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Ancient Egypt
Post Test Review
Cause: ___________________________
Effect: Egypt was called “The Gift of
the Nile”.
Which of the following best completes the blank in
the Cause statement above?
A. Egypt had many great rulers.
B. Egypt had a mild climate.
C. The Nile River flowed from south to north.
D. The Nile River brought life to Egypt.
Which of the following best defines
delta?
A. a series of rulers
B. a triangle shaped area of land
C. a series of rough rapids
D. a ruler of a great house
Main idea: The Nile River Valley was well suited
for development.
Which of the following statements best supports the main
idea above?
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.
How did cataracts both help and harm ancient
Egypt?
A. Cataracts protected the people of Egypt but imprisoned
their religious leaders.
B. Cataracts protected Egypt from invaders but prevented
sailing on parts of the river.
C. Cataracts allowed farming to flourish but prevented
animal domestication.
D. Cataracts allowed fishing to flourish but prevented
farming from occurring.
How did Egyptian farmers water their crops?
A. The watered their crops only when the Nile flooded.
B. They used aqueducts.
C. They developed an irrigation system.
D. There wasn’t much farming done in Egypt.
Which of the following best defines nobles?
A. powerful traders from neighboring countries
B. powerful scribes who wrote laws
C. powerful artisans of the kingdom
D. people from rich and powerful families
Which of the following beliefs was
central to Egyptian religion?
A. the pyramids
B. the afterlife
C. the pharaohs were gods
D. there were many gods
Whose tomb taught us much about
Egyptian burial practices and beliefs?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pharaoh Menes
Ramses the Great
King Tutankhamen
Queen Hatshepsut
What job employed the most people in
Egypt?
A. farmer
B. scribe
C. architect
D. merchant
Why did the Egyptians build their
pyramids to be grand and spectacular?
A. because they reflected the pharaoh’s importance
B. because they reflected the sun god’s importance
C. because they reflected the architect’s importance
D. because they reflected the priests’ importance
Which of the following is not a feature you
might find inside an Egyptian pyramid?
A. hieroglyphics
B. paintings
C. sphinxes
D. sarcophagus
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry
and other treasures?
A. The tombs served as museums.
B. The tombs were private storage rooms of the pharaoh.
C. Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the
kingdom.
D. Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in
the afterlife.
On an Egyptian burial mask, gold
symbolized…
A. victory and blood
B. purity and wealth
C. the flesh of the gods
D. life and health
Which statement best describes the Rosetta
Stone?
A. It provided clues to the tomb of Ramses II.
B. It provided clues to King Tut’s tomb.
C. It provided information about The Book of the Dead.
D. It provided a Greek text that matched the early
Egyptian writing.
When we studied Mesopotamia, we learned about an
ancient writing system called cuneiform. The system
of writing used by the ancient Egyptians is called…
A. Coptic
B. hieroglyphics
C. pictographs
D. pharaonic Egyptian
Egyptian paper is made from a reed plant
that grows along the Nile called…
A. linen
B. flax
C. barley
D. papyrus
What was one of the purposes of the
Egyptian burial mask?
A. to enhance the spells the priest chanted
B. to scare away tomb robbers
C. to hide the mummy’s true identity
D. to allow the Ba and Ka to recognize the mummy
Which set of rules do the Hebrews
follow?
A. The Ten Commandments
B. The Rules of Polytheism
C. The Law of Moses
D. The Code of Hammurabi
This group of craftsmen was very skilled, yet
their status was low on the social pyramid.
A. artisans
B. scribes
C. peasants
D. farmers
Which statement is not true about
Moses?
A. He escaped death as an infant when Seti I ordered all
newborn Israelite males be killed.
B. He led The Exodus of Israelites out of Egypt.
C. He received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.
D. The Ark of the Covenant that he built was to prepare for
the great flood.
Main idea: Khufu’s Great Pyramid was an
amazing feat of engineering.
Write 2 facts that support this main idea.