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Ancient Egypt Unit Test

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A pyramid is a tomb where a _____________________ is buried.

pharaoh 

priest 

Cleopatra 

Louis Leaky 

The pyramids are made of: 

sandstone 

Nile River Clay 

rock 

woods 

It took how many years to build a pyramid? 

20

10

40

100

The statue that has the head of a human and the body of a lion is a:

Great Sphinx 

Great Pryamid 

griffin 

Osiris 

What was the purpose of the Great Sphinx? 

to be a tourist attraction 

it was a god 

protect Khafa's tomb 

to come alive one day 

A ___________ is a person who writes and keeps records

reporter 

scribe 

editor 

priest 

The plant that Egyptians used to make paper was: 

papyrus 

flax 

palm 

bamboo 

The process of embalming and wrapping a body is:

amulet 

mummification 

spells 

mummy 

Which was NOT a language on the Rosetta Stone?

Demotic 

Greek 

Hieroglyphic 

Spanish 

The first woman ruler is history was: 

Hatshepsut 

Anubis 

Throth 

King Tut 

This young pharaoh died at age 19: 

King Aten 

Hatshepsut 

Throth 

King Tut 

King Tut's tomb was discovered by: 

Nefertiti 

Howard Carter 

Jimmy Carter 

Aten 

The last female ruler of Egypt was: 

Hatshepsut 

Cleopatra IIV

Nefertiti 

Tut

The mummificiation process lasted _______ days 

35

70

10

100

What was the purpose of mummification? 

to scare people 

to make sure people remembered the Egyptians 

To perserve the bodies for the afterlife 

to show who had money in Egypt 

The Nile River flows in what direction? 

around the desert 

South to North 

West to East 

through the mountain 

The Nile River: 

is polluted 

floods every year 

is very shallow 

is very deep 

Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza 

King Tut 

Ms. Whisnant 

King Khufu 

Howard Carter 

Who was the god of the sun?

Ra

Anubis 

Horus 

Imhotep 

__________ is the god of the earth and vegetation who married his sister. 

Isis 

Ra

Horus 

Osisris 

Which god was responsible for leading soul through the underworld? 

Osiris 

Ra

Anubis 

Horus 

______ is the goddess who used magical powers to bring her husband back to life 

Isis 

Ra

Osiris 

Throth 

What continent is Egypt located on? 

Africa 

Asia 

South America 

Australia 

What discovery made is possible to translate hieroglyphics?

King Tut's tomb 

The Rosetta Stone 

hieratc script 

the book of the dead 

The ancient egyptians were monothiestic: 

true 

false 