Egypt Review Quiz

The ________ River provides water and life to Egypt

Upper Egypt is the _______ part of Egypt and Lower Egypt is the _______ part

• Northern/Southern

• Southern/Northern

• Eastern/Western

• Western/Eastern

What are Hieroglyphics?

Answer explanation

Hieroglyphics are the Egyptian letters and alphabet, made up of many pictures that were often carved into buildings and other stone objects.

Correctly arrange the Egyptian Social pyramid from "Who is on top" to "who is on bottom". (list in order of importance)

Word Bank: The Priests, Pharaoh , Farmers, Pharaoh's Family, The merchants and Artisans, Slaves

Answer explanation

Correct order: Pharaoh , Pharaoh's Family, The Priests, The merchants and Artisans, Farmers, Slaves

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt, becoming the first Pharaoh?

When were the Pyramids and the Sphinx Built?

• Between the Old Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom

• The Old Kingdom

• The Middle Kingdom

• the New Kingdom

What new war technology did the Hyksos invaders bring to Egypt when they invaded at the end of the Middle Kingdom?

Who was Ahkenaten and why was he almost erased from Egyptian history?

Essay Question (Paragraph required)

Answer explanation

Akhenaten was the Pharoah who tried to switch from worshiping many gods to worshiping only 1 god: Aten. This made the Priests angry, as they no longer had any power in Egypt's society. So the Priests tried to erase him form history after his death, and his son Tutankhamen helped them.

The Nile Flows from the _________

• North to the South

• South to the North

• East to the West

• West to the East

Why was Egypt called "the Gift of the Nile"?

Answer explanation

The Nile would flood at predictable times, leaving behind fertile soil called silt which made the land perfect for farming. This made Egyptian civilization possible, without the Nile it would not have existed.