Humanities - Africa Review Quiz!

What is the longest river in Egypt called?

• Neil

• Nile

• Seine

• Amazon

What purpose were pyramids built for?

• For tourists to visit and look at

• As look out towers to fight off invaders

• As houses for the Pharaohs and Queens

• For burial tombs

What is the name of the Ancient Egyptian coffins?

• Tomb

• Sarcophagus

• Pyramid

• Luxor

What are hieroglyphics?

• Tools to build pyramids

• The chemicals used during mummificafion

• Important Egyptian people

• A form of communication - letters

Why did the Egyptians mummify their Pharaohs and Queens?

• To preserve their bodies for the afterlife

• To keep their bodies warm in the cold tombs

• To scare other people

• To make sure their souls could never return to Earth

During the mummification process, the main organs were put into jars. What were these jars called?

• Canopy jars

• Canopic jars

• Symbiotic jars

• Catastrophic jars

What is natron?

• An Egyptian goddess

• An important burial tomb in Egypt

• The rock used to build the pyramids

• An Egyptian salt used to get rid of moisture during mummification

Why were the Egyptian Pharaohs and Queens buried with their belongings?

• To stop other people from stealing them

• So that they could use them in their afterlife

• So that they didn't have to decide who to pass them onto

• To make the tomb look pretty

If you travel across land from the UAE to Morocco, which 3 of these countries will you pass through?

• Libya

• Kenya

• Saudi Arabia

• Algeria

What is the mountain range in Morocco called?

• Atlas Mountains

• Dictionary Mountains

• Thesaurus Mountains

• World Mountains