Fill in the blanks.

1. ________ united Upper and Lower Egypt in 3200 BCE.
2. ________ is a kind of wheat, which was the principal crop of ancient Egypt.
3. Egyptians learnt the use of metals from the ________.
4. ________ was the Egyptian god of the afterworld.
5. The ________ are the most remarkable constructions of ancient Egypt.
6. ________ and ________ are the two flowing scripts of the early Egyptians.

Tick the sentences that are true. correct the others.

1. The Egyptians considered the pharaoh to be a human god.
2. The Nile flooded from March to May each year.
3. The early Egyptians domesticated the horse.
4. The Egyptians made linen out of the cotton plant.
5. The Egyptians wrote on clay tablets.
6. The Egyptians used the solar calendar.

Multiple choice questions.

1. Egypt was called 'the gift of the Nile' by:
   1. Herodotus
   2. Thucydides
   3. Socrates 
   4. Aristotle
2. The Egyptian civilisation ended with the death of:
   1. Menes
   2. Tutankhamen
   3. Nefertiti
   4. Cleopatra
3. The name of the moon god was:
   1. Ra
   2. Thoth
   3. Horus
   4. Anubis
4. The Number of days set aside each year by the ancient Egyptians for celebrations was:
   1. 3
   2. 4
   3. 5
   4. 6

Match the following.

Why is Egypt known as the gift of the Nile?