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Ancient Africa - Egypt and the Nile River

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a delta?

a)

A mountain range

b)

A plain at the mouth of a river

c)

A desert

d)

A type of soil

2.

Look at the map of Egypt. Which region is located in the south of Egypt?

a)

Lower Egypt

b)

Upper Egypt

c)

Western Desert

d)

Eastern Desert

3.

What is a dynasty?

a)

A) A type of god

b)

B) Succession of rulers from the same family

c)

C) The title given to ancient Egyptian kings

d)

D) A period of famine

4.

What is a pharaoh?

a)

The title given to ancient Egyptian kings

b)

The god of the afterworld

c)

The king of the gods

d)

The goddess of healing

5.

The Great Sphinx was built to protect the Great Pyramid.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

There is some evidence that the farmers and workers who built the pyramids were slaves.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

According to the passage, what did most historians believe workers used to move stones during the construction of the pyramids in Egypt?

a)

Horses and carts

b)

Sleds and logs

c)

Trucks

d)

Cranes

8.

What was the original height of the Great Pyramid at Giza?

a)

449 ft

b)

481 ft

c)

400 ft

d)

500 ft

9.

Who had the first pyramid built for him by his vizier/architect/doctor Imhotep?

a)

Khufu

b)

Djoser

c)

Menkaura

d)

Thutmose III

10.

A regent is an adult who rules in the place of a ruler who is a child, inherited a kingdom too young, is absent, or is disabled.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Who ruled as regent for Thutmose III when he was a child?

a)

Imhotep

b)

Hatshepsut

c)

Menkaura

d)

Khufu

12.

Who was the pharaoh before King Tut who tried to replace the Egyptian gods with monotheism?

a)

Ramses II

b)

Akhenaten

c)

Cleopatra

d)

Amenhotep III

13.

Who was considered one of the most beautiful queens of Egypt and was the wife of Akhenaten?

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Hatshepsut

c)

Nefertiti

d)

Nefertari

14.

Who was Ramses the Great?

a)

A) A famous artist

b)

B) A great warrior and ruler of Egypt

c)

C) An enemy of the Hittites

d)

D) A modern-day archaeologist

15.

How long did Ramses the Great reign?

a)

10 years

b)

66 years

c)

100 years

d)

5 years

16.

Papyrus plants like to grow near marshy riverbanks because they need a lot of water.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Why did Egyptians write in hieroglyphics on papyrus?

a)

To decorate their homes

b)

To communicate across their empire and keep records of their history and achievements

c)

To make clothes

d)

To build houses

18.

The oldest papyrus scroll has been linked to the reign of which Pharaoh?

a)

Tutankhamun

b)

Khufu

c)

Ramses II

d)

Akhenaten

19.

Papyrus was also popular in which of the following regions?

a)

Ancient Greece

b)

Rome

c)

Various Arabic regions

d)

All of the above

20.

Before 2700 BCE: Who united the Upper and Lower Egyptian Kingdoms?

a)

King Tutankhamun

b)

King Menes

c)

Cleopatra

d)

Ramses II

21.

When was the Kingdom of Kush at its most powerful?

a)

3000 BCE to 2500 BCE

b)

2000 BCE to 1500 BCE

c)

1000 BCE to 500 BCE

d)

500 BCE to 1 CE

22.

Which river was the Kingdom of Kush located on?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Nile River

c)

Tigris River

d)

Euphrates River