Ancient Egypt Notes Quiz (Mr. Corwin & Miacademy)

Label the map of Ancient Egypt.

d

e

f

g

c

b

a

Sahara Desert

Mediterranean Sea

Upper Egypt

Nile River

Nile River Delta

Red Sea

Lower Egypt

What geographic features provided protection for Ancient Egypt? (Select ALL that apply.)

• Sahara Desert

• Nile Delta

• Nile River cataracts

• Land passage to Syria

How was the Nile River an easier river to live next to compared to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

• Floods unpredictably

• Floods predictably each year

• Water tasted better

• No hippos in the Nile

Arrange the Ancient Egypt Kingdoms from oldest to newest.

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

Match the vocabulary word to its definition.

• worshiping more than one god

• engineering

• using science for practical purposes

• delta

• deposit of sand or fertile soil at the mouth of a river

• dynasty

• series of rulers from the same family

• polytheism

Label the social hierarchy pyramid for Ancient Egypt. (Note: place label in the middle of each level.)

c

d

e

f

b

a

craftspeople

priests

government officials

pharaoh

scribes

farmers & peasants

Ancient Egyptian Trade: match the location with the trade good from that location

• wood

• Syria

• gold, ivory, & stone

• Nubia

• incense & myrrh

• Punt

Label the different languages on the Rosetta Stone.

a

b

c

hieroglyphics

demotic

Greek

Ancient Egyptians ​ (a)   their dead so that the ​ (b)   , or soul, could recognize its human body to ​ (c)   with it in the ​ (d)   .

• mummified
• Ka
• reunite
• afterlife

Match the Egyptian ruler to his (or her) accomplishment.

• defeated the Hyksos, began New Kingdom

• Mentuhotep II

• a female pharaoh, known for trade

• Ahmose

• first pharaoh to unite Upper and Lower Egypt

• Menes

• reunite & expand Egypt, Middle Kingdom

• Hatshepsut