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WorksheetsNorth Africa
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the importance of the Pharaoh in Egypt?
a)
He was thought to be half-man and half- god.
b)
He was in charge of building the pyramids and monuments.
c)
He was the high priest and head of government.
d)
He was the leader of the armies in war
2.
Which type of religion were the Egyptians?
a)
Monotheistic
b)
Christian
c)
Islam
d)
Polytheistic
3.
What was the purpose of the Pyramids?
a)
To protect and care for their kings in the afterlife
b)
To create places for the lower classes to work
c)
To decorate Egypt with beautiful buildings and monuments
d)
To defend their cities from hostile invaders.
4.
How did hieroglyphic writing help Egyptians develop into a successful civilization?
a)
It helped the pharaohs communicate with surrounding nations.
b)
It gave the workers written directions on how to build the pyramids.
c)
It gave everyone something to read for entertainment.
d)
It helped historians create a timeline of events in Ancient Egypt
5.
What major river flowed through Egypt?
a)
Memphis
b)
Euphrates
c)
Indus
d)
Nile
6.
What event made it possible for ancient Egyptians to grow crops?
a)
a heavy yearly rainfall
b)
The Nile flooded its banks yearly
c)
The invention of the plow
d)
The rise of the pharaoh.
7.
Why did the ancient Egyptians mummify their dead?
a)
For health reasons
b)
It was the law
c)
They believed you needed your body in the afterlife
d)
They worshiped their relatives
8.
What was stored in a canopic jar?
a)
golden thread
b)
amulets
c)
diamonds
d)
internal organs
9.
This helped scholars decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
a)
Rosetta Stone
b)
Book of the Dead
c)
The writings of Cleopatra
d)
The Greek alphabet
10.
What is a dynasty?
a)
The laws that the pharaoh creates
b)
A tremor in the earth's crust underneath a mummy
c)
The place where pharaohs are mummified
d)
When a family rules for many generations
11.
What is a system in which symbols or pictures represent objects, concepts, or sounds?
a)
Ziggurat
b)
Cuneiform
c)
Papyrus
d)
Hieroglyphics
12.
A triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the river is called what?
a)
cataract
b)
ziggurat
c)
delta
d)
pharaoh
13.
A pharaoh refers to
a)
an Egyptian king
b)
a belief in many gods
c)
a waterfall
d)
a triangular area of marshland
14.
Papyrus is
a)
an Egyptian king
b)
a system in which symbols represent objects, concepts, or sounds
c)
a plant along the banks of the Nile used for writing material
d)
a large stepped platform temple dedicated to the chief gods
15.
A cataract is a(n)
a)
waterfall
b)
Egyptian king
c)
disease of the eye
d)
plant that grows in the Nile
16.
The youngest Pharaoh was
a)
Tut
b)
Ramses
c)
Hatshepsut
d)
Cleopatra
17.
The first female Pharoah was
a)
Tut
b)
Ramses
c)
Hatshepsut
d)
Cleopatra
18.
Which period is often called the Golden Age, a time when Egypt its reached height of power?
a)
The Old Kingdom
b)
The Middle Kingdom
c)
The New Kingdom
d)
The Kingdom of Forever
19.
The Old Kingdom is also known as the
a)
Age of the Nobles
b)
Age of the Empire
c)
Age of the Pyramids
d)
Age of the Restless
20.
What could happen to tomb robbers who get caught?
a)
Lived a life as a slave
b)
Banished into the desert
c)
Slow death by impalement
d)
Sacrificed to the gods
21.
This book is left to help you in the underworld:
a)
Bible
b)
Book of the Dead
c)
Quran
d)
Dead Sea Scrolls
22.
What is represented by the letter A?
a)
Delta
b)
Nile River
c)
Lower Egypt
d)
Upper Egypt
23.
What is represented by letter B?
a)
Nile River
b)
Lower Egypt
c)
Upper Egypt
d)
Western Desert
24.
What is represented by letter E?
a)
Nile River
b)
Upper Egypt
c)
Eastern Desert
d)
Western Desert
25.
In what year was King Tut's Body discovered?
a)
1922
b)
1876
c)
1429
d)
1511
26.
King Tut's Mummy was discovered by?
a)
Howard Carter
b)
Billy Sparks
c)
Ryan Seacrest
d)
Mrs. Cramer
27.
Egypt, Libya and the Maghreb lie in
a)
West Africa
b)
East Africa
c)
South Africa
d)
North Africa
28.
The Nile Rive supplies what percent of Egypt's water?
a)
10
b)
33
c)
66
d)
85
29.
What is an oases?
a)
area fed by underground water in the desert
b)
an Egyptian taco stuffed with olives
c)
a bread used at an Arab communion
d)
a hat worn by an Egyptian Pharaoh
30.
What percent of a desert is covered by sand?
a)
10-20
b)
30-35
c)
60-65
d)
90-95
31.
What is the capital of Egypt?
a)
Cairo
b)
d
c)
d
d)
d
32.
What is the Suez Canal?
a)
a doll from Northern Africa
b)
an Arabian ice cream with walnuts
c)
a man-made water channel
d)
an underground volcano
33.
Who was considered a god who would lead the people even after death?
a)
Pharaoh
b)
Michael the Archangel
c)
Moses
d)
Noah
34.
Egypt is about the size of
a)
Rhode Island
b)
New Jersey
c)
Connecticut
d)
Texas
35.
What is silt?
a)
a type of Egyptian cloth
b)
a brand of African coffee
c)
small particles of rich soil
d)
a tree with no leaves
36.
What is underground rock layers that store large amounts of water called?
a)
aquifers
b)
adulterers
c)
silt
d)
delta
37.
In 1969 what military officer in Egypt set up a dictatorship?
a)
Hitler
b)
Stalin
c)
Qaddhafi
d)
Hussein
38.
What is the largest country in North Africa?
a)
Morocco
b)
Libya
c)
Egypt
d)
Algeria
39.
What country leads the world in exports of phosphate rock?
a)
Lybia
b)
Egypt
c)
Morocco
d)
Algeria
40.
What is the capital of Morocco?
a)
Rabat
b)
Libya
c)
Egypt
d)
Sahara
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