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Egypt - Quiz
Contributed by: Herbert
  • 1. What does the Ancient Egyptian name 'Kemet' (km.t) literally mean?
A) River
B) Black
C) Fertile
D) Red
  • 2. What does the term 'deshret' (dšṛt) refer to in Ancient Egypt?
A) The Nile riverbank
B) Red land of the desert
C) Black soil of the floodplain
D) The capital city
  • 3. Which sea borders Egypt to the north?
A) Black Sea
B) Arabian Sea
C) Red Sea
D) Mediterranean Sea
  • 4. What is the capital city of Egypt?
A) Cairo
B) Giza
C) Luxor
D) Alexandria
  • 5. What is the approximate population of Egypt?
A) Over 200 million
B) Over 50 million
C) Over 80 million
D) Over 107 million
  • 6. In which continent is the majority of Egypt located?
A) South America
B) Europe
C) Africa
D) Asia
  • 7. Which country borders Egypt to the west?
A) Tunisia
B) Sudan
C) Libya
D) Algeria
  • 8. What is the second-largest city in Egypt?
A) Alexandria
B) Cairo
C) Aswan
D) Luxor
  • 9. When did Egypt become part of the Ottoman Empire?
A) 1867
B) 1922
C) 1517
D) 1500
  • 10. What is the official language of Egypt?
A) Arabic
B) English
C) Egyptian
D) French
  • 11. Which religion is the official religion of Egypt?
A) Buddhism
B) Judaism
C) Christianity
D) Islam
  • 12. When did Egypt gain independence as a monarchy?
A) 1952
B) 1945
C) 1914
D) 1922
  • 13. Who was the ruler that established modern Egypt as an autonomous Khedivate?
A) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
B) Mohamed Morsi
C) Muhammad Ali
D) Hosni Mubarak
  • 14. Which conflict led to Egypt declaring itself a republic?
A) 1967 war
B) 1948 Arab–Israeli War
C) 1973 war
D) 1952 revolution
  • 15. Which country did Egypt merge with in 1958?
A) Jordan
B) Syria
C) Libya
D) Sudan
  • 16. In what year did Egypt sign the Camp David Accords?
A) 1956
B) 1967
C) 1982
D) 1978
  • 17. What is the current rank of Egypt's economy in Africa?
A) Fifth-largest
B) Second-largest
C) Largest
D) Third-largest
  • 18. Who led the government after the 2013 coup d'état?
A) Muhammad Ali
B) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
C) Mohamed Morsi
D) Hosni Mubarak
  • 19. Which peninsula connects Egypt to Asia?
A) Suez Peninsula
B) Arabian Peninsula
C) Sinai Peninsula
D) Nile Delta
  • 20. When did the 2011 Egyptian revolution occur?
A) Before the 1948 war
B) After the Arab Spring
C) During the Ottoman Empire
D) After the 1952 revolution
  • 21. Egypt is a founding member of which international organization?
A) European Union
B) NATO
C) United Nations
D) ASEAN
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