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The Ultimate Ancient Egyptian Quiz of Death
Section I
...Multiple Choice Questions...
Instructions: Read each question carefully and then choose the answer that you think is correct. To mark an answer, either underline or mark through the letter with the correct answer. Good luck!
1. What fabric were priest forbidden to wear?
(A) Cotton
(B) Linen
(C) Wool
(D) Silk
2. What is natron?
(A) Salt
(B) Cloth
(C) Silt
(D) Plant
3. How is Osiris represented?
(A) Man with horns
(B) Mummified man
(C) Half man and half beast
(D) Lion
4. On which island was the famous Egyptian 'Lighthouse' situated?
(A) Pharos
(B) Taylos
(C) Manos
(D) Cyprus
5. Which dynasty did the pharaoh Unas belong to?
(A) 3rd
(B) 4th
(C) 5th
(D) 6th
6. Which city housed the famous Egyptian Library?
(A) Cairo
(B) Alexandria
(C) Luxor
(D) Esna
7. Where were the pharaohs of the 21st and 22nd dynasties buried?
(A) Giza
(B) Tanis
(C) Valley of the Kings
(D) Nubia
8. What is the name of Ramesses III mortuary temple?
(A) Ramesseum
(B) Medinet Habu
(C) Dier el Bahri
(D) Dier el Medina
9. Hathor was known as the Mistress of which region?
(A) Opet
(B) Asis
(C) Nuh
(D) Hed Sed
10. What kind of homes did ancient Egyptians live in?
(A) Mud brick homes
(B) Pyramids
(C) Wooden huts
(D) Stone homes
11. What happened to the deceased person's brain during the process of mummification?
(A) It was taken out, shrunk and put back in the skull
(B) It was left in the skull to decay naturally
(C) It was pulled out through the nose and discarded
(D) It was removed intact and preserved in a stone urn
12. When was the beginning (approximately) of the ancient Egyptian civilization?
(A) About 3,900 B.C.
(B) About 3,000 B.C.
(C) About 1,900 B.C.
(D) About 900 B.C.
13. Which of the following is TRUE about hieroglyphics?
(A) Nearly half of ancient Egyptian's could write the language
(B) It only included consonants, no vowels
(C) Women commonly taught the writing form and became scribes
(D) The characters never represented actual sounds, but only ideas
14. What does the word Pharaoh mean?
(A) God
(B) King
(C) Great House
(D) The acquisition of a language through only listening
15. Who discovered the tomb of King Tut-Ankh-Amun?
(A) Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon
(B) Thomas Young
(C) Jean-François Champollion
(D) George Reisner and James Breasted
16. How long did the mummification process of a wealthy Egyptian generally take?
(A) 1 day
(B) 1 week
(C) 30 days
(D) 70 days
17. What was the meaning of the ankh (cross with a loop on the top) for Egyptians?
(A) It symbolized life
(B) It symbolized King Tut's power
(C) It symbolized the afterlife
(D) It symbolized the cycle of the seasons
18. Who was Nefertari?
(A) The high priestess of the court of Ramses I
(B) King Tut's beautiful daughter
(C) The first and favorite wife of Ramses II
(D) The first female Pharaoh
19. Which of the following is NOT true about women's rights in ancient Egypt?
(A) They could own property
(B) They could initiate divorce
(C) There were women pharaohs
(D) They often had more than one husband
Section II
...True/False Questions...
Instructions: Check in the space provided, either T or F to indicate which facts are either true or false. Good luck!
___ 1. The Roman historian, Herodotus said, "All Egypt is the gift of the Nile."
___ 2. The Nile River is the longest river on Earth with an approximate length of 4,000 miles.
___ 3. The Nile River flows north out of Lake Victoria emptying int othe Mediterranean Sea.
___ 4. In ancient times the Nile River flowed over 4 cataracts.
___ 5. The Valley of the Nile is also known as Lower Egypt.
___ 6. Growing along the banks of the Nile River is a reed called Papyrus. The Egyptians will use papyrus to make paper, boats, mats, rope, hats, thatch their roofs with it, and mix it with river mud to make bricks.
___ 7. A shadoof was an ancient Egyptian plow pulled by two oxen.
___ 8. The Egyptians created a type of pictographic writing called cuneiform.
___ 9. An Egytian citizen who could read and write heiroglyphics was called a narmer.
___ 10. The Rosetta Stone made it possible for scholars to read hieroglyphics.
___ 11. Howard Carter, an English archaeologist, translated the Rosetta Stone.
___ 12. Narmer started Egypt on its road to greatness by conquering Lower Egypt, and then uniting both Upper and Lower Egypt into one single nation.
___ 13. The pharaohs allowed Egypt to become a democracy in the Old Kingdom.
___ 14. The Egyptians practiced a religion of many gods, such a religion is called polytheism.
___ 15. The most powerful god of ancient Egypt was Osiris, the god of the dead.
___ 16. The first step pyramid was built by the pharaoh Imhotep.
___ 17. The tombs within the Valley of the Kings are all underground tombs.
___ 18. The first outside invaders of ancient Egypt were the Hittites.
___ 19. Thutmose III took the empire of Egypt to the height of its power.
___ 20. The Temple at Abu Simbel was built by Ramses II.
___ 21. The Book of the Dead contains, prayers, poems, charms, and rules to guide an ancient Egyptian life.
Section III
...List The Egyptian Gods...
Instructions: List at least 10 Gods that were worshipped during the earliest of ancient Egyptian times. You can earn 2 points for each addition God listed in the "bonus" area. Good luck!
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
4. _________________
5. _________________
6. _________________
7. _________________
8. _________________
9. _________________
10. _________________
Bonus:
Answer Key (Multiple Choice Questions)
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. A
11. C
12. B
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. D
17. A
18. C
19. D
Answer Key (True/False Questions)
1. F
2. T
3. T
4. F
5. F
6. T
7. F
8. F
9. F
10. T
11. F
12. T
13. F
14. T
15. F
16. F
17. T
18. F
19. T
20. T
21. T
Egyptian Gods Checklist
Amen, Amen-Ra, Amset, Anubis, Anuket, Apis, Aten, Atum, Bast, Bem, Duamutef, Edjo, Four Sons of Horus, Geb, Hadit, Habi, Hathor, Harpocrates, Heqet, Heru-ra-ha, Horus, Horus of Behedet, Imhotep, Isis, Khepri, Khnum, Khons, Maat, Min, Month, Mut, Nefertum, Neith, Nekhbet, Nephthys, Nut, Osiris, Pharaoh, Ptah, Qebehsenuf, Qetesh, Ra, Ra-Horakhty, Sati, Seker, Sekhmet, Selket, Serapis, Set, Shu, Sobek, Sothis, Tefnut, Thoth, Thoueris |
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