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West Africa, Egypt, and the Exodus

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are oases?

a)

Small area in deserts with water

b)

Oars for large boats

c)

Farmland that isn’t very good

2.

The area of the Sahara Desert was always the barren wasteland it is today.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

We know very little about the people of the Sahara because they did not leave any written records.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The other civilizations of Western Africa survived along what two rivers?

a)

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

b)

Nile and Senegal Rivers

c)

Niger and Senegal Rivers

d)

Tiber and Po Rivers

5.

The region of Western Africa was known for it’s rich resources like gold, copper, and what important mineral?

a)

Pepper

b)

Salt

c)

Paprika

d)

Cinnamon

6.

The civilization of Nok was flourishing by 350 BC.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which pharaoh established the Middle Kingdom period about 1991 BC?

a)

Amenemhet

b)

Ahmose

c)

Thutmose

d)

Hatshepsut

8.

Amenemhet conquered the civilization of Nubia and renamed it Egypt.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Who was the Nubian queen who became the wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III?

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Nefertiti

c)

Tiye

10.

Who were the people from Canaan who invaded Egypt and ended the Middle Kingdom?

a)

Assyrians

b)

Hyksos

c)

Hittites

d)

Sea Peoples

11.

Which pharaoh drove out the Hyksos and began the New Kingdom?

a)

Amenemhet

b)

Ahmose

c)

Ramses

d)

Hatshepsut

12.

Which pharaoh began as a general and doubled the size of Egypt in the New Kingdom after becoming pharaoh?

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Ramses

c)

Thutmose I

d)

Akhenaten

13.

Which pharaoh was a woman and said that the god Amon-Re wanted her to be crowned pharaoh even though that was unusual?

a)

Ahmose

b)

Nefertiti

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Tiye

14.

What was the result of Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s decision to increase trade with other cultures?

a)

Egypt’s borders grew

b)

More people moved to Egypt

c)

Egypt prospered or grew wealthy

15.

Why did the Pharaoh Hatshepsut wear the traditional clothing and symbols of a pharaoh?

a)

He wanted to convince people he was pharaoh and he wasn’t.

b)

She was pharaoh, but needed to reinforce her position because many did not like that she was a woman and held that position.

c)

She was pretending to be a pharaoh and was really just a regent.

16.

Who became pharaoh after Hatshepsut and tried to erase her name from history?

a)

Thutmose I

b)

Amenhotep IV

c)

Thutmose III

d)

Tutankhamen

17.

Whose unrobbed tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 and made this otherwise unknown young pharaoh famous?

a)

Ramses II

b)

Thutmose II

c)

Tutankhamen

d)

Amenhotep IV

18.

Because of a stalemate, with whom did Ramses II make a peace treaty, the first in recorded history?

a)

The Hyksos

b)

The Assyrians

c)

The Babylonians

d)

The Hittites

19.

Which pharaoh changed his name to Akhenaten and outlawed the worship of all gods except for the god Aten?

a)

Amenhotep IV

b)

Thutmose III

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Ramses

20.

Ramses II is also known as Ramses the Great.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Historians still believe that the Exodus took place during the reign of Ramses II.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Moses was hidden by his mother from soldiers ordered to kill all newborn Hebrew boys and was later floated down the Nile River in a basket.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

How many plagues struck Egypt before the pharaoh agreed to free the Hebrew slaves?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

20

d)

7

24.

What miracle did God perform so the Hebrews could escape pharaoh’s army and reach the other side of the Red Sea?

a)

A magical boat appeared to take them all to the other side.

b)

A bridge appeared across the water.

c)

Angels flew down and took all of the Hebrews across the sea.

d)

God parted the sea and the Hebrews walked across safely.

25.

What food is eaten by Jewish people in place of bread during the holiday of Passover?

a)

Matza

b)

Cookies

c)

Cake

d)

Wheat bread