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Study Guide for Egypt Unit
Terms to know:
Dynasty
Pyramid (function and significance)
afterlife
Cataracts
Papyrus (and why it was so important)
Rosetta Stone (importance)
Hieroglyphics
Intermediate Period
Kingdom
Sphinx (describe and tell what it represented)
Obelisk
Know these gods, what they looked like, what they are known for, etc.
Osiris, Isis, Anubis, Horus, Ra (or Re)
How were Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia similar and different?
What is mummification and why was it so important to the Egyptians?
Important people and their accomplishments:
Djoser
King Tut
Ramses II
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra
Ahmose
Pepi II
Akenhaten
Hyksos
Imhotep
Geography:
Menes
Nefertiti
Tell me why the natural barriers below helped make Egypt a great place to
settle:
Cataracts of the Nile
Nile Delta
Deserts
Nile river
Social Hierarchy (class system): Know the order of the following groups
Pharaohs, craftsmen, Priests, Nobles, farmers, slaves, unskilled workers
Describe how Egyptians looked: hair, makeup, clothes
What did Egyptians typically eat and drink?
What rights did women have in Egyptian society?
How did the pharaohs of the middle kingdom change from the pharaohs of the
Old
kingdom and first intermediate period?
What caused the Old Kingdom to fall into the Intermediate Period?
How were the houses of the rich different from the houses of the poor?
How was the New Kingdom different from the Old Kingdom?
How did the Hyksos become the first outside nation to conquer the
Egyptians?
Why was Ramsees II such an amazing Pharaoh?
What eventually brought the fall of Egypt? :List all answers