Quiz on Ancient Egypt

Which region of Egypt is circle on the map?

• Upper Egypt

• Lower Egypt

Where did Menes set up his capital?

• Cairo

• Thebes

• Alexandria

• Memphis

What did the annual Nile flood deposit on the land?

• Gravel

• Sand

• Rich silt

• Clay

What fields did Egyptian knowledge and advances include?

• Literature and Art

• Mathematics, astronomy, and medicine

• Agriculture, engineering, and architecture

• All of the above

Egypt is in

• Antratica

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

What did Egyptians do to prepare their dead rulers for the afterlife?

• They preserved their bodies and provided them with goods.

• They left them in the open air.

• They buried them in the desert.

• They burned their bodies.

What is mummification?

• The writing of hieroglyphs

• The building of pyramids

• The preservation of dead bodies

• Creating Zombies

What continent can you find Egypt?

• Africa

• North America

• Asia

• Antarctica

What was the belief system of the ancient Israelites?

• Atheistic

• Animistic

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic

Who is considered the father of the Israelites and their religion, Judaism?

• David

• Isaac

• Moses

• Abraham