Chapter 4: Ancient Egypt & Nubia

Which of the following is NOT true of the Nubians?

The Egyptians develped a calendar with 365 days that was called a

The Egyptians invented papyrus &

What was papyrus used for?

How were the Egyptians able to predict when the Nile would flood each year?

What was the purpose of the pyramids?

Because of the groups of rocky rapids called the Nile cataracts

Which ancient Egyptian leader fought against the Hittities in the area that was called Kadesh?

What is the source of the Nile?

Which group from outside the region pushed the Kushites out of Egypt?

In order to build the pyramids, Egyptians needed to be proficient in engineering &

In order to overcome death like Osiris, Egyptians believed that they needed to

What aspect of its culture did Nubia take from Egypt?

Because the Nubians had less land to farm than Egyptians,

The Black Land was caused by

The geography of ancient Egypt included vast desert areas of burning sands known as

The Nile delta formed the region known as

A skilled worker who practices a trade or handicraft is

The Book of the Dead was a well-known piece of Egyptian literature that

Which difference between Egypt & Nubia was cataracts responsible for?

Skilled artists created paintings on the interior wall of the pyramids & burial chambers to

Those responsible for using heiroglyphics to record important information were called

Ideas spread from Egypt to other lands through the buying & selling of good & services, called

The most important god of all those worshiped by the Egyptians was the sun god

What was created between Nubia & Egypt, since they depended on the other for goods?

Queens of Nubia were called

Another name for Nubia was

What made the Egyptian lunar calendar difficult to use?

Egyptians obtained needed goods & shared ideas with their neighbors through

According to legend, the first pharaoh & leader to unite Upper & Lower Egypt was