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Egyptian History

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What major river flows through Egypt?

a)

Nile

b)

Mississippi

c)

Amazon

d)

Wisconsin

2.

What did historians use to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics?

a)

Rosetta Stone

b)

Dictionary

c)

Thesaurus

d)

We never learned to translate them

3.

Which one of these Pharaohs was a women pretending to be a man?

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Khufu

c)

Menes

d)

Ramses II

4.

Which kingdom was south of Egypt?

a)

Kush

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Greece

d)

Hyksos

5.

What do we call a good that is traded TO another place?

a)

Export

b)

Import

c)

Papyrus

d)

Theocracy

6.

What made the Nile Delta a great place to start a civilization?

a)

Rich soil

b)

Abundant wildlife

c)

Natural protections

d)

All of the answers

7.

Why were the deserts surrounding Egypt a good thing for Egyptian civilization?

a)

They offered natural protection

b)

They had a lot of important foods

c)

That's where the gods lived

d)

They were not a good thing

8.

What made scribes so important in Egyptian society?

a)

They were in charge of religious writings

b)

They were in charge of religious ceremonies

c)

They were the heads of the religion

d)

They were next in line to become Pharaoh

9.

Which of the following is NOT a right that Egyptian women had?

a)

They could marry multiple people

b)

They could divorce their husband

c)

They could own a business

d)

They could write contracts

10.

What natural resources were near Meroe (Check all that are correct)?

a)

Forests

b)

Iron

c)

Bronze

d)

Pottery

11.

Egyptian and Kush culture had a lot in common, such as:

a)

They both considered their ruler to be a god

b)

They wrote with the same language

c)

They both commonly had queens in charge

d)

They built similar houses

12.

What major body of water borders Egypt on the North?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Nile River

c)

Red Sea

d)

Atlantic Ocean

13.

What major body of water borders Egypt on the East?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Persian Gulf

d)

Euphrates River

14.

Where is Upper Egypt located?

a)

The southern half of Egypt

b)

The northern half of Egypt

c)

The Sinai Peninsula

d)

Mesopotamia

15.

What is the Nile Delta?

a)

The triangular area where the Nile meets the Sea

b)

The current ruler of Egypt

c)

The name of Egypt's unbeaten army

d)

The name Egypt called the food that grew near the Nile