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Ancient Egypt Pt. 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Ancient Egyptian history is divided into how many kingdoms?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
2.

Title used by Egyptian rulers

a)

pharaoh

b)

Ka

c)

dynasty

d)

obelisk

3.

Series of rulers from the same family

a)

pharaoh

b)

dynasty

c)

noble

d)

delta

4.

Which continent is Egypt located on?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

North America

5.

Which direction does the Nile flow?

a)

South

b)

West

c)

East

d)

North

6.

How did Egyptians get water to their crops?

a)

Plow

b)

Chariot

c)

Wagon

d)

Irrigation

7.

Egypt is surrounded by desert. What is a benefit of this?

a)

Too Hot

b)

The sand was soft

c)

Gave Natural Protection

d)

Winds provided diseases

8.

What does polytheistic mean?

a)

belief in 1 god

b)

belief in no god

c)

belief in many gods

d)

belief in human gods

9.

A government where the political leader and religious leader are the same person

a)

monarchy

b)

oligarchy

c)

theocracy

d)

dictatorship

10.

The "lifeblood of Egypt" is the nickname for the

a)

Euphrates River

b)

Nile River

c)

Shenandoah River

d)

Tigris River

11.
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.
12.

Pharaoh Hatshepsut was

a)

a god.

b)

a child.

c)

a priest.

d)

a woman.

13.
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
14.

A fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea

a)

Delta

b)

Dynasty

c)

Cataract

d)

Papyrus

15.
The Nile River flooded
a)
At the same time every year
b)
Unexpectedly
c)
Never
d)
All the time
16.

Historically recognized as uniting Upper and Lower Egypt into one Egypt

a)

King Tut

b)

Ramses the Great

c)

Amenhotep IV

d)

Narmer

17.

King Djoser had the _____ built.

a)

Step Pyramid

b)

Great Pyramid

c)

Sphinx

d)

Abu Simbel

18.

King Khufu had the _____ built

a)

Step Pyramid

b)

Great Pyramid

c)

Sphinx

d)

Mount Rushmore

19.

Which king had the Sphinx built?

a)

Djoser

b)

Khafre

c)

Khufu

d)

Pepi

20.

During the course of his nearly 90 year life, this pharaoh won numerous military battles, had over 100 children, built immense temples

a)

King Tut

b)

Ramses the Great

c)

Ahmose

d)

Nefertiti

21.

Egyptian kingdoms eventually declined due to

a)

weak pharaohs

b)

invasions

c)

drought

d)

all of the above

22.

The purpose of mummification was to

a)
preserve the body for the afterlife
b)
prevent the soul from leaving the body
c)
create a natural mummy
d)
make the body decay faster
23.

This organ was left in the body during mummification

a)
brain
b)
heart
c)
lung
d)
liver
24.

King Tut is historically remembered for

a)
his intact tomb and the treasures found within it
b)
his successful military conquests
c)
his famous works of art
d)
his contributions to science and medicine
25.

According to myth, this Egyptian god was the first pharaoh

a)
Isis
b)
Horus
c)
Osiris
d)
Anubis