Ancient Egypt Vocabulary/Map Quiz

What body of water is the arrow pointing to?

• Mediterranean Sea
• Black Sea
• Western Desert
• Nile River

What body of water is the arrow pointing to?

• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea
• Western Desert
• Nile River

What city is the arrow pointing to?

• Giza 
• Thebes 
• Meroe
• Memphis

What city is the arrow pointing to?

• Giza 
• Thebes 
• Meroe
• Memphis

What is the name of the area colored yellow?

• Western Desert
• Eastern Desert
• Egypt
• Sahara

What is the name of the area colored in yellow?

• Eastern Desert
• Western Desert
• Kush
• Mesopotamia

What continent is Egypt on?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• North America

The soil around the river was very fertile, which means:

• dry and sandy

• covered with weeds

• good for growing crops

• hard like clay

A decorative coffin used for the Pharaohs and the wealthy in Egypt was called a

• tomb

• sarcophagus

• grave

• mummy

A reed plant that grows long the Nile River. Ancient Egyptians made baskets, sandals, river rafts, and PAPER from it.

• cataract
• delta
• papyrus
• embalming