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Ancient Egypt Formative Review Quizizz

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which body of water does the Nile River flow into?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Red Sea
2.
What were pyramids?
a)

a place to store food surplus

b)
prisons
c)
tombs for pharaohs
d)
tombs for nobles
3.
What is Egyptian writing called?
a)
cuneiform
b)
hieroglyphic
c)
characters
d)
Sanskrit
4.
What was the most common form of religious practice in Ancient Egypt?
a)
hieroglyphics
b)
polytheism
c)
mythology
d)
monotheism
5.
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?
a)
slaves
b)
pharaoh
c)
priests
d)
scribes
6.
Polytheism is the belief in 
a)
One God
b)
Multiple Gods
c)
No God
d)

one god on even days, multiple gods on odd days

7.
Pyramids are built to 
a)
for worshipping the Gods
b)
to look strong and cool to other nations
c)
be a tomb for the Pharaoh
d)
to give farmers jobs when not farming
8.
Egypt is on what Continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
9.
What is a dynasty?
a)
a collection of queens
b)
a collection of kingdoms
c)
series of rulers from different families
d)
series of rulers from the same family
10.
What is the famous river in Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
11.
Who would write and record information?
a)
slaves
b)
scribes
c)
farmers
d)
craftspeople
12.

How did the Nile River benefit Egyptians? (select all that apply)

a)

fresh drinking water

b)

floods destroyed homes and crops

c)

floods provided silt

d)

papyrus grew near the river

e)

a waterway for transportation

13.

How did Egyptians get water to their crops?

a)

Plow

b)

Chariot

c)

Wagon

d)

Irrigation

14.

Egypt is surrounded by desert, what is a benefit of this?

a)

The temperature is warm

b)

The sand is soft

c)

Protection

d)

Easy to navigate

15.

An Egyptian king. Also known as a living God.

a)

Nomad

b)

Ruler

c)

Pharoah

d)

Vizier

16.

Which of these is the correct order of Egyptian Society from highest to lowest?

a)

farmers, artisans, priests, scribes

b)

priests scribes artisans farmers

c)

scribes, priests, artisans farmers

d)

artisans, priests, farmers scribes

17.

In Ancient Egypt the _________ was both head of the government and religious life.

a)

general

b)

king

c)

pharaoh

d)

pope

18.

One of the reasons for the success of early civilizations such as those in Egypt and Mesopotamia was because

a)

they formed democratcailly elected governmnets

b)

they were able to find ways to make stone tools

c)

they were geographically protected from outside invaders

d)

they used rivers and bodies of water for food and trade

19.

In ancient Egypt, this word was used to describe a series of rulers who shared a common family

a)

clan

b)

tribe

c)

dynasty

d)

kingdom

20.
Land around the Nile delta is known as...
a)
Upper Egypt
b)
Lower Egypt
c)
savannas
d)
Memphis
21.
This is what the river is called when it fans out into the sea
a)
The Delta
b)
The Smelta
c)
The Red Sea
d)
The Euphrates
22.
What is Ancient Egypt surrounded by?
a)
deserts
b)
desserts
c)
rivers
d)
oceans
23.

The largest group of Egyptian society was made up of

a)

farmers and workers

b)

artisans and merchants

c)

scribes and traders

d)

soldiers and nobles

24.

The ancient Egyptians believed that their pharaohs were...

a)

unfair and cruel

b)

gods in human form

c)

greedy and selfish

d)

the best rulers in the whole wide world

25.

Pyramids were...

a)

houses of worship

b)

large forts

c)

tombs for pharaohs

d)

grain for storehouses

26.

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

a)

nobles

b)

peasants

c)

celebrities

d)

slaves

27.

What is the Rosetta Stone

a)

a pretty piece of art found in an ancient tomb

b)

a stone slab discovered in 1799 that was inscribed with hieroglyphics and their Greek meanings

c)

the place where the Pilgrims landed in the New World

d)

a tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top

28.

The Nile River did all of the following for the Egyptians, except…

a)

provide several natural resources for the population.

b)

provide food and water for the people of Egypt.

c)

provide protection from invaders.

d)

provide transportation through the kingdom.

29.

This group of people made up about 80% of the population of Egypt.

a)

Nobles & warriors

b)

Priests & Scribes

c)

Artisans & craftsmen

d)

Peasants & slaves

30.
The Nile flows from...
a)
north to south
b)
east to west
c)
south to north
31.
The north of the river, where the Nile meets the Mediterranean Sea, is called
a)
Nile delta
b)
mouth of the Nile
c)
Giza delta
32.
Which of the following best describes the flooding of the Nile River?
a)
Flooding happened every year about the same time and was predictable
b)
Flooding happened twice a year
c)
Flooding was extremely unpredictable
d)
Flooding never occurred in ancient Egypt
33.
A fine dark soil left behind after the flooding of the Nile.
a)
Silt
b)
Sand
c)
Papyrus
d)
Salt
34.

Why was preserving the body so important in ancient Egyptian culture?

a)

Disease would spread if their bodies decomposed.

b)

No one knows the real reasons.

c)

They believed they returned to their bodies in the afterlife.

d)

They believed their bodies were a tribute to god.

35.

In order to overcome death, Egyptians believed that they needed to

a)

pay tribute to the Pharaoh in gold and grain.

b)

preserve their bodies in the afterlife .

c)

burn their bodies in the temple to become smoke.

d)

have their bodies buried beside the Nile.

36.
Which of the following beliefs was  central to Egyptian religion?
a)
the afterlife
b)
the pyramids
c)
the pharaohs
d)
the heavens
37.
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, etc.....?
a)
Tombs were museums.
b)
Tombs were private storage for the pharaoh.
c)
Tombs were the safest place in the kingdom.
d)
They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.
38.

What form did the gods and goddesses of the Ancient Egyptians typically take?

a)

Plants

b)

Humans

c)

Animals

d)

Elements

39.
The souls of the dead needed their ___________ or they would not survive in the afterlife.
a)
possessions they had enjoyed in life 
b)
friends
c)
medicine
d)
mummies and daddies
40.
Many gods were shown as humans with ___________ heads.
a)
animal
b)
mummy 
c)
banana
d)
two
41.

Which of the following helped protect Ancient Egyptians from attacks and invasions by other civilizations?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

The Deserts

c)

The Flood Plains

d)

The Pharaoh