Comparative Civilizations 12
3.3 – Egypt
Movie: Ancient Egypt (Crash Course World History)
Egypt’s Golden Empire – The Last Great Pharaoh
Name: _____________________________
Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History
1. What time period did Ancient Egypt last from?
2. What shaped the world view of the Egyptians?
3. Why was the Nile an ideal river?
4. Why was planting so easy for the Egyptians?
5. Why would the Egyptian communities exist only along the Nile? (2 marks)
6. What is the difference between Sumerian and Egyptian views on the afterlife?
7. What is the oldest time period of Egypt called?
8. What are three things that this oldest period of Egypt is known for? (3 marks)
9. Why were the pyramids built?
10. What animal was considered to have special power in Egypt?
11. What are the two types of writing that Egyptians used and what was each for? (4 marks)
12. What was the second major time period called?
13. What are two ways that this second time period was different from the first? (2 marks)
14. What are two things that the Egyptians in this time period used in order to conquer other
armies? (2 marks)
15. What is the third time period called?
16. What were the Egyptians looking for when they took over more land in this time period? (2
marks)
17. Why was King Tut famous?
Egypt’s Golden Empire – The Last Great Pharaoh
18. How long was Egypt ruled by Pharaohs?
19. Who was the last great pharaoh?
20. What event in 1327 brought Egypt to the verge of crisis?
21. Why was this event a crisis?
22. Where did the Egyptian empire stretch to? (2 marks)
23. Why was it a big deal when Tutankhamun died?
24. What group challenged Egypt now?
25. If Ramses was born a commoner, how did he come to be on the throne?
26. What was the biggest challenge of Ramses’ life?
27. What was unique about Ramses appearance that set him apart? (2 marks)
28. What was the difference between the weapons of the Egyptians and Hittites?
29. What nearly fatal mistake did Ramses make in his first major battle?
30. When Ramses returned, he re-wrote history, in what way was the history changed?
31. Why is the treaty between the Hittite King and Ramses unique?
32. How was the treaty sealed?
33. Why did Ramses move the capital?
34. Why was there such tight security in the town that Ramses tomb was being built?
35. Why were there paintings, and spells in the tombs?
36. Who was the most important woman in Ramses life?
37. Why did Ramses put so much energy into building this woman’s tomb?
38. Why were historians so happy with the work town near Ramses burial site?
39. What is the difference in the paintings between the tombs of the royals and the tombs of the
everyday person?
40. What did Ramses focus on after the completion of his tomb?
41. After he was confident that this was secure, what did he focus on?
42. What is the symbolism of the temples of himself and Nefertari (Abu Simbel) overlooking the
Nile?
43. What is unique about the Ramesseum?
44. What are two jobs that these workers in the house of life did?
45. What invention allowed the storage of great knowledge in Egypt?
46. Why was it frightening for so many people when Ramessess died?
47. Why was Ramessess legacy in jeopardy after less than a generation?
48. What did the people do when the new Kings continued to build without the funds?
49. What did the workers do when the royal family did nothing?
50. What did the loss of Nubia mean? (2 marks)
51. Why were the bodies of so many Egyptian Kings moved from their tombs to a cave in a
mountainside together?