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WorksheetsSouthwest Asia/Egypt
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What major city in Southwest Asia is located on two continents?
Bagdad
Jerusalem
Istanbul
What is the capital of Israel and home to three major religions. Islam, Christianity, and Judaism?
Mecca
Jordan
Jerusalem
Identify the holy city where Muslims go each year to practice and share their Islamic religion.
mecca
Jerusalem
Jordan
Egypt like other major settlements began along the banks of what river?
Trinity
Amazon
Nile
The Nile River flows from Lake Victoria into what major body of water?
Lake Victoria
Lake Charles
Mediterranean Sea
Egyptians used symbols for writing called what for telling their stories.
hieroglyphics
alphabet
Morse code
During Egypt’s time of rule there was segregation between the rich and poor.
True
False
Egypt created paper for writing from a reed called what?
Trees
Papyrus
paper
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
False
True
Egypt was protected from invaders how?
The Nile River flooded every year
it was surrounded by natural barriers; desert, mountains, and the sea
it was an island
The Nile was important to the Egyptians for two main reasons:
agriculture & transportation
swimming & bathing
fishing & water-skiing
The flooding of the Nile River is known as
inundation
emergence
drought
Egyptian farmers used irrigation to:
water their crops
make the soil more fertile
control flood waters
Transportation on the Nile was important to the Egyptian civilization because:
it encouraged trade
it linked all Egyptians
both a and b
a member of a people who have no fixed residence, but move from place to place in Egypt *
Nomad
migrant
Gypsy
loose sedimentary material with rock particles deposited by a river.
Silt
Delta
Mud
The preserving bodies of the dead by embalming, then wrapping them in linen. *
afterlife
Mummification.
Death
All pyramids had to have a entrance, to align with what?
Full moon
Big dipper
North Star
