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Quiz History of North Africa

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A government based on religion is a ___.

a)

Democracy

b)

Tyranny

c)

Theocracy

d)

Dictatorship

2.

A ___ was an all-powerful ruler in Egypt.

a)

pharaoh

b)

king

c)

Sh'a

d)

Maharaja

3.

The ___ were the third group of people to rule Egypt.

a)

Greeks

b)

Romans

c)

Persians

d)

Pharaohs

4.

Arab invaders brought their ___, ____, and ___ to North Africa

a)

religion, language, trading

b)

language, culture, fishing techniques

c)

culture, language, climate

d)

language, religion, culture

5.

The ____ were the first to rule Egypt.

a)

Greeks

b)

Romans

c)

Persians

d)

Pharaohs

6.

The Berbers were an ___ group of people from North West Africa.

a)

igneous

b)

indigenous

c)

egalitarian

d)

independent

7.

True or false: Pan-Arabism is the idea that all Arabic-speaking people should unite into one country.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The ___ were the second group of people to rule Egypt.

a)

Greeks

b)

Romans

c)

Persians

d)

Pharaohs

9.

Check all that are correct: Egyptian beliefs about funeral traditions included

a)

the belief in an afterlife.

b)

their bodies being preserved as mummies.

c)

controlling t he flood waters every year.

d)

to be buried with objects for the afterlife.

10.

Arabs changed North Africa when they

a)

controlled trade routs and resources.

b)

brought their culture, built mosques, and founded trading centers.

c)

built mosques and founded trading centers.

d)

collected debts from surrounding kingdoms and controlled resources.

11.

Ancient Egypt's writing system is known as _____.

a)

symbols and images

b)

Hiragana

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Cyrillic

12.

A mummy is a body that has been ___ so it will not ___.

a)

preserved, jam.

b)

congealed, decompose.

c)

frozen, decompose.

d)

preserved, decompose.

13.

Thanks to papyrus and hieroglyphics we can _______.

a)

draw like an Egyptian.

b)

write fancy letters.

c)

learn about ancient Egypt.

d)

learn about ancient China.

14.

Central government control made it easier to manage the river because __________.

a)

they could tell many people what to do.

b)

they could tax all the people and make a party.

c)

they could build canals for land far away.

d)

they could defend the river from their enemies.

15.

During the Arab conquest, the first group of invading people to go into Egypt was ___.

a)

the Arab army

b)

the Arab merchants

c)

the Arab religious leaders

d)

the Arab migrants

16.

Check all correct answers: "Ancient Egypt's government used the Nile's water for ____."

a)

fishing

b)

irrigation

c)

flood control

d)

gathering

17.

After the Arab conquest the second group of Arab people to go into Egypt were ____.

a)

the Arab army

b)

the Arab merchants

c)

the Arab religious leaders

d)

the Arab migrants

18.

After the Arab conquest, the fourth group or Arab people to go into Egypt were ___.

a)

the Arab army

b)

the Arab merchants

c)

the Arab religious leaders

d)

the Arab migrants

19.

After the Arab conquest, the third group of Arab people to go into Egypt were ____.

a)

the Arab army

b)

the Arab merchants

c)

the Arab religious leaders

d)

the Arab migrants

20.

When we say ancient Egypt was a "cultural hearth" we mean to say _____.

a)

that it was one of the places in the world where human civilization began.

b)

that it was the only place where human civilization began.

c)

that it was the place where all religions began.

d)

that it was one of the places in the world where there was water to survive.