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Ancient Egypt Study Guide

Due Tuesday, Dec 14

Test: Wednesday, December 15

7- Geography

A. Label the following places on the maps below:

Nile River Mediterranean Sea Arabian Desert Red Sea

Jordan River Sea of Galilee Nubian Desert

Egypt Dead Sea Libyan Desert

Kush Asia Negev Desert

Canaan Africa Tigris and Euphrates River

Show which direction the Nile River flows

B. Name the three environmental factors that are needed for human settlement and why these factors are important

Environmental Factor /

Why Important ?




C. 1. List the physical features of Egypt and Kush and how they affected where people settled

Physical Feature /

How affected where people settled

2. List the physical features of Canaan and how they affected where people settled

Physical Feature /

How affected where people settled

D. Describe the climate of Egypt/Canaan and how it affected where the people settled

Reading 8- Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs

A. Name the three kingdoms of Egypt and for what they are known

Kingdom

Known For
Time Period

B. Name and describe the 4 monuments we visited

Name the Pharaoh who built it and an important detail about the Pharaoh

Monument / Description / Pharaoh / Facts

C. Label the timeline with the 3 kingdoms of Egypt and the 4 Pharaohs we studied (from above)

Use the Venn diagram to compare and contrast the lives of government officials and the peasants of Ancient Egypt

Government Officials Peasants

Use the diagram to compare and contrast Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt

Ancient Mesopotamia Ancient Egypt

Directions: Write the definition of each vocabulary word in the provided box.

Pharaoh / delta / pyramid

hieroglyphics

/ theocracy / topography
vegetation / polytheism / nomad