Chapter Seven Test Review

The desert that covers most of Egypt is the Gobi Desert.

world's second largest continent

The title given to an Egyptian king.

The only woman Pharaoh in ancient Egypt.

The Bible character who became a vizier.

The king who united Upper and Lower Egypt was Menes.

The pharaoh whose tomb revealed much about ancient Egypt.

The "Gift of the Nile" is another name for the Great Pyramid.

Monument with the head of a man and the bottom of a lion.

A tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god, Ra.

The large stone structure built as a tomb for King Khufu was the Great Pyramid.

a flat or level area of land

a highland plain

highest mountain in Africa

What is a time of serious shortage of food?

A rock bed piled high in a river creating small waterfalls.

The irrigation device used by the Egyptians was the Sphinx.

Who was the first Pharaoh?

a landform that rises higher than a hill

A buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river

Ancient Egyptian writing using pictures to represent objects.

world's largest desert

The area near Thebes where the tombs of many pharaohs have been found.

low land between hills or mountains

One reason Egypt declined in power.

world's longest river

The key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing was the Rosetta Stone.

Second in command to the Egyptian king.

What do you call a body that has been wrapped and preserved for eternal life?

The secretary to the ruler in a court was called a vizier.

What was the world's first paper-like material?