Name: __________________________ Date:

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I. Multiple Choice:

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write the letter before the number. (1pt
each)

_____1) The Middle East was dominantly occupied by who?

a. Indians b. Muslims c. Arab d. Pakistani

_____2) What do the people in Middle East greatly value of?

a. Science b. Science Experiments c. Farming d. Hunting

_____3) Who is the persian polymath whose famous works are mathematics, geography, and
astronomy?

a. Muhammad Ali Jinnah c. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

b. Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi d. Muhammad ibn Musa al-
Khwarizmi

_____4) What is the arabic term for algorithm or algebra?

a. al-jaber c. al-jabbawockeez
b. al-jabr waʾl-muqābala d. al-jabr

_____5) Who is the Arab who is famous for his contribution on astronomy and mathematics?

a. Hasan ibn Hasan c. Hasan Ibn al-Haytham

b. Hasan ibn Ali d. Ḥ asan ibn ʿAli ibn Abī Ṭ ālib

_____6) What do Optics study the properties of?

a. Sound b. Vision c. Light d. Speed

_____7) A type of camera that has no lens, except a tiny aperture and a light-proof box with a
small hole in one side.

a. Camera Obscura b. Plate Camera c. Daguerreotype Camera d. Pinhole

Camera

_____8) Who is the 9th-century Ethiopian goatherd who discovered coffee when he noticed
how excited his goats became after eating the beans from a coffee plant?

a. Kalbo b. Kuri c. Kalkidan d. Khalid

_____9) What era are the Natufian people from?

 a. Neolithic b. Bronze Age c. Epipaleolithic d. Lower Paleolithic

_____10) How many cataracts does the Nile have?

a. 5 b. 1 c. 7 d. 6

II. Identification

Directions: Write the word(s) before the number of the correct answer. (1pt
each)

______1) It is an invention by the Egyptians that works by using the shadow cast by
the sun during the day at various times/angles.

______2) The term when the empire was divided into 42 administrative jurisdictions;
for each jurisdiction the pharaoh appointed an official who was responsible for justice
and security.

______3) These services were conducted by Egyptians around 5th millennium BC. with
tools they had fashioned from oyster shells or polished stone.

______4) Invented by the Egyptians, they had developed and utilized a form of water
management during the ancient times.

III. Essay

Directions: Answer the following questions. (2-4 sentences) (2pts each)

1) How did the Nile River help the Egyptians during the ancient times? Give 2 and
discuss briefly.

2) What is a Basin Irrigation and how does it work?

3) What are the inventions of the Egyptians and how did it affect the world today? Give
3 inventions and discuss briefly