Ancient Egypt Notes Quiz

Label the map of Ancient Egypt.

d

e

f

g

c

b

a

Red Sea

Upper Egypt

Mediterranean Sea

Nile River Delta

Sahara Desert

Nile River

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.

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

Match the vocabulary word to its definition.

• series of rulers from the same family

• dynasty

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

• delta

• using science for practical purposes

• polytheism

• worshiping more than one god

• engineering

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

c

d

e

f

b

a

priests

pharaoh

farmers & peasants

scribes

government officials

craftspeople

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

• incense & myrrh

• Punt

• wood

• Nubia

• gold, ivory, & stone

• Syria

Label the different languages on the Rosetta Stone.

a

b

c

Greek

hieroglyphics

demotic

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

• Hatshepsut

• reunite & expand Egypt, Middle Kingdom

• Menes

• first pharaoh to unite Upper and Lower Egypt

• Mentuhotep II

• a female pharaoh, known for trade

• Ahmose