Social Studies Test EGYPT

1. ______ an ancient region in the Nile River Valley, now in southern Egypt and northern Sudan

• Nubia

• Mesopotamia

• Canaan

• Sumer

2. ______ an early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta

• Papyrus

• Parchment

• Vellum

• Paper

3. ______ pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things or sounds

• hieroglyphs

• written symbols

• ideas

• things

• sounds

7. ______ someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule

• Guardian

• Protector

• Caretaker

• Regent

8. ______ a plain at the mouth of a river, formed where flowing water deposits soil

• floodplain

• estuary

• wetland

• delta

9. ______ fine soil found on the bottom of rivers

• silt

• clay

• sand

• gravel

10. ______ complete control over someone or something

• domination

• influence

• control

• absolute power

Most pyramids were built

• during the Old Kingdom.

• in honor of Cleopatra.

• in the shape of a Sphinx.

• during the New Kingdom.

After Hatshepsut died, who rose to power and became one of the greatest pharaohs of the New Kingdom?

• Khufu

• Isis

• Thutmose III

• Tutankhamen.

According to legend, who started Egypt's first dynasty, when they united Upper and Lower Egypt?

• Osiris

• Isis

• Thutmose III

• Menes