Egypt 5-1 Review

What is a Cataract?

• dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water

• a line of rulers from one family

• A reed plant used to make paper

• eye surgery

What is a delta?

• The Egyptian writing system uses thousands of picture symbols representing objects and ideas

• dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water

• a fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea

• a line of rulers from one family

What is a Dynasty?

• a fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea

• The Egyptian writing system uses thousands of picture symbols representing objects and ideas

• A reed plant used to make paper

• a line of rulers from one family

What are the Hieroglyphics?

• The Egyptian writing system uses thousands of picture symbols representing objects and ideas

• A reed plant used to make paper

• a fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea

• dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water

What is papyrus?

• A reed plant used to make paper

• The Egyptian writing system uses thousands of picture symbols representing objects and ideas

• dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water

• a fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea

Which is a reason the Nile has been called “the lifeblood” of Egypt?

• It borders the two largest deserts in the world.

• It has dangerous cataracts.

• It is the longest river in the world.

• Its valley and delta provide fertile soil for farming.

Which best describes the type of government in Egypt after 3100 b.c.?

• a democracy

• a dynasty

• an independent city-state

• constitutional monarchy

What was the effect of increased farming and trading?

• A complex writing system was developed.

• An organized government developed.

• Geometry was developed.

• The deserts became populated.

This ruler united Upper and Lower Egypt.

• Ramses II

• Piye

• Narmer

• Tutankhamen

Which of the following provided protection for Egypt? Select all that apply.

• Cataracts

• Mountains

• Deserts on either side

• Delta Marshes

• Floods