Ch 2 Settling Nile

Description:	8th gr social studies
Category:	History
Created by:	fhershey on 2009-10-07

Question	Answer
longest river in world, about 4000 miles long	Nile
used the Nile for many things	Egyptians
a narrow, green valley in Egypt	Nile Valley
northern end of the valley is a fetile area of land	delta
largest desert in the world and lies west of the Nile Valley	Sahara
lies to the east of the Nile Valley	Eastern Desert
has several natural borders to protect it	Egypt
kept enemies from entering Egypt	deserts
kept enemies from entering Egypt	dangerous rapids of the Nile
kept enemies from entering Egypt	marshes in the delta
were predictable and not devastating	floods along the Nile
each spring it would flood and leave a dark fertile mud along its bank	Nile
was helpful to farmers after they learned about it	Nile
farmers used what was left behind by floods to grow wheat, barley, and flax seeds	soil
because the people in Egypt had surplus food, some people became this instead of farmers	artisans
what artisans did	wove cloth
what artisans did	made pottery
what artisans did	carved statues
what artisans did	crafted weapons and tools
Egyptians traded with each other and with others in _______________	Mesopotamia
a few strong chiefs united groups of valleys into ___________	kingdoms
name one of the two large kingdoms that emerged	Lower Egypt
name one of the two large kingdoms that emerged	Upper Egypt
united the two kingdoms	Narmer
ruled from the city of Memphis and his kingdom lasted long after his death	Narmer
Egyptians built these to protect bodies of dead pharoahs	pyramids
contained dead pharoahs and their belongings they might need in their afterlife	pyramid
took thousands of people and years of labor to build one	pyramid
name one of two things Egyptians used to create pyramids	astronomy
name one of two things Egyptians used to create pyramids	mathematics
what pyramids are made of that were carefully selected through searching	stone
cut stone into blocks that were used to make pyramids	artisans
other workers __________ and pulled them to the Nile	tied stones to sleds
largest pyramid in Egypt	Great Pyramid
the Great Pyramid was built for __________	King Khufu
the Great Pyramid is located near	Cairo
one of three main pyramids	Khufu
one of three main pyramids	Khafre
one of three main pyramids	Menkaura
ruled Eygpt	All-powerful pharoahs
Egyptians were ___________	polytheistic
who built huge stone pyramids as tombs for their pharoahs	Egyptians of old Kingdom
lasted from 2600 to 2300 bc	old kingdom
pharoahs appointed _____ to carry out their commands	officers
why Egyptian people served pharoahs	believed kingdom depended on one strong leader
pharoahs lost control of Egypt	2300 bc
at the time the pharoahs lost control of Egypt a new dynasty of pharoahs created a capital at _________	Thebes
after the capital at Thebes
longest river in world, about 4000 miles long	Nile
used the Nile for many things	Egyptians
a narrow, green valley in Egypt	Nile Valley
northern end of the valley is a fetile area of land	delta
largest desert in the world and lies west of the Nile Valley	Sahara
lies to the east of the Nile Valley	Eastern Desert
has several natural borders to protect it	Egypt
kept enemies from entering Egypt	deserts
kept enemies from entering Egypt	dangerous rapids of the Nile
kept enemies from entering Egypt	marshes in the delta
were predictable and not devastating	floods along the Nile
each spring it would flood and leave a dark fertile mud along its bank	Nile
was helpful to farmers after they learned about it	Nile
farmers used what was left behind by floods to grow wheat, barley, and flax seeds	soil
because the people in Egypt had surplus food, some people became this instead of farmers	artisans
what artisans did	wove cloth
what artisans did	made pottery
what artisans did	carved statues
what artisans did	crafted weapons and tools
Egyptians traded with each other and with others in _______________	Mesopotamia
a few strong chiefs united groups of valleys into ___________	kingdoms
name one of the two large kingdoms that emerged	Lower Egypt
name one of the two large kingdoms that emerged	Upper Egypt
united the two kingdoms	Narmer
ruled from the city of Memphis and his kingdom lasted long after his death	Narmer
Egyptians built these to protect bodies of dead pharoahs	pyramids
contained dead pharoahs and their belongings they might need in their afterlife	pyramid
took thousands of people and years of labor to build one	pyramid
name one of two things Egyptians used to create pyramids	astronomy
name one of two things Egyptians used to create pyramids	mathematics
what pyramids are made of that were carefully selected through searching	stone
cut stone into blocks that were used to make pyramids	artisans
other workers __________ and pulled them to the Nile	tied stones to sleds
largest pyramid in Egypt	Great Pyramid
the Great Pyramid was built for __________	King Khufu
the Great Pyramid is located near	Cairo
one of three main pyramids	Khufu
one of three main pyramids	Khafre
one of three main pyramids	Menkaura
ruled Eygpt	All-powerful pharoahs
Egyptians were ___________	polytheistic
who built huge stone pyramids as tombs for their pharoahs	Egyptians of old Kingdom
lasted from 2600 to 2300 bc	old kingdom
pharoahs appointed _____ to carry out their commands	officers
why Egyptian people served pharoahs	believed kingdom depended on one strong leader
pharoahs lost control of Egypt	2300 bc
at the time the pharoahs lost control of Egypt a new dynasty of pharoahs created a capital at _________	Thebes
after the capital at Thebes was created, the Middle Kingdom began to experience one of these three things	time of stability
after the capital at Thebes was created, the Middle Kingdom began to experience one of these three things	prosperity
after the capital at Thebes was created, the Middle Kingdom began to experience one of these three things	achievement
Egypt took control of other lands and forced conquered people to send __________	tributes
forced payments	tributes
way Egypt increased its riches	tributes
one of the three things that blossomed during the Middle Kingdom	the arts
one of the three things that blossomed during the Middle Kingdom	literature
one of the three things that blossomed during the Middle Kingdom	architecture
the Middle King ended when the _________ attacked and conquered Egypt	Hyksos
ruled until 1500 bc	Hyskos
__________ led revolt to drive the Hyksos out of Egypt	Prince Ahmose
The king boy who was only ten years old	Tutankhamen
restored old religion	Tutankhamen
ruled only nine years and died unexpectedly	Tutankhamen
only woman pharoah	Queen Hatshepsut
ruled in place of her nephew	Queen Hatshepsut
known for peace and for trade	Queen Hatshepsut
pharoah after Queen Hatshepsut	Thutmose III
began aggressive wars of conquest	Thutmose III
grew rich from trade and tribute	Thutmose III
slavery became widespread under his rule	Thutmose III
did not like Hatshepsut	Thutmose III
amen Hotep	Kematon
introduced new religion	Kematon
made it so difficult he would be only god worshiped	Kematon
ruler for 66 years in the 1200 bc's	Ramses II
considered to be the greatest pharoah	Ramses II
Egyptian power faded after _________ because of a series of invasions	Ramses II
__________ armies expanded Egypt's borders to the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia	Thutmose