Chapter 4 Name: ______Date: ______Period: _____
Eastern Hemisphere – Saunders
Study Guide
Define the following:
1. irrigation
2. delta
3. scribes
4. papyrus
5. unification
6. pharaoh
7. economy
8. hieroglyphics
9. silt
10. Upper Egypt
11. Lower Egypt
12. Menes
13. Khufu
14. Polytheism
15. Monotheism
16. empire
17. Hatshepsut
19. New Kingdom
20. Ahmose
Answer the following questions
21. What continent is Egypt located on?
22. Where does the Nile River empty?
23. Why is Egypt called the Gift of the Nile?
24. What part of Egypt is the Nile delta in?
25. What direction does the Nile flow?
26. When did people begin settling around the Nile River?
27. What made life as it was possible in ancient Egypt?
28. What did the flooding of the Nile River allowing farmers to do?
29. What type of terrain makes up most of Egypt?
30. What is the longest river in the world?
31. What did the Nile River provide to Egypt?
32. The Egyptians believed the pharaoh was the child of which god?
33. Why was the flooding of the Nile a good thing?
34. What was Egypt’s economy based on in the Old Kingdom? In the New Kingdom?
35. What is the process of preserving a body for life after death called?
36. Which god was important because of the belief in the afterworld?
37. Were the Egyptians polytheist or monotheist?
38. What solved the mystery of hieroglyphics?
40. Who were the Hyksos? Where did they settle?
41. When did Egypt first become an empire?
42. How was a person’s position determined in ancient Egypt?
43. How much did pharaoh collect in taxes?
Map: place the letter of the correct answer in the blank.
____ Upper Egypt ____ Lower Egypt ____ Nile Delta
____ Mediterranean Sea ____ Nile River ____Red Sea
____ Thebes ____ Memphis