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Aldworth Ch. 3 Quiz
Egypt #aliens
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cataract | blockage from rocks and fallen trees and such on the nile- there are 6 |
| Delta | triangular, broad, marshy area of land where the river has branched out |
| Irrigation | a way of getting water from the nile to the farmland to water crops |
| Upper Egypt | Southern- skinny strip of land from the First Cataract to the point where the river splits into many branches |
| Lower Egypt | Nothern- begins about 100 miles from where the river starts to empty into the Med. Sea (river Delta) |
| Menes | -United Upper & Lower Egypt -created the capital of Memphis in between them - Creates centralized rule - First pharaoh |
| Dynasties | a set of rulers from one family- 31 dynasties |
| Kingdoms | 3- Old, Middle, & New A period of prosper in Egypt |
| Illnesses | 2- A period of bad times in Egypt; -Usually caused by drought, invasion, hunger, disease, etc. |
| Horus | Living God |
| Ka | the spirit of a pharaoh who lived on to help the government after the pharaoh died |
| Mastaba | an egyptian tomb with flat roof |
| Hyksos | Asian nomads who took over and ruled Egypt throughout its second illness |
| Ramses II | - Pharaoh - Greatest Builder of the New Kingdom - Created god Amon |
| Sahara Desert | - Northern Africa - Used to be grassland |
| Memphis | - Capital of Egypt - Founded by Menes |
| Name ways Egypt was isolated | 1.From the W to E there is Desert 2. From the North is the Med. Sea 3. From the South are cataracts |
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