Chapter 5 Test - Study Guide - Ancient Egypt and Kush

How did the Egyptians use floods to their advantage?

Traders, artisans, and scribes made up Egypt's ________ class.

Floods in Mesopotamia can be best described as...

The belief in many gods or deities is called

A government that is ruled by a king or queen is called a

Which group of people came from Western Asia and fought on horse drawn chariots?

Bureaucrats were...

The reed plant that was used to make paper was called...

______________ was the process of preserving a dead body by removing the organs.

Egyptians traded with other empires for _________ because their area did not have many trees.

Egypt's middle class was made up of

One of the major trading cities in Ancient Kush was known as...

The Middle Kingdom ended when...

A "Golden Age" is a time of

This pharaoh built many temples to attempt to help Egypt's economy.

Government representatives that are sent to other countries to establish political ties are...

A dynasty can be best described as...

The Nile River's flooding could be best described as...

While building the pyramids, Egyptians developed

A fertile area of marshland where a river empties into an ocean is called a

The Egyptians and Mesopotamians benefited from floods because they helped them

The Egyptians built pyramids to...

During which era was Egypt at the height of its power?

Why was Prince Ahmose so important?

Which time periods is the oldest?

A government in which a leader that is both a religious leader and a political leader is a

King Amenhotep attempted to change Egypt's religion and get all Egyptians to worship

What was so special about the pharaoh Hatshepsut?

The Nubians founded which kingdom?

Savannas are...