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Egypt Test/Chapter 4
Egypt Test
Question | Answer |
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fertile, fan-shaped land created where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea | delta |
bits of soil and rock carried off by the Nile River | Silt |
Technology used by the Egyptian farmers to water their crops | Irrigation |
British archaeologist Howard Carter uncovered this pharaoh’s tomb in 1922. | Tutankhamen |
The way a country’s people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services | Economy |
A writer that kept records in Egypt | Scribe |
Name given to Egyptian rulers | Pharaoh |
System of picture writing made up of about 800 picture glyphs | Hieroglyphics |
Reed plant growing along the Nile used to make paper | papyrus |
Who unified Egypt? | Menes |
What helped break the code of Ancient Egyptian Writing? | Rosetta Stone |
Practice of one person owning another person | Slavery |
The Nile River flows into | Mediterranean Sea |
What caused the Nile River to swell? | spring rains |
The Middle Kingdom is best described as a time when Egypt____. | increased contact with other cultures |
In Egypt’s Old Kingdom what did craftworkers and artists receive in return for the objects they made for the pharaohs? | clothes and food |
The group of people in Egypt which filled the lowest level of the social pyramid were the ____________________ | slaves |
The Egyptians raised __________________ crops | flax, wheat, barley, and cucumbers |
Which pharaoh ordered the building of the Great Pyramid? | Khufu |
True or False Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh. She became pharaoh because her step-son was too young to become pharaoh. She took on the role and look of a man. She was very powerful and did a lot of good things for Egypt. She started expeditions and trad | True |
Resting place of 30 New Kingdom Pharaohs | Valley of the Kings |