Social Studies - Chapter 4 – Review - Answer Key
Thinking About
Vocabulary:
1. I, Unification
2. C
3. C
4. I, delta
5. I, irrigation
6. C
7. I, Hieroglyphics
8. I, empire
9. I, Scale
10. I, expedition
Thinking About Facts:
1. It provided soil and water for agriculture and served as a water highway
2.
3.
4.
5.
through the length of Egypt.
He united the two kingdoms of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt into one
kingdom.
It made it possible to read hieroglyphics, unlocking Egypt’s written records to
historians.
Mainly from Syria in western Asia and from Nubia; Everybody was above,
but farmers were next above.
1,000 years (3100 – 2100 = 1000)
Social Studies - Chapter 4 – Review - Answer Key
Thinking About
Vocabulary:
1. I, Unification
2. C
3. C
4. I, delta
5. I, irrigation
6. C
7. I, Hieroglyphics
8. I, empire
9. I, Scale
10. I, expedition
Thinking About Facts:
1. It provided soil and water for agriculture and served as a water highway
through the length of Egypt.
2. He united the two kingdoms of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt into one
kingdom.
3. It made it possible to read hieroglyphics, unlocking Egypt’s written records
to historians.
4. Mainly from Syria in western Asia and from Nubia; Everybody was above,
but farmers were next above.
5. 1,000 years (3100 – 2100 = 1000)
Social Studies - Chapter 4 – Review - Answer Key
Thinking About
Vocabulary:
1. I, Unification
2. C
3. C
4. I, delta
5. I, irrigation
6. C
7. I, Hieroglyphics
8. I, empire
9. I, Scale
10. I, expedition
Thinking About Facts:
1. It provided soil and water for agriculture and served as a water
2.
3.
4.
5.
highway through the length of Egypt.
He united the two kingdoms of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt into one
kingdom.
It made it possible to read hieroglyphics, unlocking Egypt’s written
records to historians.
Mainly from Syria in western Asia and from Nubia; Everybody was
above, but farmers were next above.
1,000 years (3100 – 2100 = 1000)
Name: __________________________________________
Date: _______________
Social Studies – Chapter 4 Review (Study Guide)
Answer the following questions based on Chapter 4:
Thinking About Vocabulary:
Number a sheet of paper from 1 to 10. Decide whether the underlined word in each of gthe
following statements correctly completes the sentence. If the word is correct, write C beside the
number. If the word is incorrect, write I and then write the word that completes the sentence.
delta, economy, empire, expedition, hieroglyphics, irrigation, scale, scribe, slavery, unification
1.
2.
3.
4.
Irrigation is the joining of parts into one.
Slavery is the owning of one person by another.
A scribe is a writer of records, letters, and contracts.
An empire is the flat, fertile land made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of
water.
5. The watering of land by means of canals or pipes is called scale.
6. An economy is the way people manage money and resources.
7. Delta is the ancient Egyptian system of writing.
8. A group of lands or peoples ruled by one government is called an expedition.
9. Hieroglyphics is a unit of measure used on a map to represent a distance.
10. A group of people who go on a trip for a set reason is called a unification.
Thinking About Facts:
Answer the following questions:
1. What was the role of the Nile River in the development of Egyptian civilization?
2. How did its first pharaoh unify Egypt?
3. How has the Rosetta Stone helped historians to understand Egypt’s past?
4. Where did Egypt get its slaves? Who were above slaves on the Egyptian social pyramid?
5. Look at the time line below. How many years after Egypt was united did the Middle Kingdom
begin?
Major Events in Ancient Egyptian History