3rd Grade Ancient Egypt Flashcards

1

What did the floods do to the soil?

Made it thicker
Washed it away
Enriched it
Made it thinner

2

Egypt is located on the continent of:

Africa
North America
Asia
Europe

3

How did the Nile River change each spring?

It changed direction.
It flooded.
It almost dried up.
It grew longer and longer.

4

What is the important river in Egypt?

Nile
Mile
Mississippi
Nike

5

What major body of water was used for trading?

Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
None of the above
Pacific Ocean

6

Pyramids were made from millions of:

stone blocks
mummies
mud bricks
papyrus leaves

7

What is the land like if you aren't by the Nile River?

oceans
mountains
tundra
deserts

8

Ancient writing in Egypt was called

Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Egypto-write
symbolglyphs

9

The pyramids were really:

palaces
temples
burial places
stores

10

Which type of clocks did Ancient Egyptians use?

water
land
sun
wind

11

An imaginary creature with the body of a lion and the head of a person is called:

a Sphynx
a Pharaoh
Just Make Believe
a Nile Statue

12

What geographic feature had the most influence on ancient Egypt?

The Pacific Ocean
The Huang He River
The Atlantic Ocean
The Nile River

13

Where did the earliest civilizations of ancient Egypt develop?

Next to early Mesopotamia in the west Mountains
Along the Nile
On the coast of the Atlantic
Near the center of Africa

14

Egyptian paper is made from:

Plastic
Barley
Human Hair
Papyrus plants

15

The Egyptians are famous for these big buildings:

Pyramids
Zigurrats
Monuments
Skyscrapers

3rd Grade Ancient Egypt

Questions 15

3rd Grade Ancient Egypt

Questions 15