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Southwest Asia/Egypt

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What major city in Southwest Asia is located on two continents?

a)

Bagdad

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Istanbul

2.

What is the capital of Israel and home to three major religions. Islam, Christianity, and Judaism?

a)

Mecca

b)

Jordan

c)

Jerusalem

3.

Identify the holy city where Muslims go each year to practice and share their Islamic religion.

a)

mecca

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Jordan

4.

Egypt like other major settlements began along the banks of what river?

a)

Trinity

b)

Amazon

c)

Nile

5.

The Nile River flows from Lake Victoria into what major body of water?

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Lake Charles

c)

Mediterranean Sea

6.

Egyptians used symbols for writing called what for telling their stories.

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

alphabet

c)

Morse code

7.

During Egypt’s time of rule there was segregation between the rich and poor.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Egypt created paper for writing from a reed called what?

a)

Trees

b)

Papyrus

c)

paper

9.

During the rainy season the Nile River floods the area and soil from the river allows farmers to have fertile soil to grow their crops

a)

False

b)

True

10.

Egypt was protected from invaders how?

a)

The Nile River flooded every year

b)

it was surrounded by natural barriers; desert, mountains, and the sea

c)

it was an island

11.

The Nile was important to the Egyptians for two main reasons:

a)

agriculture & transportation

b)

swimming & bathing

c)

fishing & water-skiing

12.

The flooding of the Nile River is known as

a)

inundation

b)

emergence

c)

drought

13.

Egyptian farmers used irrigation to:

a)

water their crops

b)

make the soil more fertile

c)

control flood waters

14.

Transportation on the Nile was important to the Egyptian civilization because:

a)

it encouraged trade

b)

it linked all Egyptians

c)

both a and b

15.

a member of a people who have no fixed residence, but move from place to place in Egypt *

a)

Nomad

b)

migrant

c)

Gypsy

16.

loose sedimentary material with rock particles deposited by a river.

a)

Silt

b)

Delta

c)

Mud

17.

The preserving bodies of the dead by embalming, then wrapping them in linen. *

a)

afterlife

b)

Mummification.

c)

Death

18.

All pyramids had to have a entrance, to align with what?

a)

Full moon

b)

Big dipper

c)

North Star