Chapter 5 study guide

1. Theocracy:

2. What two advantages did the Hyksos have which allowed them to defeat the Egyptians?

3. Why is King Tut so famous?

4. Why did Kush move its capital?

5. List 3 natural barriers that protected Egypt.

6. Who is considered the best New Kingdom pharaoh?

7. Which New Kingdom pharaoh used military conquests to expand the economy?

8. Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?

9. Describe the Nile’s floods.

10. Name the woman pharaoh who focused on trade to build Egypt’s economy.

11. Under which ruler did Egypt lose most of its land in western Asia, because he focused too much on religion?

12. In 750 B.C., which Kushite king invaded Egypt?

13. Name the Egyptian book that held spells and prayers to help obtain the afterlife.

14. What shape would you use to help show Egypt’s social classes?

15. Who tried to give the Egyptians a new religion?

16. A line of rulers from the same family.

17. Who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt?

18. Name the chief god of the Egyptians.

19. List the type of crops the Egyptians grew.

20. Name the capital of Egypt during the Middle kingdom.

21. Name the capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom.

22. Where were the Hyksos from?

23. Means, “the Black Lands.” 24. Which pharaoh had the Great Pyramid built for himself?

25. Study your map of Egypt.

26. Fast moving waters formed by boulders and cliffs.

27. A forced payment sent to the pharaoh by conquered people.

28. Tallest building in the world for 4,000 years.

29. Which kingdom in known for the golden age of prosperity, achievement, and stability?

30. How did the Egyptian’s use papyrus?

31. Osiris ruled the underworld, who was his wife who ruled with him?

32. The world’s longest river?

33. Name the goddess who ruled the Nile River.

34. The pharaoh was believed to be the son of which god?

35. What tasks did the Egyptian pharaoh have his advisers do?