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Ancient Egypt

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

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.
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

5.
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
6.
Egypt is on what Continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
7.
What is the famous river in Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
8.

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

9.

How did Egyptians get water to their crops?

a)

Plow

b)

Chariot

c)

Wagon

d)

Irrigation

10.
Why do Pharaos get mummified?
a)
So their body doesn't decay
b)

So they can be put on display

c)

Because they wanted to be like Otzi

d)
To prepare them for the afterlife
11.

Why did Egyptians build pyramids?

a)

They loved triangles and pizza

b)

They buried their Pharaohs and Queens in the pyramids

c)

Pyramids were easy to build

d)

To copy Mesopotamian Ziggurats

12.

What does polytheistic mean?

a)

believe in 1 god

b)

believe in Allah

c)

belief in many gods

13.

A triangle-shaped area of land made of soil that is deposited at the mouth of a river.

a)

silt

b)

delta

c)

cataract

d)

waterfall

14.

What were the rulers of Egypt called?

a)

Kings

b)

Emperors

c)

Presidents

d)

Pharaohs

15.

What was Egypts economy based on?

a)

making mummies

b)

building pyramids

c)

farming and fishing

d)

gold

16.

Egyptians invented the first type of paper, known as

a)

paper

b)

papyrus

c)

scroll

d)

cloth

17.

What is the name of the huge lion/human statue built next to the great pyramids?

a)

Tut

b)

Khudufu

c)

papyrus

d)

Sphinx

18.
Egypt is on what Continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
19.
Who would write and record information?
a)
slaves
b)
scribes
c)
farmers
d)
craftspeople
20.

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