Name ______________________________ Mr.

Gordon's 7th Grade Ancient History Class

Egypt Unit 1 Study Guide

Chapter 1: Geography

• Know the map we completed in class and ALL of the locations that we wrote down (you will

have a word bank on the test)

• Natural barriers that protected Egypt from foreign invaders

• Importance of Nile River

• 3 Egyptian seasons, their Egyptian names, and what occurred during each season

Chapter 2: 1st Egyptian King

• Pharaoh Narmer

• Palette of Narmer: what happens on it? What does it mean?

Chapter 3: The Old Kingdom

• King Aha

• 3,100 – 2,670 BCE:

• Manetho

• Ancient Egyptian history is divided into 3 periods known as _________________.

• 2 concerns during the Old Kingdom

• Pharaoh Djoser

• Imhotep

• Edwin Smith Papyrus (3,100 BCE)

Chapter 4: Hieroglyphs

• Abydos

• Details of Egyptian writing

• “Satire of the Trades” (1991 – 1782 BCE)

 • “Sesh”

• “Medu neter”

• What did Egyptian scribes write on? What did scribal STUDENTS write on?

• Rosetta Stone

• Thomas Young and Jean Francois Champollion

Chapter 5: Egyptian Religion

• Most important Egyptian god?

• Goddess of Upper Egypt

• Goddess of Lower Egypt

• Pharaoh Neferhotep (1740 – 1730 BCE)

• Legend of Osiris

• Story of Re

• Know the following gods/goddess of ancient Egypt, including what they are god/goddess of:

Amun, Anubis, Bastet, Hathor, Horus, Isis, Montu, Neith, Osiris, Ptah, Re, Seth, Thoth

Chapter 6: Mummies and the Afterlife

• Field of Reeds

• Ba, Ka, Akh

• Purpose/responsibility of these spirits?

• Know the soul's journey through the Underworld

• Pyramid Texts

• Coffin Texts

• Book of the Dead

• Hall of Judgment

• Mummification
 • Embalmers

• Place of Washing “Ibu”

• House of Mummification “Per-nefer”

• House of Purification “Wabet”

Chapter 7: Pyramid Age/Old Kingdom

• Mennefer

• Turin Papyrus

• Great Pyramid

• Great Sphinx

• Dream Stela

Possible Long(er) Answer Questions:

1. Describe the process by which Egyptian embalmers prepared the dead for afterlife called

mummification. Include the Egyptian name for each “stage” and what occurred during it.

2. Upon death, how could an ancient Egyptian gain entrance into Field of Reeds? Describe the

journey, and the steps along that journey, that a person's three spirits would take in order to

access it.

3. Describe, in detail, the construction of the Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx. Who built

them? What is unique about them? Did they represent anything specific or unique to ancient

Egyptians?

4. Summarize either the ancient Egyptian “Legend of Osiris” or “Story of Re.” What is the

conclusion? In your opinion, what is the most important part of this particular legend?

Map Locations:

• Water: Mediterranean Sea, Nile River, Red Sea

• Regions: Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, Sinai, Arabia

• Cities: Abydos, Alexandria, Amarna, Giza, Memphis, Nekhen, Thebes