WorksheetsAncient Egypt Vocabulary Worksheet
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Scribes were __________.
On the bottom of the social pyramid.
Highly valued for their knowledge and skill.
Used papyrus and ink to write.
Not very important in Ancient Egypt.
The Nile River flows through which two important regions of Egypt?
Lower Egypt
Mesopotamia
Nubia
Upper Egypt
Why were slaves, jewels, pets, and other items buried with pharaohs?
They wanted to be discovered in the future.
The pharaoh needed them to get into the afterlife.
They volunteered to die with the pharaoh.
The pharaoh would use them in the afterlife.
What was the purpose of mummies?
The mummy would go into the afterlife.
The mummy would be needed for future generations.
They served as a home to a person’s spirit after death.
They served as slaves to the gods and goddesses.
What was the name of the pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Narmer
Cleopatra
Tut
Who was the Egyptian god in control of the Underworld?
Seth
Osiris
Horus
Isis
Which of the following best describes the term dynasty?
A collection of queens
A collection of kings
A series of rulers from different families.
A series of rulers from the same family.
Which of the following beliefs were central to Egyptian religion?
Afterlife
pyramids
pharaohs
Heaven
Which statement best describes burial processes in Ancient Egypt?
Egyptians buried their dead in the river.
Egyptians carried their dead to neighboring countries.
Egyptians used a funeral pyre to burn their dead.
Egyptians preserved bodies as mummies.
How were Egypt and Nubia interdependent?
Nubia depended on Egypt for grain, and Egypt depended on Nubia for gold.
Nubia depended on Egypt for gold, and Egypt depended on Nubia for grain.
Egypt depended on Nubia for cloth, and Nubia depended on Egypt for grain.
Egypt depended on Nubia for gold, and Nubia depended on Egypt for cloth.
What job employed most people in Egypt?
Merchant
Farmer
Bureaucracy
Scribe
The region of Egypt known as the “Black Land” was called this because _______.
It was very hot.
It had fertile soil good for farming.
It was used to bury mummies.
It had black dirt in the desert.
Papyrus is best defined as ____________.
The process of making a mummy.
Important to pharaohs.
A type of paper used by scribes.
A god worshipped by Egyptians.
He was among the first leaders to have a standing army. This refers to which leader?
Cyrus the Great
Alexander the Great
Sargon I
Darius
A scroll with the Book of the Dead on it is a _________________ source.
primary
secondary
human
Not an answer
What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age?
It allowed them to create permanent settlements.
It allowed them to travel.
It allowed them to paint caves.
It allowed them to hunt for animals.
Which of the following were created by Ancient Egyptians. (Mark all that apply.)
A solar calendar
Forms of glass
cuneiform
Anatomy
The first civilization was that of ___________.
Sumer
Egypt
China
Greece
What material from Nubia is made from elephant tusks?
Mortar
Glass
Ebony
Ivory
Egypt and Nubia depended on each other for resources. This is called __________.
Commerce
Monetary system
Interdependence
Barter system
Another name for Nubia is ____________.
Kush
Axum
Carthage
Meroe
