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WorksheetsQuiz History of North Africa
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 41mins
A government based on religion is a ___.
Democracy
Tyranny
Theocracy
Dictatorship
A ___ was an all-powerful ruler in Egypt.
pharaoh
king
Sh'a
Maharaja
The ___ were the third group of people to rule Egypt.
Greeks
Romans
Persians
Pharaohs
Arab invaders brought their ___, ____, and ___ to North Africa
religion, language, trading
language, culture, fishing techniques
culture, language, climate
language, religion, culture
The ____ were the first to rule Egypt.
Greeks
Romans
Persians
Pharaohs
The Berbers were an ___ group of people from North West Africa.
igneous
indigenous
egalitarian
independent
True or false: Pan-Arabism is the idea that all Arabic-speaking people should unite into one country.
True
False
The ___ were the second group of people to rule Egypt.
Greeks
Romans
Persians
Pharaohs
Check all that are correct: Egyptian beliefs about funeral traditions included
the belief in an afterlife.
their bodies being preserved as mummies.
controlling t he flood waters every year.
to be buried with objects for the afterlife.
Arabs changed North Africa when they
controlled trade routs and resources.
brought their culture, built mosques, and founded trading centers.
built mosques and founded trading centers.
collected debts from surrounding kingdoms and controlled resources.
Ancient Egypt's writing system is known as _____.
symbols and images
Hiragana
Hieroglyphics
Cyrillic
A mummy is a body that has been ___ so it will not ___.
preserved, jam.
congealed, decompose.
frozen, decompose.
preserved, decompose.
Thanks to papyrus and hieroglyphics we can _______.
draw like an Egyptian.
write fancy letters.
learn about ancient Egypt.
learn about ancient China.
Central government control made it easier to manage the river because __________.
they could tell many people what to do.
they could tax all the people and make a party.
they could build canals for land far away.
they could defend the river from their enemies.
During the Arab conquest, the first group of invading people to go into Egypt was ___.
the Arab army
the Arab merchants
the Arab religious leaders
the Arab migrants
Check all correct answers: "Ancient Egypt's government used the Nile's water for ____."
fishing
irrigation
flood control
gathering
After the Arab conquest the second group of Arab people to go into Egypt were ____.
the Arab army
the Arab merchants
the Arab religious leaders
the Arab migrants
After the Arab conquest, the fourth group or Arab people to go into Egypt were ___.
the Arab army
the Arab merchants
the Arab religious leaders
the Arab migrants
After the Arab conquest, the third group of Arab people to go into Egypt were ____.
the Arab army
the Arab merchants
the Arab religious leaders
the Arab migrants
When we say ancient Egypt was a "cultural hearth" we mean to say _____.
that it was one of the places in the world where human civilization began.
that it was the only place where human civilization began.
that it was the place where all religions began.
that it was one of the places in the world where there was water to survive.
