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Unit 3 Egypt

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following products did Egypt acquire MAINLY through trade?

a)

bricks

b)

luxury goods

c)

papyrus

d)

wheat

2.

What is Polytheism?

a)

Lots of Gods

b)

When people believe in gods

c)

The belief in many Gods and Goddesses

3.

Which of these inventions was MOST important to the development of agriculture in early civilizations?

a)

Sewers

b)

Irrigation

c)

Bricks

d)

Bronze

4.

In Mesopotamia and Egypt, agriculture developed MAINLY because people learned to

a)

Manage river flooding

b)

Read and write

c)

trade goods with one another

d)

build ships

5.

Which of the following BEST explains the importance of the annual flooding of the Nile River?

a)

It left fresh soil in Lower Egypt

b)

It carried ships from Central Africa to the sea

c)

It provided drinking water once a year

d)

It kept invaders out of Egypt

6.

How did religion influence Egyptian society?

a)

The gods ran the government

b)

They were not connected at all

c)

Religion and government were one and the same or Priests were government officials or The pharaoh was a god.

d)

Everyone worshipped the Pharaoh

7.

Which material did ancient Egypt have to acquire through trade?

a)

Wood

b)

Papyrus

c)

bricks

d)

stone

8.

How did the Rosetta Stone help historians?

a)

It provided a key to Egyptian hieroglyphics.

b)

It had a map of where to find the Egyptian pharaohs' tombs.

c)

It had the only picture of Ramses the Great.

d)

It covered the tomb of King Tut

9.

What do the contents of King Tutankhamen’s tomb tell us about ancient Egypt?

a)

The tomb tells us that they liked gold

b)

The tomb tells us how the Egyptians lived, and shows what food, games, and personal items Egyptians had and what they wanted to bring to the afterlife.

c)

The tomb tells us that King tut was poor

d)

The tomb tells us that they had an afterlife

10.

Why did Egyptians develop a standard system of weights and measurements?

a)

They developed standard systems of weight to ensure fair trading, and measurements to build tombs and monuments accurately.

b)

They used measurements to build tombs and monuments accurately.

c)

They developed standard systems of weight to ensure fair trading

11.

Many early civilizations, such as Mesopotamia and Egypt, developed near which of the following resources?

a)

Caves

b)

Trade Routs

c)

Oceans

d)

Rivers