Chapter Test Section 1-4

Question 1

Silt

Answer 1

A fine layer of sand and clay

Question 2

Delta

Answer 2

Built up land at mouth of River

Question 3

Irrigation

Answer 3

Watering by means of canals or pipes

Question 4

Pharaoh

Answer 4

King of Egypt that means “great palace”

Question 5

Menes

Answer 5

The first known King of Egypt who lived in approximately in 3100 B.C. He wore two crowns a red and white one

Question 6

Ra

Answer 6

The sun god

Question 7

Economy

Answer 7

The way the people of a country manage their money and resources

Question 8

Mummies

Answer 8

A body that is treated for burial w/ special preservatives and wrapped airtight in cloth to keep the body from decaying

Question 9

Tut

Answer 9

A Pharaoh that died at 19. He served as a pharaoh for 9 yrs

Question 10

Howard Carter

Answer 10

A man who found King Tut’s tomb in 1922

Question 11

Sarcophagus

Answer 11

Coffins

Question 12

Hieroglyphic

Answer 12

Is a system of writing used by the Egyptians

Question 13

Rosetta Stone

Answer 13

A found stone that had three types of symbols: Greek and two types of Egyptians

Question 14

Scribes

Answer 14

People of ancient Egypt who knew how to write. Only boys!

Question 15

Papyrus

Answer 15

Tall reed that grows near the Nile River. Used to make paper

Question 16

Pyramids

Answer 16

Stone structures that enclosed a small burial room w/ pharaohs mummy

Question 17

Ahmose

Answer 17

Pharaoh who made Egpyt strong and got lower and upper Eygpt back together

Question 18

Empire

Answer 18

A group of lands and people ruled by one government

Question 19

Hatshepsut

Answer 19

On of a few female pharaohs. She was a princess and wife of pharaoh. When husband died she took over

Question 20

Chamomile

Answer 20

Herb tea used to calm an upset stomach

Question 21

Giza

Answer 21

Where three largest pyramids are located

Question 22

Sphinx

Answer 22

1/2 man 1/2 lion structure

Question 23

King Kahfre

Answer 23

One of the pyramids at Giza has him buried in it

Question 24

Nile River

Answer 24

Longest river in the world about 4,000 miles long. Flows into Mediterranean Sea