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Ancient Egypt Study Guide
Ancient Egypt Test is on Monday, March 3
Be able to…
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Label the Ancient Egypt map (See list on back)
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Name each level of the Egyptian Social Pyramid and give 1 specific job found in each level
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Name the 3 ideas that Ancient Egyptian religion centered on
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Describe what each Ancient Egyptian god looked like and what he/she ruled over
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List (summarize) the main steps to making a mummy including important vocabulary
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Give the primary purpose of the pyramids
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Go over the articles and notes
o Who was the first pharaoh?
o What was the double crown, and what did it represent?
o Why was mummification so important to ancient Egyptians? (What would it mean to
their afterlife if their body decayed?)
o Why did ancient Egyptians wear eye makeup?
o What was the staple [main] food of ancient Egyptians?
o Why did farmers build the pyramids? (Why were they not farming?)
o What other famous Egyptian monument is near the Great Pyramid? What does it look
like?
o What were 2 daily uses of the Nile River? What were 2 uses of the river for farmers?
o How long (approximately) is the Nile River? In what direction does it flow?
o What makes the Nile so difficult to sail down? (These also kept invaders out.)
o Around what was Lower Egypt located? (where the Nile emptied into the Mediterranean
Sea)
o How did the first pharaoh try to unite Upper and Lower Egypt? (2 ways)
o Which god did Egyptians believe the pharaoh was a living version of?
Essay Questions:
 Describe the Weighing of the Heart Ceremony and its importance. Label the pictures AND
write it out in a paragraph. Be sure to include why it was important. What happened if they
passed the test? What happened if they failed?
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How did the Nile shape Ancient Egypt? Look at your essay and DBQ packet. I expect a
detailed answer with specific facts to support your opinion.
Vocabulary/People/Places
Book of the Dead
Canopic jar
Cataract
Delta
Double Crown
Giza
Menes
Mummification
Natron
Nile
Pharaoh
Sarcophagus
Valley of the Kings
Egyptian Gods
Anubis
Horus
Isis
Osiris
Ra
Seth (Set)
Be able to label on map:
Aswan
Eastern Desert
First Cataract
Giza
Lower Egypt
Mediterranean Sea
Memphis
Nile Delta
Nile River
Nubia
Red Sea
Thebes
Upper Egypt
Valley of the Kings
Western Desert