Ancient Egypt Assessment

Last updated almost 6 years ago

20 questions

Ancient Egypt Assessment

Last updated almost 6 years ago

20 questions

Question 1

Cataracts are ___ located in a river.

A  dams 

B  waterfalls

C  islands 

D  whirlpools  

Question 2

How did cataracts affect life along the Nile River?

A  They created a giant marshy area at the end of the Nile.  

B  They allowed farmers to create complicated irrigation systems.  

C  They blocked trade by land routes  

D  They protected Egypt from invasion by people who lived in Africa.  

Question 3

In ancient times, Lower Egypt was located in the north and Upper Egypt was located in the south because:

A  the elevation of the land was lower in the north

B  Lower Egypt had to be located closer to the Red Sea  

C  boats could travel down the Nile but not up it  

D  the Egyptians had different directions than we do today  

Question 4

The Nile empties into this body of water

A  Mediterranean Sea 

B  Nubia 

C  Sahara 

D  Ethiopia 

Question 5

Desert that protected Egypt from invasion

A  Victoria 

B  Sahara 

C  Red Sea 

D  Mediterranean Sea 

Question 6

Place where a river separates into many streams

A  Red Sea 

B   Ethiopia 

C  Delta 

D  Victoria 

Question 7

The Egyptians used the papyrus plant to make:

A  clocks  

B  dams 

C  clothing  

D   paper 

Question 8

Egypt is a desert. The ancient Egyptians had fertile soil to plant in because:

A  the Egyptians used fertilizers to make the soil fertile  

B  the Egyptians practiced irrigation  

C  the flood water brought fertile soil with it  

D  the dams were opened to moisten the soil  

Question 9

The Egyptian ruler was referred to by which one of the following names?

A  king 

B  emperor 

C  caesar 

D  pharaoh  

Question 10

10.

Ancient Egypt had a _____ as its type of government.

A  monarchy  

B  dictatorship 

C  democracy 

D Theocracy

Question 11

11.

The Egyptians believed in a continuation of life after death. Which of one of the following words means the continuation of life after death?

A  afterlife  

B  heaven 

C  underworld  

D  reincarnation  

Question 12

12.

How was the brain removed from the body?

A  By making an incision with a blade in the left side of the face  

B  By inserting a hook up through the nose  

C  By pulling it out of the eye sockets  

D  By drilling a hole through the skull  

Question 13

13.

Egyptian pyramids were built for:

A  priests  

B  pharaohs  

C  all Egyptians  

D  pharaohs, members of the royal family, priests, government leaders, and scribes  

Question 14

14.

The three most famous Egyptian pyramids are located at:

A  Thebes  

B  Giza 

C  Saqqara 

D  Luxor  

Question 15

15.

An Egyptian sphinx has:

A  body of a human and the head of a falcon  

B  body of a lion and the head of a human  

C  body of a jackal and the head of a pharaoh  

D  body of a bird and the head of a human  

Question 16

16.

What was the importance of the Rosetta Stone?

A  It contains the only surviving text of the Book of the Dead.  

B  It lists the names of the important pharaohs of Egypt.  

C  It allowed historians to translate Egyptian writing. 

D  It contains all of the laws of the Code of Hammurabi.  

Question 17

17.

The Egyptians wrote in which one of the following languages?

A  Cuneiform  

B  Pictographs 

C  Egyptian 

D  Hieroglyphics 

Question 18

18.

How many times in one year does the Nile flood ?

A 5 times 

B 2 times

C 3 times

D 1 time

Question 19

19.

Egypt is on the continent of ____________.

A North America 

B South America

C Africa

D Antarctica

Question 20

20.

Who built the pyramids?

A Pharaohs

B Slaves

C Lower class citizens

D Aliens