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Ancient Egypt Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the river that flows through Egypt?

a)

Euphrates

b)

Nile

c)

Amazon

d)

Tigris

2.

What did the Ancient Egyptians call the areas of fertile land along the banks of the river?

a)

Black Lands

b)

Red Lands

c)

Blue Lands

d)

Green Lands

3.

What is the name of the sea to the north of Egypt?

a)

Dead Sea

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Yellow Sea

4.

The capital of modern day Egypt is?

a)

Alexandria

b)

Sumer

c)

Aswan

d)

Cairo

5.

What fine, sand-like material made the river banks so fertile after the Nile's flood waters had retreated?

a)

Salt

b)

Silt

c)

Sugar

d)

Carbon

6.

What did the Ancient Egyptians call the Red Lands?

a)

The pyramids

b)

The desert

c)

The land of Liverpool

d)

The bottom of the Nile

7.

What was early Egyptian writing called?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Cursive

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Scribe

8.

Who was the god of knowledge and writing?

a)

Thoth

b)

Osiris

c)

Ammit

d)

Isis

9.

Which of these could be considered gifts of the Nile?

a)

Food

b)

Water

c)

Transportation

d)

All of the above

10.

What was the first step in the mummification process?

a)

Removal of the heart

b)

Wrap the body in linen

c)

Removal of the brain

d)

Cover the body in salt

11.

About how many days did the whole mummification process take?

a)

100

b)

37

c)

70

d)

365

12.

Osiris was originally the god of agriculture. After being killed by his brother, he eventually became the god of what?

a)

The afterlife

b)

The sky

c)

The earth

d)

Christianity

13.

At the Weighing of the Heart ceremony, what happened if your heart was heavier than the feather?

a)

Your heart was eaten by the demon Ammit and you would cease to exist

b)

You would pass into the afterlife

c)

Nothing

d)

You would come back to life and have a chance to change things

14.

Upper Egypt was in the __________.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

15.

The Nile River flows from...

a)

North to South

b)

East to West

c)

South to North

d)

Australia to Egypt

16.

Most people consider what as the source of the Nile? (From Google Earth activity)

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Red Sea

c)

Lake Victoria

d)

Mediterranean Sea

17.

Who was known as the God of the Dead?

a)

Seth

b)

Anubis

c)

Isis

d)

Ra

18.

What is the name of the statue that is part animal, part human often found outside temples and tombs?

a)

Centaur

b)

Satyr

c)

Mermaid

d)

Sphinx

19.

Son of Isis and Osiris.

a)

Anubis

b)

Horus

c)

Thoth

d)

Ammit

20.

Horus fought with his uncle, ______________ for control of Egypt.

a)

Seth

b)

Thoth

c)

Osiris

d)

Hathor

21.
An Egyptian king was called a ___________
a)
scribe
b)
servant
c)
papyrus
d)
pharaoh
22.
Ancient Egyptians believed their king was ___________________
a)
a normal person
b)
a representative of the gods
c)
a god
d)
a cat that came back to life
23.
How did the yearly flooding of the Nile River affect the people of Egypt and Kush?
a)
It isolated the settlements.
b)
It left silt that improved the soil.
c)
It spread diseases that destroyed whole empires.
d)
It attracted hunters and gatherers looking for wildlife.
24.
What was a MAJOR purpose for building the pyramids?
a)
temples for religious worship
b)
storehouses for reserves of grain
c)
homes for the pharaohs' servants
d)
tombs for pharaohs when they died
25.
The Nile River is the _____________ river in the world.
a)
widest
b)
shortest
c)
fastest
d)
longest
26.
In what two ways are Mesopotamia and Egypt the same?
a)
Farming surpluses meant people could become artisans and traders.  Both economies grew as a result.
b)
Both civilizations had the same religion and government
c)
Both had the same natural defense and flooding schedules
d)
Both had major rivers and dependable floods
27.
How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile's yearly spring flooding?
a)
They became successful farmers
b)
They created hieroglyphics
c)
They grew papyrus
d)
They irrigated during the dry season
28.

A decorative coffin used for the Pharaohs and the wealthy in Egypt was called a

a)

tomb

b)

sarcophagus

c)

grave

d)

mummy

29.
A reed plant that grows long the Nile River. Ancient Egyptians made baskets, sandals, river rafts, and PAPER from it.
a)
cataract
b)
delta
c)
papyrus
d)
embalming
30.
What continent is Egypt on?
a)
South America
b)
Asia
c)
North American
d)
Africa
31.
What is a Delta?
a)
A triangle shaped area of land 
b)
food
c)
A multitude
d)
Money
32.
What was the Rosetta Stone used for?
a)
Paper Weight
b)
Translating Languages
c)
Wall Decoration
d)
Building Pyramids
33.
The process of preserving a body for the afterlife
a)
Cremation
b)
Mummification
c)
Autopsy
d)
Surgery
34.
The region of Egypt closest to the Mediterranean Sea; Northern Egypt
a)
Upper Egypt
b)
Lower Egypt
c)
Fertile Crescent
d)
Mesopotamia
35.
The region of Egypt located in the South; has higher elevation
a)
Upper Egypt
b)
Lower Egypt
c)
Mesopotamia 
d)
Fertile Crescent

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