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Ancient Egypt
Pre-AP Global
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The longest river in the world. | The Nile River. |
| Where does the Nile River begin? | Highlands of Ethiopia. |
| Nile River's two branches. | White Nile and Blue Nile. |
| In what direction does the Nile River flow? | North. |
| Where does the Nile River empty? | The Mediterranean Sea. (The Nile Delta) |
| What was the most important thing to the Egyptians about the Nile River? | The annual flooding. |
| The rich soil around the Nile River. | The Black Land. |
| The desert area. | The Red Land. |
| These protected Ancient Egypt from invaders and gave them a sense of security. | Natural barriers. |
| True or False: Egyptians were polytheistic. | True. |
| Who was the most important god to the Egyptians and what did this show? | Re, the Sun god, agriculture was significant. |
| The ____________, the leader of the Egyptians, was believed to be divine and had absolute power. | Pharaoh. |
| The patron of embalming. | Anubis. |
| Osiris. | Supreme god and judge of the dead, symbol of resurrection and eternal life. |
| Isis. | Winged goddess that represented the wind. |
| Horus. | Son of Osiris and Isis, avenged the death of his father. |
| Ka. | A person's soul that lived on in the afterlife. |
| Egyptian history's three main time periods. | Old, Middle, and New Kingdom. |
| United upper and lower Egypt, established the first Egyptian dynasty. | Menes. |
| The Old Kingdom was a period of ______________. | Prosperity. |
| The _________ ___________ were built during the Old Kingdom. | Great Pyramids. |
| Chief adviser to the pharaoh. | Vizier. |
| What was the purpose of mummification? | To preserve the body so the soul could move on to the afterlife. |
| Natron. | A drying agent used during mummification. |
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| Ba. | A human-headed bird that leaves the body when a person dies. |
| Akh. | The transfigured spirit of a person that becomes one with light after death. |
| Solar Bark. | Travelling system through the under world. |
| Land of the Gods. | Underworld. |
| Hall of Osiris. | Place of judgment. |
| The Middle Kingdom was a period of ______________. | Stability. |
| The Pharaoh took part in _________ __________ ___________. | Public Works Projects. |
| Invaded Egypt at the end of the middle kingdom, had superior weapons. | Hyksos. |
| First woman to be a pharaoh, built many monuments and temples. | Hatshepsut. |
| Wanted Egypt to worship the god of the sun, Aton, as the only god. | Akhenaton. |
| Restored polytheist ways, has the only tomb to be found today. | King Tut. |
| Had one of the longest reigns in Egyptian history, increased size of empire, had many children. | Ramses. |
| True or False: common people typically had multiple wives in Egypt. | False, monogamy was typical. |
| True or False: women had many rights in Egypt, such as owning property and divorcing. | True. |
| Form of paper. | Papyrus. |
| Social pyramid. | Pharaoh Viziers High priest, overseers. governors Scribes, artisans, farmers. |
| Helped translate hieroglyphics, stone written in Greek, hieroglyphics, and demotic. | Rosetta Stone. |
| Egyptian art involved people in _____________. | Profile. |
| Egypt's accomplishments. | Calculated area and volume, solar calendar, embalming. |
| Downfall of Egypt. | Conquered by Romans, Cleopatra committed suicide. |
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