Top 80+ Solved Early Bronze and Iron age Civilizations MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Who discovered the Rosetta stone?
a. francois champollion
b. christopher columbus
c. mortimer wheeler
d. gordon childe
Q. The inscriptions on the Rosetta stone are in
a. demotic script
b. hieroglyphics
c. greek
d. all the above
Q. During the Old Kingdom of Egypt, what were the nomes?
a. divisions of labour
b. divisions of territory
c. divisions of population
d. positions of hierarchy
Q. The oldest work of philosophy in ancient Egypt is
a. instructions of ptahhotep
b. pharaoh edicts
c. hammurabi code
d. nomes
Q. What is Ahmes Papyrus?
a. book of morality
b. book on warfare
c. oldest mathematical treatise in egypt
d. collection of hymns
Q. Which of the following statements regarding Vizier is incorrect?
a. viziers are often appointed by the pharaohs
b. most important official after the pharaoh
c. family members of the pharaoh were not allowed to become a vizier
d. he supervised the running of the kingdom
Q. What was the purpose of the pyramids in ancient Egypt?
a. to protect the body of the pharaoh to help it reach the afterlife.
b. to create a memorial for the pharaoh.
c. to create a stairway from heaven to earth.
d. to provide jobs for the egyptian people.
Q. Name the world’s earliest form of paper that was invented by the Egyptians.
a. papyrus
b. hieroglyphics
c. cuneiform
d. bone script
Q. The Rosetta Stone was important because
a. it is a unique artefact.
b. it led to the decoding of hieroglyphics.
c. it had greek, cuneiform, and egyptian writing on it.
d. it represented peace.
Q. The Egyptians developed a type of government in which rule is based on religiousauthority of the pharaoh. The type of government was
a. oligarchy.
b. democracy
c. theocracy
d. monarchy
Q. Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs?
a. king tutankhamen
b. ramses the great
c. ahmose of thebes
d. queen hatshepsut