6th Grade Study Guide

Test Format

• True / False - 5 questions - Read these carefully!
  
• Matching - 8 questions
• Multiple Choice - 10 questions
• Map Skills - 3 questions - Study the maps in this chapter of your book.
• Short Answer - 4 questions - Write in complete sentences.
• Essay - 1 question - This will be a "big picture" question where you have to provide details.

People and Groups of People

• Ramses II
• Menes
• Hyksos
• Hatshepsut
• Joseph

Locations

• Memphis, capital of Egypt
• Meroe, capital of Kush
• Kerma, capital of Kush
• White Nile and Blue Nile Rivers
• Lower Egypt
• Upper Egypt
• Nile Delta
• Kush
• Nubia

Terms, Themes and Facts

• unification
• social pyramid
• expedition
• pharaoh
• cataracts
• delta
• The Rosetta Stone
• Egyptian Gods (Ra, Isis, Horus)
• Nubia and its resources
• Hyksos and their weapons
• The Sphinx excavation
• Search for King Tut
• Mummification
• Seasonal flooding of the Nile effect life in Egypt?
• Egyptian Slavery