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Ancient Egypt Study Guide
Ch. 7, 8, & 9
Label all of the following on the map below:
Mediterranean Sea
Nubian Desert
Red Sea
Libyan Desert
Nile River (draw and label)
Arabian Desert
Jordan River (draw and label)
Negev Desert
Sea of Galilee (draw and label)
Canaan
Dead Sea (draw and label)
Kush
Draw an arrow beside the Nile River showing which way it flows.
Settlement of Ancient Egypt
Give names of two physical features that
Egyptian people settled in or near.
Why did they settle in or near these physical
features?
Give names of two physical features that
Egyptian people did NOT settle in or near.
Why did they NOT settle in or near these
physical features?
Label and define Egypt’s social pyramid:
An ancient Egyptian leader
Fill in the chart below with information about each Egyptian pharaoh:
Khufu
Reign—How
many years?
Kingdom—Old,
Middle, or New?
Major
Achievements
(give specific
details)
Monument (give
specific details)
Senusret I
Hatshepsut
Ramses II
For each social class below, give five facts to describe the daily life of people in that social class.
Government Officials
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Priests
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Scribes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Artisans
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Peasants
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Vocabulary
Write a definition of the following terms. Make sure that you know and understand them.
Vegetation
Papyrus
Topography
Pyramid
Pharaoh
Artisans
Peasants
Social Classes
Social Pyramid
Hieroglyph