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World History Pg 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How is Bronze made? | Bronze is made by combining copper with tin, which produces a harder metal than cooper alone, and it holds edge much longer. |
| What was invented during the Bronze age? | The Bronze Age was a time of great invention; the wheel, plow, writing, money, cities, and chariots. |
| How long did the Bronze age last? | The Bronze Age lasted roughly 4000 BC to the beginning of the Iron Age around 1000 BC. |
| What is Egypt said to be? | Egypt is said to be a "gift of the Nile" because the river provided irrigation water, fertile soils due to annual floods, and easy transportation by boat. |
| What are Egypt's two main geographic features? | Egypt's two main geographic features are the Nile and the Sahara Desert. |
| How were the Nile and the deserts important to Egypts? | In Egypt where the Nile was the lifeblood of the country, and the desert provided natural barriers to enemies permitting ancient Egyptian civilization to last for 3,000 years, the longest in history (3100 BC to 30 BC). |
| What religion was Ancient Egyptians? | Ancient Egyptians had a polytheistic religion. |
| What are their important gods? | Ra, god of the sun and creator of life, Osiris, god of rebirth. |
| What did ancient Egyptians invent? | The ancient Egyptians also developed a 365-day calendar based on the solar year. |
| What were Pharaohs? | Pharaohs were the kings of ancient Egypt who were worshiped as gods. |
| Where did their wealth come from? | Their wealth came from the bountiful agriculture made possible by the Nile. |
| Pharaohs controlled the government, what did they do? | Egypt's Pharaohs controlled strong central governments that built massive public works such as the irrigation systems that tamed the Nile's floods allowing agriculture to flourish in the desert. |
| Who was the first women ruler? | Queen Hatsheput, the first important women ruler in history. |
| Who was the best known pharaoh and how did he become famous? | The best-known pharaoh is Tutanthamen, or King Tut, who died at the age of eighteen. He became famous in our time for the discovery of his unplundered tomb in the 1920's the only tomb of a pharaoh found intact. |
| What did his tomb contain? | A minor king, his tomb contained fantastic richest; over 5,000 objects in four rooms including a spectacular life-like mask of solid gold that covered the head and shoulders of his mummy (his preserved body). King Tut's tomb is one of the most impressive |
| What were governments needed for? | As societies grew larger, government became necessary to provide an orderly way to make decisions, to maintain public order through police and courts, and to supply services that were not provided by merchants. |
| What does today governments maintain still? | Today, governments still maintain public water systems, and they perform other functions not provided by business such as national defense and education. |
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