypichs" means pictures.

a)
True
b)
False
29.

Which river ran through Egypt?

a)

Nile River

b)

Indus River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Platte River

30.

What was a person's heart weighed against before they could enter the afterlife?

a)

Their brain

b)

An ostrich feather

c)

Another person's heart

d)

A bowling ball