Egypt Unit Test Review

What was capital city of Upper Egypt?

Egyptian life revolved around this rivers annual flooding?

What is a colossal limestone statue of a mythical creature with a lion’s body and a human head called?

Khufu emphasized his supreme power by declaring himself a king.

Who had hundreds of statues of himself built throughout Egypt, some of which stood over 60 feet high?

According to tradition, Menes rose to power in Upper Egypt & unified the two kingdoms by taking control of Lower Egypt.

What was used to make paper in ancient Egypt?

What was the capital of Lower Egypt and was in the northwest Nile Delta?

What was the name of the temple that honored the queen, Nefertari?

What borders the Nile River valley on the west?

How long is the Nile River?

Pyramids displayed amazing engineering or the application of scientific knowledge.

Whose finest architectural achievement was the White Chapel?

Whose tomb was found in 1922 and he was buried inside 3 coffins?

What term means all political authority comes from religion?

Menes wore a purple crown that to symbolize his leadership over the two kingdoms.

What is more than 13 acres at its base and stands 481 feet high and is in Giza?

A large monument to Hatshepsut a this great temple was called what?

What was a beautiful temple built by the Kushites was in honor of the glory of Egypt?

How did Egyptians organize their calendar?

In the upper kingdom of Egypt, the king wore a red crown.

What is the name of Ramses’ greatest project, a temple complex?

Who rose to power in Upper Egypt and unified the two kingdoms by taking control of Lower Egypt & married their princess?

The tomb of King Tutankhamun was found in 1922 and was empty except for hieroglyphics that told of the ancient pharaohs.

Hatshepsut sometimes dressed in men’s clothing, even putting on the fake beard male pharaohs wore.

What Egyptian principle which stressed the importance of truth, order, and balance?

In a theocracy in Ancient Egypt, they were usually the second in command, who was?

Kushites worshipped an African lion-god named Apedemak rather than Egyptian gods.

What word means "Great House?"

What is the native language of Kush called?

Who sometimes dressed in men’s clothing, even putting on the fake beard male pharaohs wore?

Who is best known as the architect of a famous pyramid in Giza?

The Nile River provided the valley with natural irrigation and fertilization causing the rise of civilizations.

Egyptians believed that when a person died, his or her what left the body and became a spirit?

The ruler of the upper and lower kingdom would wear a red crown when in the lower kingdom.

What borders the Nile River valley on the east?