Ancient Egypt Quiz 5-1

What is the name of the world's longest river?

• Amazon River

• Nile River

• Mississippi River

• Naperville River

a waterfall or rapids in a river

•  cataract
• hieroglyphics
• bureaucrats
• savannah

a line of rulers from one family

• dynasty
• bureaucrat
• theocracy
• delta

a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols

• bureaucrat
• hieroglyphics
• cataract
• papyrus

a fan shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea

• theocracy
• delta
• shadoof
• cataract

a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins

• shadoof
• delta
• savannah
• textile

a reed plant that grew wild along the Nile

• shadoof
• delta
• textile
• papyrus

The Egyptian religion was

• positive
• polytheistic
• monotheistic
• simple

Into which body of water does the Nile River empty?

• Red Sea
• Mediterranean Sea
• Nubian Sea
• Eastern Sea

Why were most Egyptian cities built right along the Nile?

• The land away from the river was desert.
• The other rivers in Egypt were smaller.
• The climate near the river was hotter.
• The land was not good for farming.