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Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Worksheet

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Scribes were __________.

a)

On the bottom of the social pyramid.

b)

Highly valued for their knowledge and skill.

c)

Used papyrus and ink to write.

d)

Not very important in Ancient Egypt.

2.

The Nile River flows through which two important regions of Egypt?

a)

Lower Egypt

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Nubia

d)

Upper Egypt

3.

Why were slaves, jewels, pets, and other items buried with pharaohs?

a)

They wanted to be discovered in the future.

b)

The pharaoh needed them to get into the afterlife.

c)

They volunteered to die with the pharaoh.

d)

The pharaoh would use them in the afterlife.

4.

What was the purpose of mummies?

a)

The mummy would go into the afterlife.

b)

The mummy would be needed for future generations.

c)

They served as a home to a person’s spirit after death.

d)

They served as slaves to the gods and goddesses.

5.

What was the name of the pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt?

a)

Narmer

b)

Cleopatra

c)

Tut

6.

Who was the Egyptian god in control of the Underworld?

a)

Seth

b)

Osiris

c)

Horus

d)

Isis

7.

Which of the following best describes the term dynasty?

a)

A collection of queens

b)

A collection of kings

c)

A series of rulers from different families.

d)

A series of rulers from the same family.

8.

Which of the following beliefs were central to Egyptian religion?

a)

Afterlife

b)

pyramids

c)

pharaohs

d)

Heaven

9.

Which statement best describes burial processes in Ancient Egypt?

a)

Egyptians buried their dead in the river.

b)

Egyptians carried their dead to neighboring countries.

c)

Egyptians used a funeral pyre to burn their dead.

d)

Egyptians preserved bodies as mummies.

10.

How were Egypt and Nubia interdependent?

a)

Nubia depended on Egypt for grain, and Egypt depended on Nubia for gold.

b)

Nubia depended on Egypt for gold, and Egypt depended on Nubia for grain.

c)

Egypt depended on Nubia for cloth, and Nubia depended on Egypt for grain.

d)

Egypt depended on Nubia for gold, and Nubia depended on Egypt for cloth.

11.

What job employed most people in Egypt?

a)

Merchant

b)

Farmer

c)

Bureaucracy

d)

Scribe

12.

The region of Egypt known as the “Black Land” was called this because _______.

a)

It was very hot.

b)

It had fertile soil good for farming.

c)

It was used to bury mummies.

d)

It had black dirt in the desert.

13.

Papyrus is best defined as ____________.

a)

The process of making a mummy.

b)

Important to pharaohs.

c)

A type of paper used by scribes.

d)

A god worshipped by Egyptians.

14.

He was among the first leaders to have a standing army. This refers to which leader?

a)

Cyrus the Great

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Sargon I

d)

Darius

15.

A scroll with the Book of the Dead on it is a _________________ source.

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

human

d)

Not an answer

16.

What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age?

a)

It allowed them to create permanent settlements.

b)

It allowed them to travel.

c)

It allowed them to paint caves.

d)

It allowed them to hunt for animals.

17.

Which of the following were created by Ancient Egyptians. (Mark all that apply.)

a)

A solar calendar

b)

Forms of glass

c)

cuneiform

d)

Anatomy

18.

The first civilization was that of ___________.

a)

Sumer

b)

Egypt

c)

China

d)

Greece

19.

What material from Nubia is made from elephant tusks?

a)

Mortar

b)

Glass

c)

Ebony

d)

Ivory

20.

Egypt and Nubia depended on each other for resources. This is called __________.

a)

Commerce

b)

Monetary system

c)

Interdependence

d)

Barter system

21.

Another name for Nubia is ____________.

a)

Kush

b)

Axum

c)

Carthage

d)

Meroe