Egypt Study Guide

Where is Valley of the Kings located?

• Nubia

• Sinai

• Lower Egypt

• Upper Egypt

What location has the highest elevation?

• Thebes

• Giza

• Memphis

• Sakkara

What location has the lowest elevation?

• Abydos

• Thebes

• Valley of the Kings

• Sakkara

Choose the answer that best explains the direction of the Nile River.

• begins in Egypt and flows northward into a mountain range

• begins in a mountain range in the south and flows northward into Egypt

• Flows through the Nubian Desert and into the Red Sea

• connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas

Why were calendars important to the Eqyptians?

• Calendars allowed them to track how long it took each of their crops to sprout and grow.

• Calendars allowed them to celebrate important events such as marriages and births.

• Calendars allowed them to know precisely when to worship each of their many gods.

• Calendars allowed them to track the number of days between flooding cycles.

What triggered or allowed Egypt's population to grow?

• specialized jobs

• cities

• food surplus

• technology

What was the most important crop for Egypt?

• papyrus

• wheat

• wood

• cotton

What was the most important occupation in Egypt?

• farmer

• engineer of pyramids

• stone mason

• vizier

What was the substance that the Egyptian wrote on?

• cotton

• cardboard

• papyrus

• parchment

Where did Hatshepsut send an expedition to help make the Egyptian economy stronger?

• Punt

• Nubia

• Upper Egypt

• Nile Delta