Soc 7 Chapter 3: Ancient Egypt and Nubia

What is a series of rulers from the same family known as?

• a pod

• a monarchy

• a kingdom

• a dynasty

What are the 3 main time periods in Egyptian history?

• Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom

• first dynasty, second dynasty, third dynasty

• Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, Middle Egypt

• Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Golden Age

• Blue Man, Wu-Tang Clan, New Kingdom

This a picture of the Nile River and its delta. What is a delta?

• Area where the desert and river connect.

• Triangular area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river.

• Area for merchants to launch their trade route.

• Area to pray to the gods.

What function did the great pyramids serve?

• The pyramids provided shelter when Egypt was under attack.

• The pyramids were built as a burial place for Egypt's kings after their death.

• The pyramids were a showcase of the Pharaoh's wealth to ruling class.

• The pyramids were the location for recording historical information through heiroglyphics.

What is hieroglyphics?

• The world's first form of parchment used for writing.
• The procedure to perform surgeries on the human body.
• A system of canals enabling them to transport water for crops and drinking.
• A system of writing using picture-like symbols.

What was the first of the three Kingdom periods?

• Dynastic Period

• Middle Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• First Kingdom

• New Kingdom

What is another name for the Old Kingdom period?

• The Dynastic Period

• The Age of the Pyramids

• The Age of the Empire

• The Age of Irrigation

• The Time of the Ancients

In Ancient Egyptian legend, this man united the Upper and Lower Kingdoms, thus wearing a double crown. Who was this first Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt?

• Hatshepsut

• Djoser

• Imhotep

• Amhose I

• Menes, or Narmer

How did the yearly flooding of the Nile River affect the people of Egypt and Kush?

• It isolated the settlements.
• It left silt that improved the soil.
• It spread diseases that destroyed whole empires.
• It attracted hunters and gatherers looking for wildlife.

After mummification and burial, the body still needed to go through all manner of trials, ending with the ______ before entering the afterlife.

• sarcophagus lifting

• judgement day cage match

• weighing of the heart

• removal of the brain

• Royal wrestling of the Crocodiles