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7th Grade Social Studies
Chapter Outline
Ancient Egypt and Kush
Name________________________________________
1. Be able to define the following words:
cataract
delta
dynasty
regent
pyramid
hieroglyph
natron
shadoof
cartouche
amulet
canopic jar
embalm
crook and flail
mastabas
nobles
elite
exports
imports
method
contracts
silt
afterlife
papyrus
sphinx
scarab
sarcophagus
trade network
engineering
trade roots
authority
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pharaoh
mummy
artisan
Rosetta Stone
Book of the Dead
astronomer
obelisk
merchants
acquire
2. Describe the influence of geography on the history of Egypt.
3. Describe the effect of the yearly inundation/ flooding of the Nile River.
4. Explain how the Nile River effected trade and travel.
5. Identify important events that occurred during each of the three kingdoms:
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom.
6. Explain the power of the pharaoh as a political and religious leader.
7. Explain the importance of religion and the afterlife to ancient Egyptians. Where and
when did the afterlife take place? How did the Egyptians prepare for the afterlife?
Connect this idea to how and why the pyramids were made.
8. List Egyptian achievements in writing, mathematics, and medicine.
9. Explain the relationship between Egypt and Kush.
10. Identify the following people:
Menes
Tutankhamen
Piankhi
Hatshepsut
Thutmose III
Djoser
Amenhotep IV
Khufu
Khafra
Shanakhdakheto
Ezana
11. Identify and know the importance of the following Egyptian gods:
Amon-Re
Osiris
Isis
Horus
Seth
Nepthys
Anubis
Ammit
Hathar
Thoth
Ma’at
Hapy
Aten
Ramses II