Ancient Egypt Chapter 5 Test Review

The Egyptian pyramids were actually large

What type of writing did the ancient Egyptians develop?

If they tried hard, the people in Egypt's lower classes could improve their social status.

What did the Egyptian farmers use to help them irrigate their crops?

What is ancient Egypt most noted for?

Who made up the largest class in Egypt's social structure?

Egyptians built pyramids because they

The upper class in Egypt was made up of

Hieroglyphics is a complex language

Many ancient Egyptian structures survived because Egypt has a hot, dry climate not a wet one.

Around how many years did the civilization of Ancient Egypt last?

Ancient Egyptians were

Narmer

Arts and architecture thrived during the Middle Kingdom

The Nile River flows

Hunter and gatherers from the drier areas of Africa began moving into the Nile river Valley

In an Egyptian family ____ was head of the household.

Egyptians made paper from a reed plant called

What were the 3 major kingdoms in ancient Egypt?

A government in which the same person is both the political and religious leader is

A delta is

What type of land bordered the Nile River in Egypt?

Who mostly built the Egyptian pyramids?

The Upper class in Egypt was made up of

A quarry is a place where stones are

What was the PRIMARY purpose of mummifying a body?

What invention resulted from the Egyptians studying the sky?

The Egyptians believed that only pharaohs could reach the afterlife.

Egypt was protected from invaders because of which two landforms?

The word pharaoh means