Test 6, Ch. 7

Question 1

monument with the head of a man and the body, legs, and paws of a lion that stands near the pyramids

Answer 1

Sphinx

Question 2

world’s first paperlike material

Answer 2

papyrus

Question 3

a time of serious shortage of food

Answer 3

famine

Question 4

title given to an Egyptian king

Answer 4

pharaoh

Question 5

a body wrapped and preserved for eternal life

Answer 5

mummy

Question 6

a buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river

Answer 6

delta

Question 7

second in command to the Egyptian king

Answer 7

vizier

Question 8

a rock bed piled high in a river creating small waterfalls

Answer 8

cataracts

Question 9

a tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra

Answer 9

obelisk

Question 10

ancient Egyptian writing using pictures to represent objects

Answer 10

hieroglyphics

Question 11

The key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing was the

Answer 11

Rosetta Stone

Question 12

The irrigation device used by the Egyptians was the

Answer 12

shadoof

Question 13

The “Gift of the Nile” is another name for

Answer 13

Egypt

Question 14

The desert that covers most of Egypt is the ___ Desert.

Answer 14

Sahara

Question 15

The king who united Upper and Lower Egypt was

Answer 15

Menes

Question 16

The secretary to the ruler in a court was called a

Answer 16

scribe

Question 17

The large stone structure built as a tomb for King Khufu was the

Answer 17

Great Pyramid

Question 18

the first pharaoh

Answer 18

Akhenaton

Question 19

the only woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt

Answer 19

Hatshepsut

Question 20

The Bible character who became a vizier

Answer 20

Joseph

Question 21

the pharaoh whose tomb revealed much about ancient Egypt

Answer 21

Tutankhamen

Question 22

the area near Thebes where the tombs of many pharaohs have been found

Answer 22

Valley of the Kings

Question 23

one reason Egypt declined in power

Answer 23

they had no iron to make strong weapons

Question 24

a flat or level area of land

Answer 24

plain

Question 25

a highland plain

Answer 25

plateau

Question 26

a landform that rises higher than a hill

Answer 26

mountain

Question 27

highest mountain in Africa

Answer 27

Kilimanjaro

Question 28

low land between hills or mountains

Answer 28

valley

Question 29

world’s largest desert

Answer 29

Sahara

Question 30

World’s longest river

Answer 30

Nile

Question 31

world’s second largest continent

Answer 31

Africa

Question 32

Know the following locations on the map:

Answer 32

Memphis, Mt. Sinai, Nile River, Sinai Peninsula, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt

Question 33

What two landforms gave special protection to Egypt? How did they provide protection?

Answer 33

Ancient Egypt was well protected by the desert that surrounded it and the cataracts in the Nile River. Because of its heat and lack of water, the desert discouraged invaders from coming over land. The cataracts made it nearly impossible for invaders to use the Nile River as a means of attack.

Question 34

Describe each of the three Egyptian seasons.

Answer 34

Flooding season - the people of Egypt worked on their buildings while they waited for the water to go down. They often built ditches to trap some of the floodwaters inland for use in irrigation.
Planting season - They planted their crops in the fertile soil left by the floods.
Harvest season - the crops were gathered for another year.