Chapter 4 "Ancient Egypt and Kush"

Menes is known for: (Select all that apply)

• Unified Upper and Lower Egypt

• Founded Egypt's first dynasty

• Built the capital of Memphis

• Built the Great Pyramid of Giza

• Increased trade with Kush

The most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom

• Khufu

• Menes

• Ramses II

• Tutankhamen

Ancient Egyptians were polytheistic. What does this mean?

• Believed in one god

• Believed in many gods

• Believed in no gods

• Worshipped Mr. Ortega

A triangle -shaped area of land in Lower Egypt that led into the Mediterranean Sea

• Delta

• Nile

• peninsula

• archipelago

Ancient Egyptian writing was known as:

• Pictographs

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Cyrillic

Who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt to begin the New Kingdom?

• Ozti

• Ramses the Great

• Ahmose of Thebes

• Queen Hatshepsut

Ramses the Great is best remembered

• for his ability as an artist

• as a great scribe

• for unifying Upper and Lower Egypt

• as a great warrior and builder

Found in 1799, this artifact helped to unlock the meaning behind hieroglyphics.

• Scroll of Anubis

• Book of the Dead

• Rosetta Stone

• King Tuts Death mask

The Nile helped civilization develop in Egypt and Nubia in all of the following ways EXCEPT by

• provided a source of food and water

• allowing farming to develop

• enriching the soil along its banks

• protecting against invasion from the weat

How did Egypt influence Kush?

• Egypt taught Kush how to raise cattle

• Egypt helped Kush develop its irrigation system

• Egypt taught Kush to make iron products

• Kush learned about pyramids from Egypt