Lesson Quiz 5-1: Ancient Egypt and Kush

Matching Match each item with the correct statement below: a reed plant used to make paper; dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water; a fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea; a line of rulers from one family; the Egyptian writing system that uses thousands of picture symbols representing objects and ideas.

• a line of rulers from one family

• dynasty

• the Egyptian writing system

• papyrus

• dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water

• delta

• a reed plant used to make paper

• hieroglyphics

• a fan-shaped area of fertile marshland f

• cataract

Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question: Which is a reason the Nile has been called “the lifeblood” of Egypt?

• It borders two of the largest deserts in the world.

• It has dangerous cataracts.

• It is the longest river in the world.

• Its valley and delta provide fertile soil for farming.

Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question: How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile’s yearly spring flooding?

• They became successful farmers.

• They created hieroglyphics.

• They grew papyrus.

• They irrigated during the dry season.

Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question: Which best describes the type of government in Egypt after 3100 B.C.?

• a democracy

• a dynasty

• an independent city-state

• constitutional monarchy

Multiple Choice Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question: What was the effect of increased farming and trade?

• A complex writing system was created.

• An organized government developed.

• Geometry was developed.

• The deserts became populated.