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Study Guide - Ancient Egypt
Dear dedicated 8th grade World History students,
Study the following terms, people, places and concepts. Go over homework, worksheets, maps, vocabulary,
and notes from class. Organize your worksheets and highlight your notes. The test will be on Wed., Jan. 18, 2017.
Study well and good luck to all!
Ms. McCarthy
Text: Chapter 7, 8, 9, and 10 (pages 64-98)
Directions: Write 24 flashcards using index cards. 20 of these flashcards should be from the Words to Know,
Places to Know or People to Know. On the black side of the index card write the word on the lined side write why it
was important in the Ancient Egypt Unit we studied or define the word.
Terms/Example
Front
Back
SHADOOF
A machine that helps
bring water from the Nile River
to the fields.
Open-ended/Example
The other 4 flashcards should be open-ended questions about the Ancient Egypt Unit. The Concepts section
of this Study Guide should help you generate ideas for the open-ended questions. You should be able to respond to
these questions in one or two paragraphs on the test. Write the questions on the blank side of the index card and
write 4 facts or ideas you will use in response to the question on the lined side of the index card.
Front
What were four (4) great achievements of the Ancient Egyptians and how did they benefit Egyptian civilization?
Front
GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS
OF EGYPT
Back
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Building the Great Pyramid; building a great symbol like this gave the Egyptian people something to be
proud and so they worked harder for Egypt.
Trade with the Kingdom of Kush brought more of variety of goods, gold, wood and ebony into Egypt.
Religious beliefs that stressed kinds deeds helped Egyptians to work together to
achieve goals; for instance the entire society was
usually well-fed and had a food surplus.
Egyptian medicine used honey which actually helped to heal some wounds and successfully performed
surgery on broken bones.
~Scroll down for terms and concepts~
TERMS
nilometer
canopic jars
monotheism
mummification
Greek
Demotic
Hieroglyphics
Embalming
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Nile Delta
Inundation
hook
polytheism
obelisk
Rosetta Stone
hieroglyphics
demotic
mummy
Book of the Dead
basins
granaries
pyramids
shadoof
sarcophagus
pharaoh
artisans
peasants
alliances
vegetation
papyrus
nomads
fertilization
People, Gods and Goddesses
Hatshepsut
Ramses I
Ramses II
Nefertiti
King Tutankhamun
Khufu
Cleopatra
Narmer/Menes
Howard Carter
Lord Carnarvon
Osiris
Isis
Hapi
Aten (sometimes spelled Aton)
Nut
Anubis
Set
Re
King Piye
Amanirenaas
Places/Geographical Features
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
Nile River
Giza
Kingdom of Kush
Thebes
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Concepts
12 Steps of building a pyramid
The benefits of the Nile River
The great Achievements of Ancient Egypt
The accomplishments of the pharaohs
The embalming and mummification process
Religious beliefs
Trade between Ancient Egypt, Kush and Central Africa
Meroe
kandake
archer
treaty