Study Guide for Exam on Egypt and Nubia
You will use the following to complete your study guide:
 Chapters 5, 6.1, and 10.1 and 10.2
 Notes on Egypt, Kush, and the Israellites that were taken in class.
 Map of Egypt
 Any work done in
For your exam, you will be allowed to use (1) 3x note card. Scholars use one side
of the notecard. The following items will appear on your exam.
I.
Nile River
Giza
Kerma
II.
III.
IV.
Map of Egypt. (Use the map that you worked on in class and maps in
Chapters 3 and 4 in your textbook. Given a blank map of the Egypt and
Nubia, you need to identify the following places (nothing to do on this, just
know for the exam).
Sahara Desert
Nubia
White Nile River
Mediterranean Sea
Memphis
Geography of Northern Africa (131-134)
a. Be able to identify the river that Egypt formed around.
b. Know the three “Magic Words” that are associated with civilizations being
located near water. This is not in the textbook we discussed it in class
several times.
c. Know what a cataract is.
d. Know the important crops grown in Egypt.
Early Egypt (135-143)
a. Why is the Nile River a Giver and Taker of life?
b. What did the Egyptians write on?
c. Know the names of the three seasons in Egypt.
d. Know the main gods we discussed in class. (The Sun God)
e. How did the Egyptians bring water to farms from the Nile River?
f. What did the Egyptians believe about life after death?
g. Know the difference between Lower and Upper Egypt.
h. What was the Pharaoh and know his duties.
i. What were Egyptian prayers collected in?
The Old Kingdom (141-146)
a. What were the major accomplishments of this kingdom?
b. What was the purpose for the pyramids?
c. Know the process of mummifying a body.
d. What city can you find the “Great Pyramids?”
V.
The Middle Kingdom (150-152)
a. What is a civil war, and who fought in it before the Middle Kingdom?
b. Know the levels of the Egyptian “Social Pyramid”
c. Know the accomplishments of this kingdom.
VI.
The New Kingdom (152-154)
a. Know the name of the group that took control of Egypt in 1630 B.C.
b. Know the accomplishments of this kingdom.
c. Where did the Egyptians bury their pharaoh’s instead of the pyramids, and
why did they have to do this?
d. Which Pharaoh made Egyptians believe in one god and what was that
god’s name?
VII.
Egypt Under the rule of others, and Nubia (155-179)
a. Know the groups that conquered Egypt.
b. Why did these groups conquer Egypt?
c. What did Egypt and Nubia fight over?
d. Who did the Nubian’s ally themselves with in the war against Egypt?
e. Why was Kerma so important to the region?
f. What was set up in the city of Meroe?
VIII. THE ISRAELITES
a. Know the main beliefs of the ancient Israelites
b. In what way did the Israelites religion differ from Egypt
c. Know the importance of Abraham, Moses, David, Ruth and Naomi, and
Yahanan Ben Zaccai
Vocabulary Words: Be able to define the following words. I will pick ten of them on
the test.
Savanna
Cataract
Nation-State
Predict
Inundation
Afterlife
Dynasty
Pharaoh
Hieroglyphics
Papyrus
Pyramid
Intermediary
Civil War
Bureaucracy
Prophet
ESSAY: In North Africa, the Kingdom of Kush and the Egyptian Empire
played a significant role during the ancient world. Compare and contrast life
in both countries. How were they similar and different?