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Egyptian Life Review Quiz

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Egyptian homes were made out of...
a)
Cement & Stone
b)
Mudbricks
c)
Wood
d)
Tiber
2.
Most Egyptians were...
a)
Soldiers
b)
Merchants
c)
Craftsmen
d)
Farmers
3.

All the following are people from the upper class, people with wealth and high social position Except...

a)

Vizier

b)

Priest

c)

Craftsmen

d)

Nobles

4.
A woven fabric made of flax fibers...
a)
Wool
b)
Linen
c)
Cotton
d)
Leather 
5.
A type of skirt worn by men in ancient Egypt...
a)
A-Line Skirt
b)
Broomstick Skirt
c)
Kilt
d)
Pleated Skirt
6.
A powder used as eye makeup in ancient Egypt...
a)
Coal
b)
Kohl
c)
Blush
d)
MASCARA
7.
The person who watch over the nobleman's field and told him what the harvest would be like...
a)
Underseer
b)
Overseer 
c)
Aboveseer
d)
Belowseer
8.
What the farmer used for light at night...
a)
Oil Lamp
b)
Electric Lamp
c)
Coal Lamp
d)
Solar Lamp
9.
Top of the social pyramid and means 'great house'...
a)
Vizier
b)
Pharaoh
c)
Priest
d)
Scribes
10.
Many slaves were captured in...
a)
the Nile
b)
peace time
c)
war
d)
the Red Land
11.
Women in ancient Egypt had equal rights under the law similar to...
a)
Aliens
b)
Foreigners
c)
Slaves
d)
Men
12.
People who specialized in writing and record keeping...
a)
Merchants
b)
Scribes
c)
Craftsmen
d)
Overseers
13.
The Egyptians developed the world's first practical...
a)
boat
b)
sled
c)
watch
d)
calendar
14.
Women could ...
a)
own and manage own property
b)
conduct business
c)
testify in court
d)
All the above
15.
Girls married... 
a)
in their teens
b)
in their twenties
c)
in their thirties
d)
Didn't marry 
16.
Children in ancient Egypt ...
a)
were outlawed
b)
were considered a "Blessing"
c)
were considered a "Curse"
17.
Boys and girls who came from wealthy families attended school starting at the age of...
a)
5
b)
7
c)
9
d)
11
18.
The jobs of the priest were to...
a)
clean the sacred statues
b)
change the sacred statues clothes
c)
fed the the sacred statues
d)
All the above
19.
Egyptian writing...
a)
Cuneiform 
b)
Hebrew
c)
Tamil 
d)
Hieroglyphs
20.
Egyptians developed this type fo math...
a)
Algebra
b)
Calculus 
c)
Geometry
d)
Number theory
21.

The Nile River is ...

a)

over 4,000 mile long

b)

the longest river in the world

c)

very predicatable when it comes to flooding

d)

All the above

22.

The Egyptians called the narrow band of fertile land along the Nile ...

a)

Black Land

b)

Red Land

c)

Fertile Land

d)

Amazing Land

23.

Egypt received ...

a)

about an 1" of rain a year

b)

about 10" of rain a year

c)

over 12" of rain a year

d)

what rain?

24.

Egyptian farmers knew when it was going to flood...

a)

when they saw the black birds, called crows

b)

when they saw the orange birds, called orioles

c)

when the saw the pink birds, called pink flamingos

d)

when the saw the white birds, called Ibises

25.

In order to pool the flood water the Egyptians used...

a)

canals

b)

catch basins

c)

embankments

d)

None of the above

26.

Egyptian farmers used this to move water from the Nile, canals, and basins...

a)

the wheel

b)

a water pump

c)

shadoof

d)

pipes

27.

A large waterfall...

a)

delta

b)

cataract

c)

quarried

d)

linen

28.

A triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river...

a)

Linen

b)

Cataract

c)

Quarried

d)

Delta

29.

The Egyptians called the desert the...

a)

black land

b)

hot land

c)

to hot to walk on

d)

red land

30.

The Nile River flows into the...

a)

Red Sea

b)

Persian Gulf

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Gulf of Mexico

31.

Egyptian word for gold...

a)

gold

b)

prized mineral

c)

nub

d)

None of the above

32.

The Egyptians were the first to grind wheat into...

a)

flour

b)

yeast

c)

water

d)

All the above

33.

Egyptians mined this in the Eastern Desert and on the Sinai Peninsula

a)

copper

b)

gold

c)

iron

d)

limestone

34.

To obtain stone by cutting, digging, or blasting is called...

a)

linen

b)

irrigation

c)

silt

d)

quarried

35.

Egypt is divided into ...

a)

Upper Egypt

b)

East Egypt

c)

West Egypt

d)

Lower Egypt

36.

Lower Egypt is located...

a)

in the south

b)

at the delta

c)

east of the Red Sea

d)

on the Ethiopian Plateau

37.

A Greek historian called Egypt...

a)

the gift of Egypt

b)

the gift of the Mediterrean Sea

c)

the gift of the Red Sea

d)

the gift of the Nile

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