Egypt Unit Test

What was the main purpose of Egyptian pyramids?

• To serve as tombs for pharaohs and important figures.
• To act as marketplaces for trade and commerce.
• To function as granaries for storing food.
• To serve as temples for worshipping gods.

Describe the Great Sphinx.

• A stone carving of a dragon found in China.
• A large pyramid built for a pharaoh in the Valley of the Kings.
• The Great Sphinx is a limestone statue with a lion's body and a human head, located in Giza, Egypt.
• A bronze statue of a horse located in Rome, Italy.

Whose tomb did Howard Carter and his team of archaeologists discover?

• Ramses the Great

• King Tutankhamen

• Cleopatra
• Akhenaten

What is a Pharaoh?

• A Pharaoh is a common Egyptian dish.
• A Pharaoh is a type of ancient Egyptian artifact.
• A Pharaoh is a mythical creature in Egyptian mythology.
• A Pharaoh is an ancient Egyptian ruler.

What was Hatshepsut famous for?

• Hatshepsut was known for her make-up tutorials.

• Hatshepsut was a renowned poet of the Nile.
• Hatshepsut was a famous architect in ancient Rome.
• Hatshepsut was famous for being a female pharaoh and building many monuments.

What was kept inside a sarcophagus?

• Ancient scrolls
• a bottle of hieroglyphs

• Mummification tools
• A mummy

Which continent is Egypt located?

• South America

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

How was Egyptian hieroglyphs different from our alphabet?

• Egyptian hieroglyphs are made up of numbers only.
• Egyptian hieroglyphs use pictorial symbols and can represent sounds, words, or concepts, while our alphabet consists of letters representing individual sounds.

Which river flows south to north in Egypt and was central to the development of the Egyptian civilization?

• Nile River
• Mississippi River
• Yangtze River
• Amazon River

How did Egyptians get water to their crops?

• By using irrigation systems and the annual flooding of the Nile River.
• By planting crops near the ocean for saltwater irrigation.
• By relying solely on rainfall without any systems.
• By using wells dug deep into the desert for water supply.