ANCIENT EGYPT
Chapter 2 Quiz
1. Approximately, how many miles long is the Nile River?
a. 400
b. 4000
c. 5000
d. 40000
2. A form of Egyptian writing.
a. Cuneiform
b. Script
c. Cursive
d. Hieroglyphic
3. What direction does the Nile flow?
a. North
b. South
c. East
d. West
4. How many kingdoms were in Ancient Egypt?
a. 3
b. 31
c. 13
d. 5
5. Rapids formed by narrow cliffs and boulders.
a. Shallows
b. Cataracts
c. Delta
d. Marsh
6. Started the first Egyptian dynasty.
a. Re
b. King Tut
c. Narmer
d. Amhose III
7. Plant used to write on.
a. Lilac
b. Papyrus
c. Silk
d. Kemet
8. Who is in the upper class of Egyptian society?
a. Slaves
b. Merchants
c. Artisans
d. Priests
9. What two rivers made the Nile?
a. Tigris and Euphrates
b. Blue and White Nile
c. Red and White Nile
d. Tigris and the White Nile
10. Nubia, in the south of Egypt was later named what?
a. Sudan
b. Cairo
c. Meroe
d. Kush
11. What tomb was found perfectly preserved and untouched by time?
a. Narmer/Menes
b. King Tut
c. Queen Nefertiti
d. Amhose III
12. A layer of dark, fertile mud that was left over after the Nile River went down.
a. Silt
b. Delta
c. Kemet
d. Residue
13. Which was NOT and invention of the Egyptians.
a. Papyrus
b. Hieroglyphics
c. Wheel
d. The development of geometry
14. What were the first two kingdoms united in Egypt?
a. Blue and White
b. Red and White
c. Upper and Lower
d. North and the South
15. Approximately how many dynasties were in Ancient Egypt?
a. 31
b. 3
c. 15
d. 25
16. Pharaoh means…
a. Great Leader
b. Great Pyramid
c. King
d. Great House
17. What was the name of the main Egyptian god.
a. Re
b. Anon
c. Sumer
d. Aton
18. What direction did the entrance to the pyramids face?
a. North
b. East
c. South
d. West
19. Approximately how tall is the biggest pyramid in Gaza?
a. 5000 feet
b. 500 feet
c. 4000 feet
d. 400 feet
20. Who was the Great Pyramid built for?
a. King Tut
b. King Amhose
c. King Khufu
d. Queen Nefertiti
21. Who was the king of Kush that took control of Egypt?
a. Anon
b. Narmer
c. Kashta
d. Napata
22. What was the name of the people who overtook the Kushites and drove them back
to their homeland?
a. Sumerians
b. Babylonians
c. Axum
d. Assyrians
23. What city became the capital of the Middle Kingdom?
a. Meroe
b. Cairo
c. Thebes
d. Gaza
24. What was NOT an advantage the Hyksos used to defeat the Egyptians?
a. Horse-drawn chariots
b. Bronze Weapons
c. Invention of the gun
d. Iron Weapons
25. What is the name of the period in which Egypt reached the height of its power and
glory?
a. Old Kingdom
b. New Kingdom
c. Middle Kingdom
d. Gold Kingdom
26. Which was NOT a nation that conquered Egypt during the period between 900
B.C. and 670 B.C.?
a. Libyans,
b. Kush
c. Assyrians
d. Babylonians
27. Nubia arose in the region of present day…
a. Sudan
b. Ethiopia
c. Jordan
d. Sumeria
28. Kush’s capital was moved from Napata to…
a. Gaza
b. Meroe
c. Cairo
d. Jordan
29. What Egyptian ruler invaded Nubia?
a. King Tut
b. Howard Carter
c. Ahmose
d. Thutmose III
30. The Egyptians made advancements in mathematics, which included a system
based on the number…
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40
31. What kingdom were most of the bigger pyramids built?
a. Old Kingdom
b. New Kingdom
c. Middle Kingdom
d. Gold Kingdom
32. What was west of the Nile River?
a. Red Sea
b. Sahara Desert
c. Dead Sea
d. Tigris River
33. What was to the east of the Nile River?
a. Red Sea
b. Sahara Desert
c. Eastern Desert
d. Pacific Ocean
34. Approximately how many inches of rain fall a year does Egypt receive?
a. 10-15
b. 2-4
c. 30-40
d. 20-30
35. The method of getting a body ready for burial.
a. Embalming
b. Fertilizing
c. Preserving
d. Laminating