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WorksheetsEgyptian civilization
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 18mins
What's the area of Egypt?
549.633
432.990
386.900
278.956
What is the capital city of Egypt?
Dubai
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Cairo
The word Kemet means
Yellow land
Black land
"All Egypt is the gift of Nile" is given by
Herodotus
Socrates
Napolean
Who made this Pyramid
Khufu
Khafre
Zoser
Amon Ra was considered as
God of death
God of sun
God of evil
What is the name of the region formed by the Nile Delta?
Lower Egypt
Nubia
The Red Land
Upper Egypt
What did Egyptians believed they needed to do in order to overcome death like Osiris?
burn their bodies in the temple
have their bodies buried in the waters of the Nile
pay tribute to the pharaoh in gold and grain
preserve their bodies for the afterlife
Who was the first pharaoh and leader who united the Kingdoms of Egypt?
Hatshepsut
Menes
Ramses II
Seth
One effect of growing surplus crops in ancient Egypt was that...
more people wanted to be farmers.
farmers grew different types of crops.
people could specialize in different jobs.
the price of crops began to decrease.
Ancient Egyptians modified their environment by building...
irrigation ditches to bring water from the Nile to their fields.
bridges to easily cross the Nile at its widest point.
tall fences to separate one farm from another.
large wading pools to cool off during the hot summer months.
Which option identifies the location of Upper Egypt and the reason for the name?
4; Upper Egypt was a distant region with access to Red Sea trade routes.
3; Upper Egypt was a mountain area closer to the Nile River source.
2; Upper Egypt was a crowded area near the Nile River delta.
1; Upper Egypt was a distant region with access to Red Sea trade routes.
True or False: The Nile River was important to the development of papyrus.
True
False
Ancient Egypt's writing system was called
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
Latin
Greek
What were the pyramids in Egypt used as?
Homes
Government builidngs
Religious buildings
Tombs
What evidence do we have of Ancient Egypt's belief of an afterlife?
Hieroglyphics, papyrus and the Rosetta Stone
Their worship of many gods
Burial rituals, mummies and pyramids
Development of medical expertise
What is a theocracy?
Rule by the people
Rule by a small group of people
Rule by a person who is both a political & a religious leader
Rule by an absolute monarch
Which ancient civilization used Hieroglyphics as their form of writing?
Chinese
Egyptians
Mesopotamians
Aztecs
One of the reasons for the success of early civilizations such as those in Egypt and Mesopotamia was because
they formed democratically elected governments.
they were able to find ways to make stone tools.
they were protected from outside invaders by mountains.
they used rivers and bodies of water for food and for trade.
Which ancient civilization lived near the Nile River?
Mesopotamians
Phoenicians
Egyptians
Mayans
What term means king of ancient Egypt?
Artisan
Commerce
Interdependence
Pharaoh
Meroitic Script
