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Pete Social Studies
Chapter 5 Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What three time periods did historians divide the history of Egypt into? | the old kingdom, the middle kingdom, the new kingdom |
| When did the Old Kingdom start? | around 2527 bc, when the egyptian empire was getting stronger |
| When did the Middle Kingdom start? | around 2130 bc |
| When did the New Kingdom start? | around 1472 bc |
| What color was Upper Egypt's crown? | white |
| What color was Lower Egypt's crown? | red |
| Who united Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt under one central government and wore a double crown? | narmer/menes |
| What was the capital of the Egyptian Empire? | memphis |
| How long did Egypt remain a united country? | thousands of years |
| What is a dynasty? | a line of rulers from the same family |
| How many dynasties ruled ancient Egypt? | more than 30 |
| What is the order in which members of the royal family inherit the throne called? | a succession |
| What did the king of Egypt become known as? | a pharaoh |
| What does pharaoh mean? | great house |
| Where did the pharaoh rule from? | memphis |
| What is a pyramid? | a structure shaped like a triangle with four sides that meet at a point |
| What kind of pyramid did King Djoser build? | a step pyramid |
| Who was the great pyramid built for? | khufu |
| What does the Sphinx guard? | the pyramids at giza |
| Who were the Hyksos? | a powerful group of nomads who invaded egypt around 1800 bc |
| How long did the Hyksos rule Egypt for? | 100 years |
| What did the Hyksos teach the Egyptians? | their military skills |
| What did the Egyptians use the Hyksos' military skills for? | to drive the hyksos out |
| What was East and West of Egypt? | desert |
| What was South of Egypt? | mountains |
| What was North of Egypt? | the meditteranean sea |
| How long is the Nile River? | over 4000 miles |
| Which direction does the Nile River flow? | north to south |
| How many cataracts does the Nile River have? | six |
| What does the Nile River form where it empties into the Meditteranean Sea? | a delta |
| What does the Nile River deposit when it floods? | silt |
| What was the name for the land with dark fertile soil? | black land |
| What was the name for the land that was all desert? | red land |
| What did Egyptians use to carry water to dry lands? | a shaduf |
| What did the Egyptians grow? | wheat vegetables fruit and flax |
| What fabric could they weave from flax? | linen |
| What did Egypt's economy depend on? | farming |
| What could men and women both own and manage? | their property |
| What did the women do? | took care of the home and children |
| What star did Egyptians notice in the sky before the Nile flooded? | sirius |
| What did the Egyptians' knowledge of embalming help them perform? | the world's first surgery |
| What are heiroglyphics? | pictures that stand for different words or sounds |
| What is papyrus? | an early form of paper made from a reed like plant found in the marshy nile delta |
| What is polytheism? | a belief in many gods and goddesses |
| What is the afterlife? | a life believed to follow death |
| What is embalming? | perserving the body to keep it from decaying |
| How do you make a mummy? | take out all the organs except for the heart and fill it with a mixture of salt and herbs |
| What is a mummy? | a body that is dried so it won't decay |
| What was the capital of Egypt in the New Kingdom? | thebes |
| Who was Hatsheput? | the first woman to rule as pharaoh |
| What did Hatsheput declare herself as in 1472 B.C.? | the only ruler |
| How long did Hatsheput rule for? | 15 years |
| How did Hatsheput expand Egypt? | by waging war and increasing trade |
| Who is Thutmose III? | hatsheput's stepson |
| When did Thutmose become pharaoh? | after hatsheput died |
| What did conquered countries have to pay to Thutmose? | annual tributes to egypt |
| When did Akhenaton become pharaoh? | 1353 bc |
| Which god did Akhenaton declare the most important? | aton the sun god |
| How long did Akhenaton's religion last? | until three years after his death |
| Who became pharaoh after Akhenaton? | Tutankhamen |
| How old was King Tut when he died? | 19 years old |
| Where was King Tut buried? | the valley of the kings |
| Who discovered King Tut's tomb? | howard carter |
| When was King Tut's tomb discovered? | 1922 |
| When did Ramses II become pharaoh? | 1279 bc |
| How long did Ramses rule for? | 66 years |
| Who did Ramses negotiate the first peace treaty with? | the hittites |
| What city did Ramses build in honor of himself? | the house of ramses |
| Who was Alexander the Great? | the king of macedonia |
| Who ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great's death? | macedonia |
| Who was the last Macedonian ruler? | queen cleopatra |
| In time, what empire conquered Egypt? | the roman empire |
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