TEST REVIEW - Ancient Egypt

A huge building with four sloping triangular-shaped sides; built as royal tombs in Egypt.

The lives of the Egyptian peasants were greatly influenced by

Why did ancient Egyptians mummify their dead?

Title of the kings of ancient Egypt.

This is life after death.

Fine soil found on the bottom of rivers is called ___________________.

The Nile River affected ancient Egyptian life by creating

Giza is an ancient Egyptian city and the site of the Great Pyramid.

In ancient Egypt, most of the people belonged to the social class of

She was the ruler of Egypt and ruled during the New Kingdom.

How did Egyptian rulers governed their empire?

Egyptian society was organized like a pyramid, with the merchants and skilled workers at the very top.

The Nile River is 4,132 miles long.

1. The Nile River has several _____________________ which are rapids, any strong flood or rush of water.

He was one of the last pharaohs of Egypt.

This was the largest of the three pyramids in the valley of Giza and was built for the pharaoh Khufu.

The Nile was used as a highway to

Ancient Egyptian system of writing made of pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds.

This is a plain at the mouth of a river which is formed where flowing water deposits soil.

This was an early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta.

When a body is mummified, the organs of the dead body are placed in these special containers called urns.

4. Egyptians buried their dead with food and other possessions to make Osiris (God of living & dead) happy.

A ________________ is someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule.

A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group is called a Dynasty.

In what direction does the Nile River flow?

This pharaoh became the ruler of Egypt at the young age of nine and died at the age of 19.

A stone coffin.

To have complete control over someone or something is called

Who mainly built the pyramids?

A dead body preserved in lifelike condition is called