egypt test review - white plains public schools
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Egypt Test Review Chapter 3 Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4
Question 1
What direction does the Nile River flow?
Question 2
What is a delta?
Question 3
How did the Nile River affect life for the ancient Egyptians?
Question 4
What is the longest river in the world?
Question 5
Ancient Egyptians called this the “giver
of life:” ____________________
It provided ancient
Egyptians
with water they
needed to
survive.
Question 6
What was a result of the annual flooding
of the Nile?
Question 7
Egyptians developed a writing system
known as:
Question 8
What was the importance of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone?
The Rosetta Stone had the same
passage carved in 3 languages.
French
scholar Jean Champollion was
able to read
one of the languages (Greek).
Since the
stone had the same passage
written in
3 languages, Champollion could
translate the Greek and decode
hieroglyphics.
Question 9
When Upper Egypt attacked and conquered Lower Egypt, what represented the unification of these two kingdoms?
Question 10
This person had ALL power and authority in the government of ancient Egypt.
Question 11
Who was the first female ruler known in history?
Question 12
How did Hatshepsut become the first female ruler known in history?
Question 13
Who was the MOST important god?
Question 14
Pyramids were built as ___________ or burial places for the pharaohs.
Egyptians used their skills in _________________ to help build them.
Question 15
How did Egyptians take control of the Nile river?
Question 16
What were the 3 languages carved on the Rosetta Stone?
Question 17
Were the Hyksos able to conquer Lower Egypt? WHY OR WHY NOT?
Question 17 continued.
What types of technology did they (Hyksos) use that allowed them to conquer Lower
Egypt?
Question 18
Which Pharaoh was monotheistic and tried to force Egyptians to become monotheistic and worship one
god, Aton?
Question 19
Why type of government did ancient Egypt have?
Question 20
A series of rulers from the same family is known as a:
Question 22
Egyptians thought of their gods as ½ ____________ and ½ ___________
Question 23
Why did Egyptians want to take over (annex) Nubia?
Egypt Watned Nubia’s Natural Resources.
Question 24
Why were the Kushites able to conquer Egypt?
Question 25
How did the building of pyramids effect Egypt in
the long run?
Question 26
How did Egypt create an empire? Strengthen?
Weaken?
Created: conquered many nearby lands (ex: Kush) Strengthen: Strong pharaohs (Hatshepsut, Amenhotep I) developed allies, increased trading increased wealth Weaken: Weak pharaohs (Amenhotep IV aka Akhenaton), many of the conquered lands regained independence.
Question 27
The Egyptians had a very strong influence on the Nubians and people of Kush. Another social studies term we can use to explain this influence is:
Question 28
What goal did pharaohs want to achieve by building pyramids?
Label: Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Lower
Egypt, Upper Egypt, Sinai Peninsula, Nile
River, Nile Delta