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Egypt short quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The capital of Egypt is?
a)
Columbus
b)
Cairo
c)
Giza
2.
The climate of Egypt is?
a)
Wet and swampy
b)
Hot and dry
c)
Cold and snowy
3.
Why was irrigation so important to the ancient Egyptian civilization?
a)
Without irrigation,there would not have been such a large agricultural surplus.
b)
Irrigation gave farmers a chance to rest.
c)
Building irrigation projects was a way for Egyptian men to feel proud of their villages.
d)
None of these
4.
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, etc.....?
a)
Tombs were museums.
b)
Tombs were private storage for the pharaoh.
c)
Tombs were the safest place in the kingdom.
d)
They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.
5.
Whose tomb was discovered in 1922?
a)
King Tutankhamen
b)
Ahmose
c)
Ramese
d)
Queen Hatsheput
6.
The worship of many gods.
a)
monotheism
b)
irrigation
c)
polytheism
d)
epic
7.

What do we call the writers in Ancient Egypt?

a)

farmers

b)

artisans

c)

scribes

d)

government officials

8.

Which person had the most power and authority in Ancient Egypt

a)

scribes

b)

farmers

c)

pharaoh

d)

priest

9.

What is this?

a)

Spinx

b)

King Tut.

c)

Griffin

d)

Naruto

10.

To be independent means to be..

a)

indie

b)

free

c)

slaved

d)

one

11.

(3a) How were Upper and Lower Egypt alike?

a)

they were both parts of Mesopotamia

b)

the Nile River flowed through both allowing for the establishment of agriculture and transportation

c)

Each was dry due to their location in the Egyptian quarter of the Sahara Desert

d)

the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flowed through both allowing for the establishment of agriculture and transportation

12.

He would weight the person's heart against the _____.

a)

amulets

b)

Feather of Truth

c)

intestines

d)

stomach

13.

Then, the bodies would be wrapped in linen _____.

a)

bandages

b)

light

c)

mummy

d)

quarries

14.

Sometimes, _____ or charms, would be sprinkled between the layers to provide good luck for the person's next life.

a)

amulets

b)

canopic jars

c)

laborers

d)

salts

15.
The deciphering of the Rosetta Stone allowed people to read and understand other ancient __________ writings.
a)
Greek
b)
Egyptian
c)
Latin
16.
Who was at the top of the social pyramid? 
a)
Scribes
b)
the Pharaoh
c)
Artisans
d)
Peasants
17.

What kind of job did Scribes have?

a)

Workers or farmers (usually poor)

b)

Write important information using hieroglyphs

c)

Supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt

d)

Carpenters, sculptors, stone carvers, metal workers, painters

18.

What kind of job did the Pharaoh have?

a)

In charge of money

b)

Judge

c)

Supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt

d)

Write important information

19.
Egyptians had a written language using pictures. It was called ____________.
a)
cuneiform
b)
English
c)
hieroglyphics
d)
Cursive
20.

A line of rulers from one family is called a _____________

a)

delta

b)

papyrus

c)

hieroglyphic

d)

dynasty

21.

What is a triangle of marshy wetlands called?

a)

Red Land

b)

High Nile

c)

delta

d)

silt

22.

What is silt?

a)

Fine bits of rock and soil left behind by the Nile River Floods

b)

Egyptian name for dry, barren, land

c)

Land next to the Nile that had good land for growing

23.

What was the biggest accomplishment in the Old Kingdom?

a)

The Egyptians built great pyramids.

b)

Egypt became a world power by conquering other nations

c)

Egypt achieved a lot in literature, architecture and art.

24.

The fertile sand next to the Nile was called

a)

Black Land

b)

Red Land

c)

Orange Land

25.

Was King Harry a real king in Egypt

a)

False

b)

True