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Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Most parts of Ancient Egypt is made up of?

a)

River Nile

b)

Forest

c)

Desert

d)

Red Sea

2.

What or who was Menes?

a)

an Egyptian leader who united both upper and lower Egypt into one kingdom

b)

Abraham Lincoln's great-great grandfather

c)

a triangle shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river

d)

A famous ruler of England

3.

What is the name for people from rich and powerful families?

a)

nobles

b)

peasants

c)

celebrities

d)

slaves

4.

What do we call huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that meet at a top point?

a)

deltas

b)

pyramids

c)

mummies

d)

the Death Star

5.

What is a trade route?

a)

paths used only by horses

b)

a row of buildings with stores and tents

c)

paths followed by traders

d)

there is no such thing

6.

What are hieroglyphics?

a)

Egyptian writing system, one of the world's first, which used symbols

b)

a form of cursive handwriting

c)

ancient artifacts

d)

items found in old burial grounds

7.

What is a huge ancient Egyptian statue of an imaginary creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion?

a)

hieroglyphic

b)

Rosetta Stone

c)

obelisk

d)

sphinx

8.

Who was at the BOTTOM of Egyptian Social Structure?

a)

Peasants

b)

Pharaohs

c)

Farmers

d)

Priests

9.

What is the river that was vital to the development of Egypt?

a)

Togress

b)

Euphtates

c)

Nile

d)

Amazon

10.

The Nile River never floods.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Why did people choose to settle near the Nile River?

a)

They needed a supply of water

b)

To wash their clothing

c)

There was more clay in the soil to build homes

d)

Yearly floods cause the land to be nutrient-rich, which was perfect for growing crops

12.

Select the name of a famous female Pharoah that ruled during Ancient Egypt.

a)

Bastet

b)

Osiris

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Cleopatra

13.

Which of these duties were not performed by the Pharoah

a)

Farm crops

b)

Make laws

c)

Collect taxes

d)

Defend Egypt against foreigners

14.

What famous pharoah was known as the "boy king" and whose tomb was famously discovered to be untouched by tomb raiders?

a)

Akhenaten

b)

Ramses II

c)

King Tutankhamen

d)

Kufu

15.

What was the name of the burial box that mummies were laid to rest in?

a)

Casket

b)

Sarcophagus

c)

Coffin

d)

Chest

16.

Which of the following did Sparta and Athens have in common?

a)

Both Favored Democracy

b)

Both were dominated by their military

c)

Both were Greek city-states

d)

They fought on the same side in the Peloponnesian Wars

17.

What were two regions conquered by Alexander the Great?

a)

Egypt and Persia

b)

China and Egypt

c)

Persia and China

d)

Macedonia and Germany

18.

Which great leader is most closely associated with the spread of Hellenistic civilization?

a)

Augustus Caesar

b)

Chandra Gupta

c)

King Phillip II of Macedonia

d)

Alexander the Great

19.

Greek cities had a(n) ________, a massive marketplace that was the center of trade and government.

a)

Acropolis

b)

Coliseum

c)

Palace

d)

Agora