History of North Africa

How were the rulers of Ancient Egypt called?

• pharaohs

• kings

• emperors

Historians know so much about ancient Egypt because of books they found inside the pharaohs’ tombs.

• True

• False

Historians know about ancient Egypt from hieroglyphics, which used pictures to represent sounds or words.

• True

• False

The Egyptians practiced _____, which is the belief in many gods.

• polytheism

• animism

• atheism

• monotheism

What were hieroglyphics?

• spices burned for religious ceremonies

• equipment used to build pyramids

• pictures that represented sounds or words

• ancient Muslim political and religious leaders

What ancient city fought three wars with the Roman Empire for control of much of North Africa?

• Cairo

• Carthage

• Tunis

• Algiers

The religion of _____ was founded on the Arabian Peninsula by the prophet Muhammad in A.D. 632.

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Judaism

• Islam

The Berbers and Egyptians were linked to the Muslim world in the A.D. 1000s by ____.

• trade with the Roman Empire

• the power of the caliphs

• the Arabic language and Islamic learning

• the pharaoh's desire for more territory

The Ottoman Empire, based in modern _____, captured parts of North Africa in the 1500s.

• Morocco

• Libya

• Tunisia

• Turkey

In the early 1900s, ______ seized control of Libya.

• Italy

• France

• Spain