Geography
Inventions
Nature
Architecture
REALLY HARD QUESTIONS
100
Which continent was ancient Egypt located?
a. Asia
b. Africa
c. South America
b. Africa
100
What plant did the Egyptians use to make paper?
a. flax
b. papyrus
c. grass
b. papyrus
100
What happened since the Nile River flooded once a year leaving fertile soil along its banks?
a. Ancient Egyptian farmers invented an irrigation system
b. Ancient Egyptians made baskets and pottery to store and trade their goods
c. The ancient Egyptians grew a large variety of plants for food and to trade.
c. The ancient Egyptians grew a large variety of plants for food and to trade.
100
I want to check out a book on Egyptian architecture. What book should I check out?
a. Sundials
b. The Great Wall
c. Pyramids
c. Pyramids
100
What's 1+1
2
200
Most of Egyptians land was -
a. rainforest
b. desert
c. mountains
b. desert
200
What is the name of the written language the Egyptians used?
a. papyrus
b. characters
c. hieroglyphics
c. hieroglyphics
200
What happened when the ancient Egyptian farmers needed to move water inland to the dry land?
a. Ancient Egyptian farmers invented an irrigation system.
b. Ancient Egyptians made baskets and pottery to store and trade their goods.
c. The ancient Egyptians grew a large variety of plants for food and to trade.
a. Ancient Egyptian farmers invented an irrigation system.
200
Why were the pyramids built?
a. to throw parties
b. as tombs for the kings and queens
c. to hide from enemies
b. as tombs for the kings and queens
200
What fast food restaurant sells Big Macs?
McDonalds
300
Which continent is Africa on?
2
300
What is one invention from ancient Egypt that we still use today?
a. light bulb
b. fireworks
c. 365-day calendar
c. 365-day calendar
300
What did the Egyptians do when the land around the Nile produced bountiful harvests of food and resources?
a. Ancient Egyptian farmers invented an irrigation system.
b. Ancient Egyptians made baskets and pottery to store and trade their goods.
c. The ancient Egyptians grew a large variety of plants for food and to trade.
b. Ancient Egyptians made baskets and pottery to store and trade their goods.
300
What is architecture?
a. the act of giving or doing something
b. the written language of the ancient Egyptians
c. the design of buildings
c. the design of buildings
300
What's the next holiday coming up?
Indigenous People Day - October 10th
Halloween - October 31
400
How did the Nile River help the ancient Egyptians make a calendar?
a. Ancient Egyptians measured a year by the rise and flood of the Nile.
b. Ancient Egyptians measures a day by the speed of the Nile River waters.
c. Ancient Egyptians floated sundials down the Nile River.
a. Ancient Egyptians measured a year by the rise and flood of the Nile.
400
Where did the ancient Egyptians trade their goods?
a. In west Africa
b. In the Atlas Mountains
c. Along the Mediterranean coast
c. Along the Mediterranean coast
400
Which is NOT a reason the Nile River was important to ancient Egyptians?
a. rich farming soil
b. water for drinking and bathing
c. fish to eat
d. wet sand to build the pyramids
d. wet sand to build the pyramids
400
The act of giving or doing something is called -
a. a contribution
b. architecture
c. a good
a. a contribution
400
What did the ocean say to the sea?
Nothing. It just waved.
500
From small medium to largest, explain how the size of ancient Egypt changed throughout time.
where Egypt began is the smallest, medium sized today, and largest at its peak (in the middle)
500
Which THREE ancient Egyptian inventions help tell time?
a. water clock
b. obelisk
c. hieroglyphics
d. 365-day calendar
e. papyrus paper
a. water clock
b. obelisk
d. 365-day calendar
500
What type of climate does Egypt have?
a. snowy
b. sunny
c. rainy
d. windy
b. sunny
500
What did the irrigation system help the ancient Egyptians with?
a. move water inland for farming
b. build better pyramids
c. fish in the rivers and seas
a. move water inland for farming
500
What number am I thinking of?
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