Honors Egypt Study Guide

Which of the following best describes how Egyptian civilization developed?

• Villages replaced towns.
• Farms grew into villages and then became cities
• Cities broke off into scattered farms
• Farms replaced cities and then pyramids.

The political order of Egypt around 3200 BC was based on

• merchants who helped build trade routes
• priests who helped build the temples
• wealthy farmers who emerged as leaders
• wealthy fishermen who emerged as leaders

The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes

• engineering
• ka
• embalming
• food

Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth

• embalming
• afterlife
• mummies
• Khufu

A person’s life force

• engineering
• nobles
• tombs
• ka

Royalty or people of wealth and power

• elite
• afterlife
• nobles
• ka

Most famous Old Kingdom pharaoh who ruled in the 2500s BC 

• Khufu
• Elite
• Noble
• Old Kingdom

The Middle Kingdom was a period of order and stability that lasted until about 1750 BC.

• True
• False

The kingdom of Kush refused to make annual payments to the pharaohs.

• True
• False

The Mediterranean Sea made it easy for other countries to invade Egypt

• True
• False