Ancient Egypt Notes Quiz (Mr. Corwin & Miacademy)

Label the map of Ancient Egypt.

d

e

f

g

c

b

a

Red Sea

Nile River

Sahara Desert

Lower Egypt

Mediterranean Sea

Nile River Delta

Upper 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.

• New Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

Match the vocabulary word to its definition.

• worshiping more than one god

• engineering

• series of rulers from the same family

• dynasty

• using science for practical purposes

• polytheism

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

• delta

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

c

d

e

f

b

a

farmers & peasants

scribes

craftspeople

pharaoh

priests

government officials

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

• wood

• Syria

• gold, ivory, & stone

• Punt

• incense & myrrh

• Nubia

Label the different languages on the Rosetta Stone.

a

b

c

demotic

Greek

hieroglyphics

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.

• a female pharaoh, known for trade

• Menes

• first pharaoh to unite Upper and Lower Egypt

• Hatshepsut

• reunite & expand Egypt, Middle Kingdom

• Mentuhotep II

• defeated the Hyksos, began New Kingdom

• Ahmose