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Ancient Egypt Review for test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was at the bottom of Egypt's Social Hierarchy?

a)

slaves

b)

Pharaoh

c)

Priest

d)

King

2.

In Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh's were thought of as kings and what?

a)

Scribes

b)

Gods

c)

Nobles

d)

Priests

3.

Who was at the top of Sumer's Social Hierarchy?

a)

Nobles

b)

Pharaoh

c)

Priest

d)

King

4.

What was the basic political unit of Sumer?

a)

State

b)

Kingdom

c)

City-State

d)

Monarchy

5.

What is a right that women had in Ancient Egypt?

a)

Fight in an army

b)

Vote

c)

Own property

d)

Be any job they wanted

6.

Who was the Mesopotamian King that created the first Empire?

a)

Sargon

b)

Mentuhotep

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Menes

7.

What is a state containing several countries and territories?

a)

Empire

b)

Monarchy

c)

Kingdom

d)

Democracy

8.

What was the Ka?

a)

Scribe

b)

Delta

c)

Spirit

d)

Earth

9.

What was the role of MEN in hunter-Gatherer Societies?

a)

Hunted

b)

Migrated with the animals

c)

Took care of children

d)

Cooked

10.

Which river(s) was the Sumerian civilization around?

a)

Euphrates and Tigris

b)

Nile and Tigris

c)

Tigris Mississippi

d)

Colorado and Mississippi

11.

Which river(s) was the Egyptian civilization formed around?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Nile

d)

Both A and B

12.

Who was the first pharaoh of Egypt?

a)

Menes

b)

Sargon

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Mentuhotep

13.

Who was a person in Sumer that people believe could interpret the wishes of the Gods?

a)

Priest

b)

Merchant

c)

Noble

d)

Nomad

14.

What is the term for someone who moves from place to place with no permanent home?

a)

Pharaoh

b)

nomad

c)

Hunter-gatherer

d)

Migrater

15.

What is the term that means to move from place to place?

a)

Merchant

b)

Migrate

c)

Noble

d)

Irrigate

16.

What allowed historians to read hieroglyphics?

a)

Hammurabi's Code?

b)

Obelisks

c)

Pyramids

d)

Rosetta Stone

17.

Which was an achievement made by the Egyptians?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Papyrus

c)

The wheel

d)

Ziggurats

18.

Which was an achievement made made by Sumer?

a)

Pyramids

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Papyrus

19.

What was the first written code of laws?

a)

Rosetta Stone

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Hammurabi's Code

20.

Humans starting to use agriculture and domestication led to what?

a)

Hunter-Gatherers

b)

Polytheism

c)

Social Hierarchy

d)

Permanent Settlements

21.

What was the name of the first Ruler of Egypt?

a)

Priest

b)

Scribe

c)

Pharaoh

d)

Noble

22.

What was used to bury the pharaohs?

a)

Temples

b)

Ziggurats

c)

Pyramids

d)

Obelisks

23.

The belief in many gods

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Ziggurat

c)

Polytheism

d)

Scribe

24.

A flat seabed created when a river flows to the sea.

a)

City-State

b)

Delta

c)

Dynasty

d)

Ziggurat

25.

City and the surrounding countryside area

a)

Polytheism

b)

irrigate

c)

City-state

d)

Dynasty

26.

Step pyramid used by Sumerians as a temple for their gods.

a)

Dynasty

b)

Ziggurat

c)

irrigate

d)

pyramid

27.

To bring water to an area or to bring water to crops.

a)

polytheism

b)

scribe

c)

City-state

d)

irrigate

28.

The first written language.

a)

Hammurabi's Code

b)

Delta

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Scribe

29.

Series of rulers from the same family.

a)

Dynasty

b)

Tribe

c)

Scribe

d)

Ziggurat

30.

Highly respected job in Ancient Egypt that wrote hieroglyphics.

a)

Irrigate

b)

Scribe

c)

Dynasty

d)

Slave