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1. 1.

   In Egyptian civilisation, who was at the top most place in the social structure and how was he looked upon as?

2. 2.

   Write the names of the periods of the ancient Egypt with their dates.

3. 3.

   Tick (√) the correct option.

   1. ______________ is a stepped pyramid on top of which the main temple was built.
      1. Marduk
      2. Ziggurat
      3. Dykes
      4. Memphis
   2. The greatest achievement of the Egyptians in the field of astronomy was ______________.
      1. The Sphinx
      2. The Great Pyramid
      3. mummies
      4. solar calendar
   3. The rock-cut temple of Abu Simbel was built by ______________.
      1. Rameses II
      2. Qin Shi Huang
      3. Pharoah Cheops
      4. King Nebuchadnezzar II
   4. ______________ became the pharoah in the New kingdom.
      1. Queen Nefertiti
      2. Queen Hatshepsut
      3. Remeses II
      4. Hammurabi
   5. The Chinese invented ______________ to record earthquakes.
      1. seismograph
      2. radiograph
      3. pictograph
      4. autograph
4. 4.

   Fill in the blanks.

   1. The land between the rivers ______________ and ______________ was called Mesopotamia.
   2. Mesopotamians were the first to develop ______________ and ______________.
   3. The Egyptians counted years by observing the ______________ star.
   4. The Chinese civilisation grew up in the valleys of three rivers - ______________, ______________ and ______________.
   5. The Great Wall of China was built by ______________.
5. 5.

   Write True or False.

   1. Early river valley civilisations were also called Bronze Age Civilizations.
   2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon was built by King Akhenaten.
   3. The Great Sphinx of Giza is 500 feet long and 66 feet high.
   4. The script of the ancient Egyptians is known as the Hieroglyphic script.
   5. River Huang He is also called the Yellow River.
6. 6.

   Match the columns.

   Column A	Column B
   a. The Great Wall of China	i. Age of Pyramids
   b. Chinese civilisation	ii. Stylus
   c. Cuneiform	iii. John Milton
   d. Old Kingdom	iv. Huang He
   e. Paradise Lost	v. 8,850 km long