Ancient Egypt Test Review Red 6

29. Which choice shows the correct order of Egyptian social classes from highest to lowest?

19. What helped archeologists decipher hieroglyphics?

10. When a child is too young to rule, this person rules in his/her place

1. a powerful Egyptian ruler

2. Egyptians used reeds to make an early form of paper called __________.

5. fast flowing water or a waterfall on the Nile

27. What type of religion did the Ancient Egyptians believe in?

6. a life after death

28. Which pharaoh's tomb was discovered by Howard Carter, and taught us about Ancient Egypt?

25. Which 2 resources were most important to Kush (Nubia)?

12. Most Egyptians were ____________.

26. What helped Nubia (Kush) become a wealthy trading center?

8. Burial places for Egyptian rulers

7. Fine soil found at the bottom of rivers

13. Egyptian life was centered around religion because ________________.

16. Who was Egypt's first woman pharaoh?

22. How many years did the Egyptian Empire exist?

24. Which pharaoh unified Upper and Lower Egypt?

20. Who was Egypt's last pharaoh?

18. Which pharaoh built the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Sphinx?

17. Which pharaoh tried to make Egypt's religion monotheistic?

15. Why did the Egyptians preserve the bodies of their dead?

21. Cleopatra tried to convince ___________ to help her get the throne back from her brother.

23. The Kingdom of Kush (Nubia) was located __________ of Egypt.

11. Why was the Nile so important to the Ancient Egyptians?

4. Fan-shaped plain at the mouth of a river where it meets the ocean or sea

9. rulers from the same family

14. Egyptian astronomers predicted the flooding of the Nile by _______________.

3. a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky.