7th Grade History                                  Name: _________________________________________  Score:
Teacher: Mr. Cap   Quiz over  Chapter 3        Egypt

1.  Ham's son _______________________________________ settled in Egypt.

2.  Greek historian ______________________________________________ marveled at the ancient relics of Egypt.

3.  Define each of the following terms: pyramids: ___________________________________________________

     sphinxes : ________________________________________hieroglyphics: _____________________________

4.  For centuries Egypt's past remained a mystery until _____________________ soldiers uncovered the Rosetta Stone.

 5.  The Rosetta Stone contained a message carved in three languages. 

 1.  ________________________ 2. ________________________

 3.__________________________

 6.  French scholar Jean Francis ___________________________
     worked 14 years to translate the stone and solve the riddle of
     hieroglyphics.

 7.  Why has Egypt been a storehouse for relics of the past?__________

________________________________________________________

8.  The Nile is the _____________________ river in the world and flows _______________ to_______________

9.  The delta region is one of the most ____________________________ regions in the world.

10.  Egypt worshipped the _____________________________________ rather than the creator (God)

11.  List 5 things the Egyptians worshiped. __________________________________________________________

12.  Egyptians preserved bodies through a process called:   _______________________________________

13.  Ancient Egypt was divided in half: _____________________ Egypt and _________________________ Egypt

14.    _________________________________ united the two kingdoms and became the first pharaoh of Egypt.

15.   Great Sphinx was probably the image of pharaoh _______________________________.

16. The great pharaoh _______________________________ was the pharaoh during Moses' time.

17.  Which pharaoh's image is to the left? ________________________________

18. What happened to most of Egypt's tombs?_________________________________

19.  What is a tribute?___________________________________________

20.  The Egyptian Empire reached it's greatest height under ______________________ III

21.  In Egypt's they used many ____________ to build the beautiful things for the pharaohs.

22. After____________________ became governor of Egypt,  Jacob and his family moved to Egypt but eventually the pharaoh feared their numbers and enslaved them.

23.  After more than _______________________ yrs of slavery Moses was born.

24.  At the age of ______________ Moses fled Egypt after killing an Egyptian.  God speaks to Moses through a

       ________________________________ At the age of _________________ Moses went back to Egypt to

       ask pharaoh to "let my people go". ___________________is put in doorways to protect Israelites from death angel.

Label the following: Nile River, Red Sea, Euphrates River, Mediterranean Sea, Sinai, Memphis, Thebes, Giza Shade in the extent of the Egyptian Empire