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6th Grade World History review on ancient Egypt
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What Egyptian invention is shown in this picture?
Mummification
Hieroglyphics
Shadoof
Pyramid
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Who runs the Egyptian government?
The priests
The people
The vizier
The pharaoh
3
How does the Nile differ from the Tigris and Euphrates
It provides silt for farming
It flows North to South
It flows South to North
It is a source of fresh water
4
What BEST explains why a pharaoh had absolute power?
He was a king
He made the laws
He had control of the army
He was a god
5
What is the name of the Egyptians writing system?
Cuneiform
English
Hieroglyphics
Sanskrit
6
What did the Egyptians use to position their buildings?
The pyramids
The Nile River
The deserts
The stars
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How did the Egyptians view their pharaoh?
As a priest
As a warrior
As a general
As a god
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How did the Egyptians view the afterlife?
They didn't believe in one
Better than normal life
They feared it
As a place of pain and suffering
9
What word BEST describes Egyptian religion?
They did not have religion
monotheistic
polytheistic
atheistic
10
Which of the following is NOT a natural barrier of Egypt?
The cataracts
The Nile River
The delta
The Mediterranean Sea
11
How did the Nile help the Egyptians keep records?
The god of the Nile taught them to write
The papyrus plant grew along the Nile
They used clay from the Nile to write on
The Nile gave them the idea for Hieroglyphics
12
Why did the Egyptians build pyramids?
As punishments for the slaves
As tombs for common people
As tombs for the pharaoh
To show off to he rest of the world
13
Which jobs made up the largest group of people in Egypt?
Slaves and Servants
Artisans
Priests
Farmers and Herders
14
Why did the Egyptians preserve bodies?
So they could keep the bodies of their family forever
So they could have mummies
So they had something to put into the pyramids
So the soul had somewhere to come back to
15
Why is Upper Egypt located in the south?
Because of the floods
Because of the way the Nile flows
Because the Egyptians did not have compasses
Because of the cataracts
16
What can we conclude from this picture?
The Egyptians were excellent farmers
The Egyptians knew how to make mudbrick
The Egyptians made contact with aliens
The Egyptians believed in an afterlife
17
Why was there very little crime in ancient Egypt?
Egypt had a strong police force
They were so poor that there wasn't anything to steal
People were afraid of the harsh punishments
Crime made it harder to enter the afterlife
18
What are cataracts?
An area of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
Dangerous waterfalls and rapids
Fan shaped area at the mouth of a river
A body of fresh water
19
How did the Nile's floods differ from those in Mesopotamia?
The Nile's floods were predictable and less dangerous
The Nile's floods were unpredictable and more dangerous
The Nile's floods did not deposit silt
The Nile did not flood
20
What does the picture represent?
Preparation for war
Tax collecting
The use of a shadoof
The embalming process
21
What Egyptian invention allowed them to preserve dead bodies?
embalming
surgery
the shadoof
the pyramid
22
What type of government did ancient Egypt have?
Republic
Democracy
Monarchy/Theocracy
Oligarchy
23
Why were hieroglyphics important to the Egyptians?
They helped build pyramids
They were pretty pictures
They helped the people specialize
It allowed them to keep records
24
How did the Nile River help the Egyptians create a calendar?
The Nile's waters change color with he weather
The god of the Nile told them what to do
Trick question, the Nile did not help them
It floods on a regular schedule that became the seasons
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How did the Nile River help Egypt?
All answers are correct
The delta and cataracts provided protection
It provided fresh water and silt
It helped with trade and transportation
