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WorksheetsEgypt and Nubia
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
What body of water lies East of Egypt?
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Cataracts
Mr. Jordan River
Upper Egypt was near the Nile River Delta
False
True
What would most Egyptian farmers do when the growing season was over?
Work as scribes
Travel to Nubia
Work on Pharaoh's building projects
Relax
What is Polytheism?
The belief in many Gods
The belief in Ra, the Sun God
The belief in one God
Egyptians did not believe in polytheism
Why did Egyptians develop various forms of writing (besides hieroglyphs)?
to honor the Kings
papyrus was scratchy
to express ideas that were difficult to write in symbols
to communicate with Nubians
What is the most likely reason an Ancient Egyptian would celebrate New Year in mid-summer?
start of pyramid building
Start of dry season
Tut's birthday
Annual flooding of the Nile
Who was the famous female Pharaoh's who took control when her husband died?
Isis
Nefertiti
King Tut's wife
Hatshepsut
What did Nubia have that was different than Egypt?
larger pyramids
Mummies
Papyrus
Rich Gold mines
Ancient Egyptians centered their life around pleasing whom?
Merchants
Mrs. Peek
Elders
Gods
What is the source of the Nile?
Blue and White Nile
Mediterranean Sea
Indian Ocean
River God
What caused the Black Land?
pollution
cataracts
yearly flooding
deserts
King Narmer/Menes is famous for what?
First King
United upper and lower Egypt
Wore a double crown
all of these
Osiris, Isis, Horus are examples of
Social media tweets
Pharaohs
Egyptian Gods
mummification terms
Hieroglyphs are ______________.
Cuneiform
Musical Notes
Papyrus
Drawings or symbols
The best Social Studies teacher is
Mr. Jordan
Mrs. Peek
Ms. Jackson
all of these
What was the purpose of the pyramids?
hold prisoners
remains of dead pharaohs
store grain
priests to pray
What made Egyptian lunar calendar difficult to use?
minutes were different lengths
every year had a different number of days
only well educated were allowed to use calendar
preferred farming in sunlight
Egyptian achievements include:
mummification
papyrus paper
Sphinx at Giza
all of the above
What is commerce?
relying on another country
military strategy
luxury goods
buying and selling goods and services
Why did Nubians need Egypt's grains?
They wanted to trade with African tribes
The narrow area that they farmed was not enough and they were hungry
Nile didn't flood
to pay for the Ivory
What did Nubians have that Egypt wanted?
Gold
pyramids
Ivory
both Gold and Ivory
Where did most Egyptians live and why?
Lower Egypt near delta to grow more crops
upper Egypt near cataracts because lots of flooding
"Red Lands" where they can grow more grain
Nubia so they can have access to Gold
What technology aided in Egypt's food supply?
Complex irrigation
Earthen walls around farms
both of these
none of these
A surplus of crops lead to ______
Trade
Cities
Both
none
During Old Kingdom, this King had "Great pyramid of Giza" built.
Ramses
Tut
Menes
Khufu
This pharaoh drove out the Hyskos starting New Kingdom
Ahmose
Khufu
Ramses
Thutmose
Skilled artisans kept written records of the products they made
True
False
The bureaucracy collected taxes in the form of surplus crops
False
True
Nubia was located ___________
Northern Egypt
Lower Egypt
Near Nile Delta
none of these
What desert lies East and West of "Black Lands"?
Nubian
Thebes
Sahara
none of these
