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Ancient Egypt Review

Ancient Egypt Review. The Nile River’s yearly floods made the Nile valley lush and green. Ancient farmers turned the Nile valley into a productive agricultural region. True or False?. TRUE. The Nile river flows over … A. 4,000 miles B. 700 Miles C. 40,000 Miles. A. 4,000 Miles.

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Ancient Egypt Review

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  1. Ancient Egypt Review

  2. The Nile River’s yearly floods made the Nile valley lush and green. Ancient farmers turned the Nile valley into a productive agricultural region. True or False? TRUE

  3. The Nile river flows over …A. 4,000 milesB. 700 MilesC. 40,000 Miles A. 4,000 Miles

  4. What do you call the tiny bits of soil and rock the Nile carries that makes land fertile? Silt

  5. The Nile forms a fan shaped delta. What is a delta? A very fertile flat land made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water.

  6. Upper Egypt is located to the North and Lower Egypt to the South. True or false? False

  7. What has Egypt often been called? The Gift of the Nile

  8. What is irrigation mean? Watering of land by means of canals or pipes.

  9. Unification is the joining of separate parts into one. What was the name of the king who unified upper and lower Egypt? Menes

  10. What were some of the responsibilities of local leaders? (Area Governors) They were in charge of collecting taxes in their areas and served as local judges.

  11. The area governors reported to the pharaoh’s headquarters in… Memphis

  12. It was believed that the Pharaoh was a child of the sun god. Who was the sun God? Rah

  13. What do you call the way a country manages money and resources for the production of goods and services? Economy

  14. What was the system of writing called in Ancient Egypt? Hieroglyphics

  15. Who were scribes and what did they do? They were the writers who recorded taxes collected and records of building projects and things of that nature.

  16. What is papyrus? A reed plant that grows along the Nile used to make paper.

  17. Why was the Rosetta stone such an important find? It solved the mystery of Hieroglyphics

  18. True or false: The Rosetta stone was found by a British Soldier False, It was a French Soldier

  19. Which pharaoh was the biggest of all pyramids constructed for? Khufu

  20. What was the new capital of Egypt called? Thebes

  21. What was one of the kingdoms we read about located to the south that was thriving due to gold and trade? Nubia

  22. Who was Ahmose? What did he do? King who defeated the Hyksos using copies of their own weapons and chariots

  23. What is an empire? A group of lands and people ruled by one government

  24. Give me two facts about Kush • They controlled rich trade routes to other African kingdoms • Traded things such as ebony, leopard skins, and elephant ivory

  25. Give three facts about Hatshepsut • She expanded trade • Her stepson was too young to rule so she took his place • She ruled as a female king

  26. What do you call a group of people that go on a trip for a set reason? Expedition

  27. Provide three facts about King tut

  28. What is slavery? The practice of one person owning another

  29. The middle kingdom is known as a time when Egypt increased contact and trade with other cultures (True or False?) True

  30. Explain the mummification process

  31. What is a dynasty? A line of rulers from the same family

  32. What are nobles? People from rich and powerful families

  33. Who was Ramses? • A great pharaoh from the time of the New Kingdom of Egypt • Defended Egypt against enemies • Had several large building projects constructed.

  34. Kush provided Egypt with slaves, Gold, Stone, ebony and ivory (True Or False) TRUE

  35. The End

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