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chapter 8
Question | Answer |
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Why is King Tut one of the MOST well-known Pharaohs? | Amazing artifacts were found in Tut's tomb. |
Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies? | to preserve dead bodies of the pharaohs |
What was the MAJOR purpose for bilding the pyramids? | tombs for pharaohs |
What is one of the characteristics for which Egypt's Middle Kingdom is especially famous | reunification |
Which period is often called the Golden Age, a time when Egypt had reached the height of its power? | the New Kingdom |
What was 1 method that Khufu used to ensure that his power would be accepted? | He declared the he was a god |
It was built from more than 2 million stone blocks. It had tunnels inside. What was it? | the Great Pyramid of Giza |
Senurset 1 controlled a source of natural resources that were used in beautiful works of art. What was that source? | mines for gold with scarlet feathers |
Why did archaeologists reconstruct the White Chapel? | It was built by Senurset 1 but had been taken apart by a later ruler |
Hatshepsut was the FIRST pharaoh who was a ?? | woman |
A great temple built into a cliff above a river best describes what?? | Hatshepsut's monument at Dayr al-Bahri |
In which time period did Egypt have a pharaoh who was especially know for promoting trade ?? who was it?? | between 1500 and 1400 B.C.E. it was Hatshepsut |
who said "I ruled Egypt fror more than 60 years. I was a famous military leader. I have hundreds of statues of me built- all over Egypt!"?? | Rames 11 |
Who singed the world's first peace treaty?? | Egypt and Hittites |
Compared with any other pharaoh in history, Rames11 produced more?? | temples and monuments |