Download Unit 3 Study Guide Egypt Multiple Choice – This section will be

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Unit 3 Study Guide
Egypt
Multiple Choice – This section will be multiple choice. You will need to choose the best
possible answer on the test. (1 point each)
1. Egyptian farmers used irrigation to water their crops.
2. The Middle Kingdom is best described as a time when Egypt increased contact with other
cultures.
3. Ancient Egyptians used the Nile River to water crops, for food/water, and for transportation.
4. The Great Pyramids were used to bury pharaohs.
5. Egypt’s economy was based on farming.
6. The Rosetta Stone was the key that helped historians understand hieroglyphics.
7. After the harvest, the first crops went to the pharaoh.
8. In ancient Egypt most of the land and farms were owned by government officials.
9. In Egypt’s Old Kingdom what did craft workers and artists receive in return for the objects
they made for the pharaohs? clothes and food
10. Hieroglyphics helped Egyptian scribes keep records of taxes.
Matching – This section will be matching on the test. You will need to match a term with a
definition. (1 point each)
11. This is the capital of Egypt’s Old Kingdom and is located on the Nile River. Memphis
12. This city became the capital of Egypt’s New Kingdom. Thebes
13. The world’s longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the
Mediterranean Sea is called the Nile River.
14. The Valley of the Kings was the burial place for 30 New Kingdom pharaohs.
15. Nubia was the city south of Egypt, and Egyptians traded with this city for gold.
16. An Egyptian pharaoh led an expedition to Punt to get gold, perfume, ivory,
leopard skins and apes. It is now in present-day Ethiopia or Somalia.
17. This leader, Khufu, ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid.
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18. This person unified Egypt by overthrowing the king of Lower Egypt and then became the
first pharaoh. Menes
19. Ahmose studied the Hyksos and then used their weapons to drive them out
of Lower Egypt.
20. Tutankhamun ruled as a wealthy young pharaoh from about age 9 to 19.
21. This pharaoh organized a two-year expedition to Punt, expanding trade beyond the Egyptian
empire. Hatshepsut
22. A group of lands and peoples ruled by Egyptian government is called an empire.
23. Technology used by Egyptians to water their crops is irrigation.
24. Bits of soil and rock carried off by the Nile River are called silt.
25. A delta is a fertile, fan shaped land created where the Nile empties into the
Mediterranean Sea.
Fill-in-the-Blank – This section will be fill-in-the-blank on the test. In order to get full credit
you must spell each word correctly. A word box will be provided for you. (2 points each)
26. The joining of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt into one kingdom was called
unification.
27. A scribe could write and kept records in Egypt.
28. Hieroglyphics was a type of picture-writing with over 800 different signs.
29. The way that a country’s people manage money and resources for the production of goods
and services is called the economy.
30. An Egyptian ruler was called a pharaoh.
31. A caravan of people sent to trade with Egypt’s neighbors was called an expedition.
32. The reed plant that grew along the Nile River and was used to make paper and boats was
called papyrus.
33. Slavery is the practice of one person owning another person.
34. The social pyramid is used to show how Egyptian society was shaped and the
different classes that people were in based upon their jobs.