Ancient Egypt Formative Assessment

Ancient Egyptian civilization developed along the ________________ River.

• Nile

• Yellow

• Tigris

• Euphrates

What are the rocky rapids that made it difficult for ships to pass through the river?

• delta

• valley

• mountains

• cataracts

What geographic feature is the main part of the picture?

• delta

• valley

• moutains

• cataracts

Egyptian farmers learned how to trap the flood waters and this led to a _________ of food, or more than what was actually needed.

• surplus

• deficit

An Egyptian became a pharaoh because they were part of a __________, or ruling family.

• communism

• socialism

• oligarchy

• dynasty

The Nile delta could be found in what area of Egypt?

• Upper Egypt

• Lower Egypt

Egyptian society was defined by a social hierarchy pyramid that had __________ at the top and ____________ at the bottom.

• slaves, pharaohs

• pharaohs, slaves

• artisans, nobles

• slaves, priests

Egyptians believed in multiple gods. The term for this is _____________________.

• monotheism

• atheism

• agnosticism

• polytheism

Kush and Egypt relied on each other for certain goods like gold and grains to help their own civilizations grow and develop. Which term below best describes this relationship?

• social hierarchy

• mummification

• oligarchy

• economic interdependence

What was the main purpose of mummification?

• make sure the pharaohs bodies could fit into tombs located in the Nile River

• because the God Anubis was created to protect mummies

• preserve the pharaohs' bodies for the afterlife

• to use up the excess toilet paper