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Modern Egypt

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

They tried to capture Jerusalem during the Crusades

a)

Christians

b)

Bedouins

c)

president

d)

Arabs

2.

They ride camels and sleep in tents

a)

Bedouins

b)

slaves

c)

Arabs

d)

Christians

3.

Title for the person who heads the government of Egypt

a)

president

b)

prime minister

c)

pope

d)

pharaoh

4.

They were also called Mamelukes

a)

Arabs

b)

slaves

c)

masters

d)

warriors

5.

They brought the Muslim religion to Egypt

a)

Arabs

b)

Christians

c)

Buddhist

d)

Gandhi

6.

The national capital and sea of government in Egypt.

a)

Alexandria

b)

Cairo

c)

Giza

d)

Aswan

7.

Land area between the Gulf of Suez and Israel.

a)

Sinai Peninsula

b)

Sudan

c)

Cairo

d)

Nile Valley

8.

Country South of Egypt

a)

Libya

b)

Chad

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Sudan

9.

Where almost everyone in Egypt lives

a)

Cairo

b)

Alexandria

c)

Nile Valley

d)

Libyan Desert

10.

Another name for the Western Desert

a)

Libyan Desert

b)

Arabian Desert

11.

Language of Arab invaders.

a)

Arabic

b)

Swahili

c)

Bantu

d)

English

12.

Country that help build the Suez Canal

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

Ottoman Empire

d)

Israel

13.

He conquered Egypt in 1798

a)

Napoleon

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Genghis Khan

d)

Thomas Jefferson

14.

Families that ruled Egypt were called...

a)

dynasties

b)

monarchies

c)

pharolapies

d)

Fellahin

15.

Religion of most of the Egyptian people.

a)

Hindu

b)

Buddhist

c)

Islam

d)

Christianity

16.

Name for Egypt's hot, dry, climate.

a)

steppe

b)

desert

c)

tundra

d)

grassland

17.

Type of city, like Alexandria, where boats arrive and depart.

a)

seaport

b)

landlock

c)

canal

d)

shore

18.

It was visited weekly by fellahin families?

a)

temple

b)

bazaar

c)

beauty parlor

d)

park

19.

Muslim house of worship

a)

tabernacle

b)

mosque

c)

temple

d)

synagogue

20.

Huge monument at Giza that is half man and half lion.

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

Nomadic Arab

a)

Bedouin

b)

Fellahin

22.

Egyptian Peasant

a)

Bedouin

b)

Fellahin