Chapter 4 Review: Ancient Egypt (Based on National Geographic)

What event marked the start of the Middle Kingdom?

How did Ramses the Great restore peace and prosperity to Egypt?

What is a cataract?

Who was the most powerful Egyptian god?

Unlike in Mesopotamia, Egyptian women...

T or F: The pharaoh's main religious role was to punish those who went against the gods.

What word best describes Egyptians?

people who belonged to different social classes and each class has a rank in society

Who was the god of the Egyptian underworld?

a series of rulers from the same family

In ancient Egypt, what acted as a barrier against invasion?

What direction does the Nile River flow?

Unlike the rivers of Mesopotamia, the Nile's....

What was the role of Egypt’s viziers?

T or F: Most Egyptians could not read or write.

massive monumental tombs to house dead bodies

The Old Kingdom, lasting from 2700 to 2200 BC, is really known for...

Egypt had ________ dynasties and was ruled by more than _____ kings.

Which choice best describes the Egyptian Book of the Dead?

By 3,200 BC....

How many distinct regions was ancient Egypt divided?

What's a delta?

Even poor Egyptians could...

What enabled the growth of agriculture and civilization in the Nile River Valley?

Egypt was united for ____ years, 12 times longer than the U.S. has been a country.

Egypt had its capital in a city called....

The Nile River served....

What major resource did Egypt lack?

Roughly how long is the Nile River?

What accomplishment marked the reign of Hatshepsut?

Which people rose to power during the Middle Kingdom and controlled Egypt for 100 years?

How does remote sensing and satellite imagery help archaeologists in Egypt today?

to exchange for things the land can't produce

What best describes ancient Egypt's climate?

In Egypt, ____________ and _____________ strongly overlapped.

The Middle Kingdom, between 2040 to 1650 BC, was known for...

What did the double crown of Egypt symbolize?

Why was the Nile essential to ancient Egypt?

Unlike Mesopotamia, Egypt would come to be....

chief officials in Egypt

Ancient Egyptians believed...

Under this pharaoh's reign, Egypt was never more powerful.

The New Kingdom between 1550 and 1070 BC was known for its....

T or F: Defeat, disease, or famine threatened a pharaoh's authority.

A pharaoh was more than a man...he was worshiped as....

In 3,100 BC King ________ conquered Lower Egypt and became ruler of all Egypt.