Download Chapter 4 Scavenger Hunt

Chapter 4 Scavenger Hunt
Name __________________________________
Period ___________
Please use chapter 4 (pages 67-80) to complete the questions.
1. The ____________ River flows north and empties into the
____________________ Sea.
2. A fan shaped area of fertile land is called a__________________.
3. The ancient Egyptians used a _________________ to lift the water from the Nile
into basins for irrigation.
4. Narmer, also known as ________________, united the 2 kingdoms. His new
capital was located in ______________.
5. About 2600 B.C., ______________________________ started in Egypt.
6. Egyptian cities were centers of
__________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________.
7. Most Egyptians were _________________.
8. At first Egyptian rulers were called ________________, then they were called
____________________ which means “great house”
9. Great tombs called _______________ were built to protect the pharaoh’s body
from floods, wild animals, and robbers.
10. Egyptians believed in _____________ gods.
11. The Sun god was called ________, the god of harvest and eternal life was called
______________________.
12. Embalming was
__________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________.
13. A mummy was a _______________________.
14. Pharaohs had _________ power during the __________________ kingdom.
15. Pharaohs were now being buried in ____________________________ instead of
pyramids.
16. The middle kingdom ended with the invasion by the __________________ in
1786 B.C.
17. These conquering people had ________________ and weapons made of
____________________ and ________________.
18. The Egyptian prince _________________ drove the Hyksos out of Egypt in 1550
B.C.
19. During the _________ ____________, Egypt became richer and the cities grew
larger.
20. The Egyptians began to worship a new god __________. He was then combined
with the sun god _________. His new name was ________________.
21. Temples were not only houses of ______________ but also were
___________________________.
22. One kind of Egyptian writing was called _________________, where pictures
stood for words.
23. Amenhotep made the people worship __________________. He even changed
his name to ________________ which means Spirit of Aton.
24. _____________________ became pharaoh when he was just ________ years old.
25. By 1150 B.C. Egypt’s empire was ___________. It was taken over by a group
known as the _______________________.
26. Egyptian paper was called ________________.
27. The number system was based on ___________.
28. Egyptian doctors were the first specialists in ______________________.
29. They used _________________ to survey or measure the land.
30. The Egyptians also treated other problems such as _______________ and
_______________________.