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WorksheetsTopic 3 Review - Egypt
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which river runs through the center of Egypt and "gives life" to the Egyptian society?
The Nile River
The Yellow River
The Euphrates River
The Delaware River
The Nile River flows through Central Africa into Northern Africa where it empties into which large body of water?
The Indian Ocean
The Red Sea
The Mediterranean Sea
The Black Sea
Due to its rich, dark soil the Egyptians called their country "Kemet" which means ________?
The Grey Soil
The Land of Midnight
The Red Land
The Black Land
Most of Egypt's farmland is located in lower Egypt due to an area of sediment rich soil deposited at the mouth of the Nile River? What is the feature of land called?
The Nile Delta
Cataracts
Upstream
Desert
Which of the following is the definition for the term "Pharaoh?"
The people whose job was to learn to read and write hieroglyphics
The nickname of the Nile River
The name of the Egyptian god of the Sun
the king or ruler of Egypt
Which happened FIRST in Egyptian history?
The Old Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom
What was a major challenge faced by Pharaoh's of the Middle Kingdom?
significant flooding of the Nile
Invasion from the Greeks
Civil War with the Kingdom of Kush
Egyptian religion was considered "polytheistic" - What does this mean?
They worshipped many gods / goddesses
They worshiped a single, all powerful god.
They did not believe in gods/goddesses.
How were Egyptian Gods/Goddess most often depicted (shown?)
As a mix of animal and human forms
As normal humans
As pure elements of natures such as fire or wind.
Which occurred as a result of Egyptian beliefs in the afterlife?
They made daily offerings of food and clothing to the gods
They developed a method called embalming which preserved bodies as mummies.
Only priests were allowed to say daily prayers.
Ramses II (The Great) was a famous pharaoh of which time period?
The Old Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom
In Egypt, the people trained to read and write hieroglyphics were called ________________?
Scribes
Priests
Authors
Egyptians are credited with creating one of the earliest types of paper. What was this paper like material called?
Loose Leaf
Pharaoh
Papyrus
Platypus
Which statement is TRUE about the Egyptian pyramids?
The pyramids are solid rock with no interior chambers/rooms.
The pyramids are made of mud brick.
The pyramids were built to serve as tombs for Pharaohs
All Egyptian pyramids collapsed before the modern era, but we know they existed thanks to written records.
True OR False: The Ancient Egyptians developed a solar calendar that was 365 days long.
True
False
