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Egypt

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How were canals used by ancient Egyptians?
a)
food storage system
b)
funeral rituals
c)
religious festivals
d)
irrigation systems
2.
Which body of water does the Nile River flow into?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Red Sea
3.
Which of the following was NOT part of the mummification process?
a)
burning the body on a raft on the Nile river
b)
placing the vital organs in canopic jars
c)
rubbing the body with natron salts
d)
wrapping the body in strips of linen cloth
4.
Where were the richest farming areas in Egypt found?
a)
in the great basin
b)
in the delta
c)
near the cataracts
d)
on the west bank
5.
What were pyramids?
a)
temples to the gods
b)
prisons
c)
tombs for pharaohs
d)
tombs for nobles
6.

What is Egyptian writing called?

a)

cuneiform

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

characters

d)

Sanskrit

7.
What was the most common form of religious practice in Ancient Egypt?
a)
hieroglyphics
b)
polytheism
c)
mythology
d)
monotheism
8.
Why was the discovery of King Tut’s tomb important?
a)
It held the key to understanding hieroglyphics.
b)
It taught historians a lot about Egyptian burial rituals.
c)
It helped save the economy of modern day Egypt.
d)
It taught us a lot about the longest ruling pharaoh in Egypt’s history.
9.
Why was the Rosetta Stone an important discovery?
a)
It was written in Sumerian and Greek and allowed historians to translate cuneiform.
b)
It was written in Phoenician and Greek and allowed historians to translate the Phoenician alphabet.
c)
It was written in Hebrew and Greek and allowed historians to translate the Hebrew language.
d)
It was written in hieroglyphics and Greek and allowed historians to translate hieroglyphics.
10.
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?
a)
slaves
b)
pharaoh
c)
priests
d)
scribes
11.
What vital organ did the Egyptians believe had to be weighed after death?
a)
intestines
b)
heart
c)
stomach
d)
liver
12.
Which geographic feature did NOT provide protection to the Egyptians?
a)
mountains
b)
desert
c)
delta
d)
cataracts
13.

Name given to the fertile land on the banks of the Nile used for growing crops.

a)

Red Land

b)

Blue Land

c)

Black Land

d)

Fertile Crescent

14.

What name is given to the northern section of Egypt along the Mediterranean Sea and Nile Delta?

a)

Lower Egypt

b)

Middle Egypt

c)

Upper Egypt

d)

Nubia

15.

A dynasty is a family of rulers whose right to rule is passed down through heredity.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

A form of government that unites different territories and peoples under a single ruler.

a)

City-state

b)

Kingdom

c)

Empire

17.

What protected Egypt from constant invaders?

a)

Deserts and seas

b)

The Himalayas

c)

The Great Wall

d)

Zagros Mountains

18.

During the mummification process, brains were extracted through the nostrils and organs were stored in canopic jars.

a)

True

b)

False

19.
Egypt is located on the continent of _______.
a)
North America
b)
Australia 
c)
Africa 
20.
The Sphinx looks like it has ______.
a)
A lion's body and a dog's head.
b)
A lion's body and a man's head
c)
A tiger's body with feathers 
21.
What is the famous river in Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
22.
The process of preserving a body for the afterlife
a)
Cremation
b)
Mummification
c)
Autopsy
d)
Surgery
23.

What was an achievement of Egypt ?

a)

papyrus

b)

pharaohs

c)

Egypt

d)

cuneiform

24.

What was a contribution of Egypt?

a)

Pyramids

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Polytheism

d)

Hinduism

25.

The people who made up the biggest part of the social hierarchy pyramid had...

a)

Most of the power

b)

A great deal of power

c)

Some power

d)

Least amount of power

26.
How were canals used by ancient Egyptians?
a)
food storage system
b)
funeral rituals
c)
religious festivals
d)
irrigation systems
27.
Where were the richest farming areas in Egypt found?
a)
in the great basin
b)
in the delta
c)
near the cataracts
d)
on the west bank
28.
What did Egyptians study to learn about magic spells and the afterlife?
a)
Book of the Pharaohs
b)
movements of the sun
c)
Book of the Dead
d)
moon and the stars
29.
The king of ancient Egypt was called a _____.
a)
King
b)
Sphinx
c)
Pharaoh 
30.
The important river in Egypt is called the ______. 
a)
Nile
b)
Jordan
c)
Tigris
31.
The person who's tomb told us a lot about ancient Egypt was _________. 
a)
Tutankhamen (King Tut)
b)
Queen Carter
c)
King Ramses
32.
The first woman pharaoh was named ________. 
a)
Tut
b)
Hatshepsut
c)
Tigris 
33.
What plant did the Egyptians use to make paper? 
a)
Flax
b)
Cotton
c)
Papyrus
d)
Palm
34.
Which is an invention from ancient Egypt that we still use today? 
a)
Light bulb
b)
365-day calendar
c)
Loin cloth
35.
Which is the most famous Egyptian architecture? 
a)
Eiffel Tower
b)
Pyramids
c)
Statue of Liberty 
36.
Most of ancient Egypt's land was...?
a)
mountains
b)
desert
c)
rainforest
d)
ice
37.
What is one reason the Nile River was important to the Egyptians? 
a)
Rich farming soil
b)
Sand to help build Pyramids
c)
Boat rides 

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