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Egypt

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The definition of the word Pharaoh
a)
A King
b)
Prince
c)
A Tomb
d)
A city in Egypt
2.
Menes was best known for 
a)
Being from Upper Egypt
b)
Marrying princesses
c)
Good at being a general
d)
Unifying Egypt and wearing the double crown
3.
An example of a delta is 
a)
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
b)
A plane formation
c)
a triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river.
d)
The rapids along the Nile
4.
Polytheism is the belief in 
a)
One God
b)
Multiple Gods
c)
No God
d)
The flying spaghetti monster
5.
Pyramids are built to 
a)
for worshipping the Gods
b)
to look strong and cool to other nations
c)
be a tomb for the Pharaoh
d)
to give farmers jobs when not farming
6.
A tomb is a place where
a)
People are buried
b)
People hang out
c)
People eat
d)
People worship
7.
Egypt is on what Continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
8.
The process of preserving a body for the afterlife
a)
Cremation
b)
Mummification
c)
Autopsy
d)
Surgery
9.
The Sphinx looks like it has ______.
a)
A lion's body and a dog's head.
b)
A lion's body and a man's head
c)
A tiger's body with feathers 
10.
The plant the Egyptians used to write on was ______.
a)
Papyrus
b)
Pine Tree
c)
Willow 
11.

Name given to the fertile land on the banks of the Nile used for growing crops.

a)

Red Land

b)

Blue Land

c)

Black Land

d)

Fertile Crescent

12.

A form of government that unites different territories and peoples under a single ruler.

a)

City-state

b)

Kingdom

c)

Empire

13.

Who freed the Hebrews from their slavery in Egypt?

a)

Abraham

b)

Moses

c)

Pharaoh

d)

King Menes

14.
How were canals used by ancient Egyptians?
a)
food storage system
b)
funeral rituals
c)
religious festivals
d)
irrigation systems
15.
Which invention helped Egyptians survey land after the floods?
a)
geometry
b)
papyrus
c)
a shadoof
d)
irrigation
16.
What did Egyptians study to learn about magic spells and the afterlife?
a)
Book of the Pharaohs
b)
movements of the sun
c)
Book of the Dead
d)
moon and the stars
17.
Who created the world’s first nation by uniting Upper and Lower Egypt?
a)
Menes/Narmer
b)
Thutmose III
c)
Amenhotep V
d)
Hatshepsut
18.
What did Ancient Egyptians believe about the afterlife?
a)
it was more important than “real” life
b)
it was not considered important
c)
it was only for pharaohs and their families
d)
it was believed end after death
19.
Why was the discovery of King Tut’s tomb important?
a)
It held the key to understanding hieroglyphics.
b)
It taught historians a lot about Egyptian burial rituals.
c)
It helped save the economy of modern day Egypt.
d)
It taught us a lot about the longest ruling pharaoh in Egypt’s history.
20.
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?
a)
slaves
b)
pharaoh
c)
priests
d)
scribes
21.

How was flooding good for Egypt?

a)

It wiped out fertile soil

b)

It brought water to the crops

c)

It made the land more fertile by depositing silt

d)

It washed away the sand from the farmland

22.

What do the surrounding deserts offer the people of Egypt?

a)

Protection from invaders

b)

Fertile soil for crops

c)

Sand for building

d)

Trade routes to the sea

23.

Define capital resource

a)

Something used that comes from nature

b)

The use of humans

c)

Tools used to do work

d)

Specialized jobs

24.

Define human resource

a)

Tools used to do work

b)

Items we use that come from nature

c)

Work of humans ie...specialized jobs

d)

Man made resources

25.

Define natural resources

a)

Tools made by humans to do work

b)

Man made items

c)

Items we use that come from nature

d)

Jobs of humans

26.
First female Pharaoah
a)
Tut 
b)
Ramses 
c)
Hatshepsut 
d)
Cleopatra
27.
What is it called when the religious leader is also the leader of the governement
a)
Democracy
b)
Emporer
c)
Monarchy
d)
Theocracy
28.
To give or do something means...?
a)
architecture
b)
a hieroglyph 
c)
a contribution
d)
ancient 
29.

The ancient Egyptian civilization was the first to publish books describing advances in the field of

a)

astronomy

b)

mathemathics

c)

medicine

d)

irrigation

30.
The Nile River is the longest river in the world?
a)
True
b)
False
31.
What is a civilization?
a)
a group of animals living together
b)
a country
c)
A large group of people living and working together.
d)
A type of government
32.
Egypt is mostly ___________.
a)
mountain land
b)
forest land
c)
desert land
d)
snow and ice covered
33.
People were able to farm along the river?
a)
True
b)
False
34.
People were able to fish in the river?
a)
True
b)
False
35.
The Egyptians created many inventions to help make life easier. One of the best inventions was the calendar.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
What is papyrus?
a)
a house
b)
a river
c)
an animal
d)
paper
37.
The soil of the Nile River was rich for farming.
a)
True
b)
False
38.

Dangerous, rocky, fast moving water.

a)

Papyrus

b)

Cataract

c)

Delta

d)

Dynasty

39.

Ancient Egyptians believed their king was ___________________

a)

a normal person

b)

a god on earth

c)

a priest

d)

a cat that came back to life

40.

Why was the Nile so important?

a)

because it is the longest river in the world

b)

because it is by the Red Sea

c)

because it allowed people to farm and trade

d)

because the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea

41.

The Nile River's flooding could be described as

a)

unpredictable

b)

destructive

c)

predictable

d)

rare

42.

Which of the following is an achievement from Ancient Egypt?

a)

365 calendar

b)

cuneiform

c)

wheel

d)

gun powder

43.

What did the development of hieroglyphics allow Egyptians to do?

a)

write the first medical books

b)

invent the chariot

c)

build pyramids and temples

d)

preserve dead bodies

44.

Which WAS an achievement (invention) of Ancient Egypt?

a)

Wheel

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Makeup

d)

Sailboat

45.

Which of the following WAS an invention of Ancient Egypt?

a)

Gold Jewelry

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Wheel

d)

Sailboat

46.

The following picture shows the ___________ ____________ of Ancient Egypt.

a)

Religon

b)

Social Structure (Social classes)

c)

Inventions

d)

Geography

47.
Pharaohs all had this
a)
absolute power
b)
multiple wives
c)
pyramid tombs
d)
treaties with other peoples
48.
The "Red Land" was 
a)
Libya
b)
near the Red Sea
c)
right along the Nile
d)
deserts surrounding Egypt
49.
Mummification was used to preserve bodies
a)
so that the dead could get to the afterlife
b)
for archaeologists to discover
c)
only of the pharaohs
d)
as science experiments
50.

What word means the way a country manages its resources to produce goods & services?

a)

ecology

b)

expedition

c)

archaeology

d)

economy

51.

What king of Upper Egypt united Upper and Lower Egypt for the first time, creating the unified Egypt?

a)

Ramses

b)

Menes

c)

Mr. Frisbee

d)

Ahmose

52.

Who was King Menes?

a)

The first Pharaoh

b)

The Grinch

c)

Ronald McDonalds

d)

Your dog

53.
The original Rosetta Stone allowed people to
a)
learn foreign languages
b)
learn to speak their own language
c)
Read hieroglyphics
d)
Learn Ancient Egyptian history
54.
What did the mummification process help Ancient Egyptians learn?
a)
The importance of the brain
b)
Human Anatomy
c)
How souls went to heaven
d)
How to send people to heaven
55.
The Sphinx has the head of a Pharaoh and the body of a...
a)
Snake
b)
Scarab Beetle
c)
Lion
d)
Dog
56.

Which of the following statements best describes the Nile River?

a)

It was unpredictable (it could flood anytime) and difficult to control.

b)

It was unpredictable (it could flood anytime) and easy to control.

c)

It was predictable (there was a flood season) and controlled with the help of an irrigation system and a 12-month calendar.

d)

It was predictable (there was a flood season) and only flooded the same amount each year.

57.
Floods of the Nile River provided
a)
destroyed homes
b)
fertile soil
c)
devastation
d)
deaths
58.
An Egyptian king was called a ___________
a)
scribe
b)
servant
c)
papyrus
d)
pharaoh
59.
Which direction did/does the Nile flow?
a)
North to South
b)
South to North
c)
East to West
d)
West to East
60.
How did most people in Egypt earn a living?
a)
trade
b)
fishing 
c)
farming
d)
metal working
61.
A series of rulers from the same family is called a(n) ____________.
a)
cataract
b)
dynasty
c)
regent
d)
pharaoh
62.
Queen Hatshepsut was important to Egypt because she 
a)
was a female Pharaoh who made trade routes to get rich
b)
made a strong military that took over the empire of Kush
c)
built monuments in Egypt that made the nation look strong
d)
 made a strong military that defeated Mesopotamia
63.

The longest river in the world; associated with Ancient Egypt.

a)

Tigris River

b)

Nile River

c)

Amazon River

d)

Niger River

64.

Egyptian form of writing.

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Sanskrit

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Phonetic Alphabet

65.
What is it called when the religious leader is also the leader of the governement
a)
Democracy
b)
Emporer
c)
Monarchy
d)
Theocracy
66.
What type of "money system" did Ancient Egypt use?
a)
trade & barter
b)
coins
c)
paper money
67.
Egypt was mostly an/a _____________ -based economy.
a)
agricultural
b)
mechanical
c)
suburban
d)
mining

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