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World History and Cultures, Chapter 5

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first pharaoh of a united Egypt

a)

Menes

b)

Tutankhamen

c)

Ch'in

d)

Herodotus

2.

What is ancient Egyptian writing called?

a)

Cursive

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Rosetta Stone

3.

What teenage pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922?

a)

Menes

b)

Tutankhamen

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Herodotus

4.

What Frenchman was able to decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosetta Stone?

a)

Champollion

b)

Hatshepsut

c)

Menes

d)

Herodotus

5.

What structure best symbolizes the Egyptian concept of state and society?

a)

The Nile River

b)

The Great Palace

c)

Taj Mahal

d)

Pyramid

6.

Name the Asiatic warriors who brought the Egyptian Middle Kingdom to an end

a)

Hyksos

b)

Askia

c)

Edesius

d)

Clement

7.

Who was a female pharaoh of Egypt that ruled jointly with her nephew?

a)

Champollion

b)

Hatshepsut

c)

Phut

d)

Menes

8.

What city became the center of Egyptian life?

a)

Pittsburgh

b)

Tokyo

c)

Cairo

d)

Mali

9.

Who was the most outstanding monarch of the Later New Kingdom?

a)

Ramses II

b)

Moses

c)

Menes

d)

Tutankhamen

10.

Name the Greek "Father of History" who called Egypt the "gift of the Nile"

a)

Shih Huang Ti

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Chung-kuo

d)

Herodotus

11.

The Book of the Dead is important in the history of

a)

China

b)

Africa

c)

India

d)

Egypt

12.

The longest river in the world

a)

Huang He River

b)

Nile River

c)

Yellow River

13.

The great pharaoh whose pyramid is the largest

a)

Tutankhamen

b)

Cheops

c)

Mansa Musa

d)

Herodotus

14.

Great ruler of the Mali empire in Africa

a)

Babar

b)

Cheops

c)

Mansa Musa

d)

Brahma

15.

Remembered for carrying Jesus' cross

a)

Simon of Cyrene

b)

Peter

c)

Paul

d)

John

16.

The Rosetta stone helped solve the riddle of ________ writing

a)

Arabian

b)

Egyptian

c)

Chinese

d)

Japanese

17.

Alexander's general Ptolemy was given _____ to rule

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Macedonia

d)

Egypt

18.

The Hyskos ended the _____ Kingdom of Egypt

a)

Middle

b)

Old

c)

Ancient

d)

New