Ancient Egypt
Terms to Know
Name:
Period:
Date:
DIRECTIONS:
Define and Describe the terms below. Do not use the Glossary in the back of the book: instead use the
definitions given in class, and use your notes to think about how you would describe the terms and events in your
own words. Ask yourself: why is this important?
DELTA
CATARACTS
LOWER KINGDOM/UPPER KINGDOM
PHARAOH
THEOCRACY
MUMMIFICATION
MASTABAS
PYRAMID
BOOK OF THE DEAD
DUAT
HIEROGLYPHICS
DEMOTIC
PAPYRUS
ROSETTA STONE
NUBIA
Know:
1. Where Egypt is on a map
2. Where the Nile is on a map
3. Which direction the Nile flows
4. Where Lower and Upper Egypt are on a map
5. How geography affected Egyptian culture and life
6. How geography protected ancient Egypt
7. What role religion played in ancient Egypt
8. What Egyptians believed about the afterlife, and how they prepared for it
9. Why class hierarchies emerged and how this affected life and afterlife
10. Why Egyptians expanded south
11. How geography affected the Nubian kingdoms