Ancient Egypt Final Review

Why Herodotus called Egypt, "The gift of the Nile."

• Egyptians had superior war technology
• Egyptians built irrigation canals along the Nile
• The Nile carried rich silt to the land.
• Hatshepsut increased Egypt's wealth with trade expeditions

What did pharaoh's Double Crown represent?

• Archaic beliefs
• Change
• Security
• Unification

How were the Hyksos able to conquer Lower Egypt?

• They knew the landscape
• They were polytheistic
• They had superior war technology
• They lived in Asia

How did both the Mesopotamians and Egyptians control their environment (surroundings)?

• They built temples
• They used irrigation to water crops
• They created a written language
• They levied taxes

Indentify the pharaoh who became famous when his undisturbed tomb was discovered:

• Akhenaten
• Hatshepsut
• Ramses the Great
• Tutankhamen

Where are all pyramids in Egypt located?

• On the north bank of the Nile
• On the south bank of the Nile
• On the east bank of the Nile
• On the west bank of the Nile

Where is most of Egypt's fertile soil located?

• At the Delta
• In the desert
• near the city of Thebes
• On the Sinai

Where does the Nile River empty?

• Into the Red Sea
• Into the Persian Gulf
• Into the Mediterranean Sea
• Into the Indian Ocean

What do river civilizations, like Egypt and Mesopotamia have in common?

• Plenty of rainfall
• Stone for building
• Rivers and fertile soil
• Independent city-states

The first known peace treaty was signed between which two peoples?

• The Egyptians and the Hyksos

• The Assyrians and the Hittites

• The Egyptians and the Hittites

• The Assyrians and the Babylonians