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Example. #3 Which of the following
best describes how Egyptian
civilization developed?
2. Write out the letter and the answer.
Example: B. Farms grew into villages
and then cities. Circle your
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Ancient Egypt
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. The Nile River Valley was well suited for settlement. Which of the following statements supports this
fact?
a. The geography supported various desert plants and birds.
b. The geography included many areas for hunters to hunt widely.
c. The geography included areas for farming.
d. The geography helped to unify the country.
2. The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called
a. Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
c. Eastern Egypt and Western Egypt.
b. Mesopotamia.
d. Nubia and Cairo.
3. Which of the following best describes how Egyptian civilization developed?
a. Villages replaced towns.
c. Cities broke off into scattered farms.
b. Farms grew into villages and then cities. d. Farms replaced cities and then pyramids.
4. Besides providing a stable food diet, what other advantage did Egypt’s location provide for early
Egyptians?
a. It had temples in which to worship.
b. It had Sumerian artwork to use as decoration.
c. It had natural barriers to protect against invaders.
d. It had two dynasties to celebrate religious traditions.
5. Which of the following best defines dynasty?
a. a collection of queens
c. series of rulers from different families
b. a collection of kingdoms
d. series of rulers from the same family
6. The first pharaoh built a new capital city at the southern tip of the Nile Delta called
a. Nekhen.
c. Pe.
b. Memphis.
d. Sinai.
7. The first pharaoh and rulers after him wore a double crown to symbolize
a. that the Nile River flowed two ways.
b. that both farming and herding were important.
c. their joint rule with their respective queens.
d. their rule over both Upper and Lower Egypt.
8. Who would the people of Egypt blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?
a. the farmers whose small villages were unclean
b. the mummies whose ka was disturbed
c. the pharaoh who was both ruler and god
d. the dynasty that was in power
9. Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?
a. the afterlife
c. the pharaohs
b. the pyramids
d. the heavens
10. Which statement best describes the burial practices of Egyptians?
a. Egyptians preserved bodies as mummies.
b. Egyptians carried their dead to neighboring countries.
c. Egyptians used a funeral pyre for their dead.
d. Egyptians buried their dead in the river.
11. Who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt to begin the New Kingdom?
a. Ozti
c. Ahmose of Thebes
b. Ramses the Great
d. Queen Hatshepsut
____ 12. What factor contributed most to the growth of trade in the New Kingdom?
a. Egypt’s defeat of the Sinai Peninsula
c. Egypt’s conquest of distant lands
b. Egypt’s creation of an army
d. Egypt’s creation of the pyramids
____ 13. What job employed the most people in Egypt?
a. merchant
c. scribe
b. farmer
d. architect
____ 14. Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs?
a. King Tutankhamen
c. Ramses the Great
b. Ahmose of Thebes
d. Queen Hatshepsut
PRACTICING SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS
Study the map below and answer the question that follows.
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Which area was probably the largest source of gold for the Egyptians?
a. Mycenae
c. the Western desert
b. the Nubian desert
d. the Euphrates River
Completion
Complete each statement.
16. The southern part of Ancient Egypt was called ____________________. (Lower Egypt/Upper Egypt)
17. Branches of the Nile fanned out to form a ____________________, a triangle-shaped area of soil
deposited by a river. (delta/cataract)
18. Egyptians believed that a person’s ____________________ left the body and became a spirit after death.
(sarcophagus/ka)
19. The Egyptians began to build pyramids during the ____________________. (Old Kingdom/Middle
Kingdom)
20. The ____________________ helped historians understand hieroglyphics. (Rosetta Stone/Temple of
Karnak)
Matching
Match each item with the correct statement.
a. papyrus
b. Khufu
c. King Ezana
d. imports
e. Piankhi
f. hieroglyph
g. engineering
h. pyramids
i. empire
j. Queen Hatshepsut
k. Middle Kingdom
l. cataracts
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hieroglyphics
pharaoh
sphinx
nobles
mummies
Menes
merchants
trade network
Pyramids of Giza
obelisk
contracts
Egypt’s first pharaoh
Steep rapids along a river
Pharaoh best known for monuments built to him and buried in The Great Pyramid
People from rich and powerful families
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
The formal writing of ancient Egypt which used pictures and symbols
A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds
A tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top
Traders who buy and sell goods
What Egypt became after it conquered Nubia and Syria
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Identify the following:
31. This monument is called a :
A. Cartouche
B. Sarcophagus
C. Obelisk
D. Sphinx
32. This Item is a:
A. Cartouche
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B. Sarcophagus
C. Obelisk
D. Sphinx
33. This statue is:
A. an Obelisk
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B. Ra
C. Sphinx
D. Sarcophagus
34. These buildings are:
A. The Valley of the Kings
C. The Great Pyramids of Giza
B. The Sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun
D. The Monuments to Queen Hatshepsut
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The map below has letters on it to shoe the location of certain places in The Nile River Valley. Put the
letters in the blanks next to the correct names of these places.
1D
35. Upper Egypt _________
D
B
A
36. Lower Egypt _________
1C
37. Memphis ________
38. Thebes _________
39. Valley of the Kings ________
40. The Pyramids of Giza ________
41. Mediterranean Sea _________
42. Red Sea _________
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Put the correct letter or double letter in the blank by the correct level of the social pyramid.
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Artisans
Farmers
Government officials
Merchants
1A. Pharaoh
1B. Scribes
1C. Slaves
1D. Soldiers
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