Transcript CHAPTER 3 REVIEW Lessons 1 and 2

Review Game
Chapter Three:
The Nile River Valley
The Nile River runs through
all of these except_________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Upper and Lower Egypt
North Africa
West Africa
East Africa
What happened each year when
the Nile overflowed its banks?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The soil dried out.
The Egyptians had a party.
Everyone became hungry.
Rich soil was left behind for farming.
A(n) _________ is very fertile,
flat land that forms from
silt deposited as a river
flows into a body of water.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Island
Delta
Continent
Peninsula
The Nile River flows in what
direction?
A.
B.
C.
D.
North
South
East
West
The two parts of Egypt are
called_______________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Northern and Southern Egypt
Eastern and Western Egypt
Upper and Lower Egypt
Right and Left Egypt
The Egyptians believed in
many gods, which was
called ________________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Polytheism
Ditheism
Monotheism
Tritheism
The Ancient Egyptian farmers
grew all the following crops
except_________?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Flax
Beans
Corn
Lettuce
Egypt’s flood season lasted
from May until __________?
A.
B.
C.
D.
August
September
October
November
How did water reach the
farmers’ fields?
A. Farmers carried water in buckets
B. Farmers used shadoofs for
irrigation
C. Farmers waited for floods
D. Farmers used aqueducts
What DID NOT happened if the
floods were too great or too
small.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Crops grew quickly
Villages were destroyed
Farm animals drowned
Crops failed
This man was the first
pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pharaoh Khufu
King Tutankhamen
Pharaoh Menes
Pharaoh Zoser
The double crown of Egypt
showed that Egypt was
_________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Powerful
Creative
Strong
Unified
The word “pharaoh” means
_____________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oh Mighty One
Great Palace
Good Home
Great Leader
The Old Kingdom of Egypt was
the time when
____________________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pharaohs worked to build unity
The land was flooded
Upper and Lower Egypt fought
The Pharaoh became old.
The capital city of Egypt’s Old
Kingdom was
________________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Thebes
Aswan
Memphis
Cairo
The local leaders did all of the
following except
____________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Collecting taxes
Reporting to the pharaoh
Serving as judges
Writing down laws
What is the relationship
between the pharaoh and
Ra?
A. Ra was the pharaoh’s son
B. Ra was a god and the pharaoh was
not
C. Ra gave life to the pharaoh
D. The pharaoh gave life to the people
of Egypt
The goddess who protected the
people from sickness harm
was _____________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ra
Horus
Osiris
Isis
The Egyptians used a process
called ________ to preserve
the bodies of the dead.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Preservation
Condensation
Mummification
Sarcophagus
Egyptians preserved the bodies
of the dead because they
thought ____________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
The bodies would smell
There was no place to bury them
It was fun to make sarcophaguses
Their bodies were needed in
afterlife
A __________ was a huge stone
structure built as a tomb for
the pharaohs.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Temple
Pyramid
Shrine
Sarcophagus
The first pyramid was built for
what pharaoh?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Menes
Zoser
Khufu
Tutankhamen
This is a wooden or stone
casing that mummies were
placed inside.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tomb
Grave
Pyramid
Sarcophagus
What formed the northern
border of the Old Kingdom?
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The Mediterranean Sea
Upper Egypt
Turkey
Lower Egypt
What role did the pharaoh play
in Egypt’s government?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Collected Taxes
Wrote down laws
Gave instructions and supervised
Built the pyramids
The largest of the 3 pyramids
built in Giza was The Great
Pyramid.
It was built for what pharaoh?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Menes
Khufu
Tutankhamen
Zoser
A system of writing that used
800 picture-signs was
called______________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cuneiform
Manuscript
Hieroglyphics
Cursive
Which of the following is NOT
true about Ancient Egyptian
Scribes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
They were necessary
They were untrained
They were useful
They were respected
This is a type of paper that was
made by pressing together
reed plants that grew along
the Nile River.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Parchment
Construction
Flax
Papyrus
Jean Champollion was a man
that did what?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Invented hieroglyphics
Decoded hieroglyphics
Designed pyramids
Created money
The way a country manages its
resources to produce goods
and services is called a
country’s ______________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Economy
Code of Laws
System of government
Currency
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