Download Unit Test on Ancient Egypt Study Guide Answers

Unit Test on Ancient Egypt
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1. Because one physical feature was so
vital to ancient settlers of Egypt, where
did they decide to build their houses?
Next to the Nile River
2. How did the yearly flooding of the
Nile River affect the people of Egypt?
Pros –
• the floods brought rich soil
• used to irrigate the crops,
• brought animals to hunt,
• transportation on the river was easier
• lead to making of a calendar,
•Cons – floods could
•destroy crops
•Desroy houses
•people would sometimes drown
3. List the specific vegetation that
grew along the Nile
Papyrus, reeds, wheat, barley, flax
figs, dates, onions, cucumbers
4. Why is King Tut one of the most wellknown pharaohs?
• When his tomb was discovered his mummy and artifacts
were still intact, giving archaeologists a lot of information
about life during ancient Egypt
5. Why did the ancient Egyptians make
mummies?
•They made mummies to preserve their
bodies to have a long afterlife
6. What was the major purpose for building
the pyramids?
•The pyramids were the tombs for
the pharaohs who had died.
7. What was one method Khufu used to
ensure that his power would be accepted?
•He declared himself a god
8. It was built from more than 2 million
stone blocks. It had tunnels inside. What
was it?
•The Great Pyramid of Giza
9. Senusret I controlled a source of natural
resources that were used in beautiful works of art.
What was the source?
(Where did he get the gold and gems to make the
jewelry and other items?)
•From mines that he controlled
10. Which pharaoh did the following:
• A. built the great pyramid
• B. was the first woman pharaoh?
• C. loved the arts and had the White Chapel built?
• D. ruled for 67 years and made the world’s first peace treaty?
•A. Khufu
•B. Hatshepsut
•C. Senusret I
•D. Ramses II
11. Why are the social classes of Egypt shown
in the form of a pyramid/triangle?
•The social classes show the amount of
power and people in each class. The
person at the top was the one pharaoh
and he had the most power. The
peasants were at the bottom because
they had no power and the population
was mostly peasants.
12. Who built the giant temples of the
pharaohs?
•The peasants and farmers
13. a. Anubis was the god of?
b. Osiris was the of?
C. Isis was the goddess of?
d. Ra was the god of?
• A. embalming and mummification
• B. dead and resurrection
• C. moon, love, magic, and healing
• D. the sun god, god of other gods
14. What was the Rosetta Stone? Why
was it important?
•The Rosetta Stone was a block
of stone discovered by
Napolean’s army and it had 3
languages written on it. It was
important bc it was the key to
decoding hieroglyphics.
15. What did the Egyptians put in the tombs
of the people who died? Why?
•They put food, drinks, furniture,
statues, jewelry, gold, clothes,
games, and mirrors.
•These things were put in the tombs
bc the person needed them in their
afterlife.
16. Why did it take many years to become a
scribe?
•It took many years to
become a scribe bc there
were 700 hieroglyphs to
learn and memorize
17. What did the Egyptians write on? What
was it?
•They wrote on papyrus
which was a type of plant
18. Rank the order of the social classes from
most important to least important.
• Pharaoh
• Government officials
• priests
• Scribes
• artisans
• Peasants
20A. What kinds of things did the artisans
make?
•They made stone pottery, statues,
jewelry, dinner ware, tools, weapons,
sarcophagus, furniture, musical
instruments, decorated tombs
18B. Why do archaeologists study
these objects today?
• These items give clues about
what life was like in ancient
Egypt
Vocabulary
•1. embalm – to preserve a body so it
doesn’t decay
•2. physical geography – landforms such as
mountains and bodies of water such as
rivers that occur naturally on the Earth
• 3. peasant – a farmer or unskilled worker; person who is on the bottom of
the social pyramid
• 4. sarcophagus – stone coffin
• 5. artisans – craftspeople
• 6. treaty – an agreement to end a war
• 7. social classes – different levels of jobs and statuses in society
• 8. afterlife – belief in life after death
• 9. pharaoh – rule of ancient Egypt
• 10. hieroglyphics – writing developed by the ancient Egyptians