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6th BJU Terms Quiz 3.1 Egypt

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

ancient kingdoms & later a modern country in northeastern Africa

(a)  

2.
Which is the longest river in the world?
a)
Nile River
b)
Yellow River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Amazon River
3.

a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer water to storage basins

a)

pyramid

b)

cataract

c)

delta

d)

shadoof

4.

a fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea

a)

delta

b)

cataract

c)

pyramid

d)

shadoof

5.

A ​ (a)   is a device used to ​ (b)   the Nile's ​ (c)   levels.​

Choose from the below words
nilometer
measure
water
silt
6.

a line of rulers from one family

a)

shadoof

b)

dynasty

c)

theocracy

d)

pharaoh

7.

a ruler of ancient Egypt

a)

bureaucrat

b)

pharaoh

c)

theocracy

d)

dynasty

8.

a stone tomb used for an Egyptian pharaoh

a)

cataract

b)

embalming

c)

shadoof

d)

pyramid

9.

largest of the 3 Giza pyramids; built for the pharaoh Khufu

a)

Great Pyramid

b)

Giant Pyramid

c)

Colossal Pyramid

d)

Bruh Pyramid

10.

(a)   is paper made from the stems of the papyrus plant.

11.

a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols

a)

bureaucrat

b)

pyramid

c)

theocracy

d)

hieroglyphics

12.

ancient rock stele/monument carved with Egyptian hieroglyphics, Greek, and another script & used as a key to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics

a)

Stonehenge

b)

Standard of Ur

c)

Papyrus

d)

Rosetta Stone

13.

Jean-Francois Champollion was an Egyptologist who translated the hieroglyphics on the (a)   Stone in 1822.

14.

A mummy is a dead (a)   that has been preserved from decaying.

15.

A canopic (a)   is a special container for organs of a dead body.

16.

a large coffin, often made of stone

a)

papyrus

b)

canopic jars

c)

sarcophagus

d)

Nile River