Download Name Period Date Chapter 5: Egypt Review Packet Lesson 1 ____

Name
Chapter 5: Egypt Review Packet
____ 1. an area near a river’s mouth where the
water deposits fine soil
____ 2. the name for the Nile River in the south
of Egypt
____ 3. the name for the Nile River in the north
____ 4. fine soil that is deposited along the shores of a
river such as the Nile
____ 5. method of trade in ancient Egypt that involves
exchanging goods that people grew or made
Period
Date
Lesson 1
a. upper Nile
b. silt
c. bartering
d. lower Nile
e. delta
Lesson 2: Finding Main Ideas: Choose the word that most accurately completes each sentence below. Write that word in
the blank provided. Note: Not all words will be used.
calendar
scribe
mummy
pharaoh
obelisk
polytheism
hieroglyphs
afterlife
papyrus
artisans
embalming
monotheism
1. In ancient Egypt, the person whose job was to write and keep records was called a ____________________.
2. ____________________ were people who made pottery, jewelry, linen clothing, and other articles that could be used
in trade.
3. An ____________________ was an Egyptian temple that had a shaft with a pointed top.
4. The ruler of Egyptian society was called a ____________________.
5. Based on their observations of the star now called Sirius, Egyptians created a practical ____________________.
6. Egyptians used a writing system with ____________________, pictures that stand for different words or sounds.
7. ____________________ was a paper-like material used by Egyptians to roll into scrolls for early books.
8. Early Egyptians believed that a happy ____________________ followed life on Earth.
9. Egyptians practiced ____________________, a religion that included a belief in many gods.
10. To preserve a body after death, Egyptians used ____________________; in other words, they removed all organs
except the heart, filled the body with salt and herbs, and wrapped it in linen strips to create a ____________________.
LESSON 3 The Pyramid Builders
Finding Main Ideas: Write the terms, names, or phrases that best complete the sentences.
1. The ruler who wore the Double Crown reigned over both ____________________ and ____________________
Egypt.
2. More than 30 dynasties ruled ancient Egypt. Historians divide Egypt’s history into the ____________________
Kingdom, ____________________ Kingdom, and ____________________ Kingdom.
3. Because Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was a child of the ____________________, hard times were a sign that
the pharaoh was not ____________________ them properly.
4. The step pyramid is the oldest-known large ____________________ structure in the world.
5. The Great Pyramid took nearly ____________________ years to build, and an estimated ____________________
Egyptians worked on it.
6. Tombs were supposed to be the ____________________ of pharaohs in the afterlife.
7. Egypians tried to protect tombs from ____________________, so that the person buried inside could have a happy
____________________.
8. Some tombs contained small statues, which were to be ____________________ for the dead person.
9. Paintings inside Old Kingdom tombs showed the dead person with ____________________, no matter how the
individual really looked.
10. The pharaohs of the Middle Dynasties lost power to invaders called the ____________________.
LESSON 4 The New Kingdom- Finding Main Ideas: The following questions deal with Queen Hatshepsut and the New
Kingdom. Answer them in the space provided.
1. How did Queen Hatshepsut expand Egypt?
__________________________________________________________________________________
2. What changes to Egyptian beliefs did Akhenaton make, and how long did they last?
__________________________________________________________________________________
3. How did Ramses II expand the Egyptian Empire?
__________________________________________________________________________________
READING COMPREHENSION
Find the name or term in the second column that best matches the description in the first column. Then write the letter of
your answer in the blank.
____ 4. new capital city for Egypt during the
a. obelisk
time of the New Kingdom
b. Thebes
____ 5. first woman to rule as an Egyptian
c. Ramses II
pharaoh
d. Nefertiti
____ 6. four-sided shaft with a pyramide. Hatshepsut
shaped top
____ 7. name of Egyptian pharaoh
Akhenaton’s wife
____ 8. Egyptian pharaoh who ruled for 66
years