Test Your Knowledge About Ancient Egyptian Civilization! Quiz

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    During the Old Stone Age, how did people get their food?

    • Hunting and Gathering
    • Going to Mr. King's House
    • Trading
    • Herding animals
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  • 2. 

    What is the major difference between the Old Stone age and the New Stone age?

    • Importance of oral stories

    • The exploration of the New World

    • Hunting alone

    • The beginning of farming

    Correct Answer
    A. The beginning of farming
  • 3. 

    Why did the ancient Egyptian civilization begin on the banks of the Nile River?

    • Egyptians loved to swim

    • Fish are easy to catch if you are a mummy

    • Regular flooding resulted in rich soil for farming

    • This was their homeland and the place they loved

    Correct Answer
    A. Regular flooding resulted in rich soil for farming
  • 4. 

    Mesopotamia was located on the land between

    • The Nile and Euphrates Rivers

    • The Tigris and Euphrates rivers

    • Red sea and Nile River

    • Nile and Tigris Rivers

    Correct Answer
    A. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  • 5. 

    Which was the 1st Written set of laws?

    • Mr. Matti's classroom rules

    • The 10 commandments

    • Hammurabi's code

    • The Ziggurat

    Correct Answer
    A. Hammurabi's code
  • 6. 

    Characteristics that civilizations share are

    • Government, language, and specialized jobs

    • Good soil, farms, and smal families

    • Fresh water, irrigation and schools

    • Trading and nomadic citizens

    Correct Answer
    A. Government, language, and specialized jobs
  • 7. 

    Having a surplus of food was a factor that led to...

    • A rise in nomadic life

    • Rise of the small farmer

    • Ms Goulette's love of animals

    • Rapid population growth

    Correct Answer
    A. Rapid population growth
  • 8. 

    One important advantage of the Phoenician alphabet was

    • It was only for scribes

    • All learned to read and write with symbols

    • It used only 1,000 symbols

    • It was easier than Cuneiform

    Correct Answer
    A. It was easier than Cuneiform
  • 9. 

    Why did the Phoenicians become a wealthy sea power?

    • Scaring competitors with tales of ocean monsters

    • Conquering the Persians

    • Defeating enemies using the battering ram

    • Trading purple dye and cedar wood

    Correct Answer
    A. Trading purple dye and cedar wood
  • 10. 

    Egyptian Pharaohs governed their empire

    • With the help of governors elected by citizens

    • By maintaining absolute power over the people

    • By establishing a democracy

    • By asking Ms. Goulette and Mrs. Lint for help

    Correct Answer
    A. By maintaining absolute power over the people
  • 11. 

    In ancient Egypt, a very important religious practice was to

    • Prepare the dead for the afterlife

    • Worship the pharaoh's children

    • Worship one god

    • Travel to the Nile river for a swim

    Correct Answer
    A. Prepare the dead for the afterlife
  • 12. 

    Where did the writing first develop?

    • Sumer

    • Assyria

    • Phoenicia

    • Canaan

    Correct Answer
    A. Sumer

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