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Smith - 6th Grade SS
Smith - Ancient Egypt Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did all of the wealth of Egypt come from? | The Nile River |
| The Nile river in Egypt is unique for what 2 reasons? | It is the longest river in the world and flows south to north |
| The Nile runs parallel to what sea? | The Red Sea |
| Give an example of an item that would be placed in the tomb with a mummy to fulfill the Ka’s needs? | Furniture, clothing, drink, food, tools, weapons, games |
| Ancient Egypt was made up of what two regions? | Upper and Lower Egypt |
| The two kingdoms of Egypt were united by what king? | Menes |
| Many historians consider King Menes to be the first Egyptian | Pharaoh |
| The first Egyptian great king was also the first of a series of rulers from the same family. A family of rulers like this is called a | Dynasty |
| What was the capital of the new united kingdoms of Egypt? | Memphis |
| This is near to the modern capitol of Egypt, called? | Cairo |
| Along the Nile but south of Egypt there developed another major civilization what was it called | Kush |
| Egypt conquered their neighbors to the south, but then eventually these neighbors conquered Egypt. Finally, they were driven out of Egypt by who? | Assyrians |
| Where were the Assyrians from? | Mesopotamia |
| The reason the civilization from the south could be driven out of Egypt was because the invaders had superior war technology: the people in Egypt had weapons made of | Bronze |
| The invaders had weapons made of | Iron |
| Egypt’s governments were ruled by religious leaders or a king thought to be a god. This kind of government is called | Theocracy |
| The rich and royal Egyptians could afford to have their bodies made into mummies after they died. Rich and royal people are sometimes referred to as the society’s | Elite |
| When they made a mummy, first they would remove the body’s organs and put them into what? | Canopic Jars |
| After the body was dried out and prepared they would put the body in a large case called a | Sarcophagus |
| The pyramids, built as burial sites, were amazing examples of Egyptian | Engineering |
| Near the pyramids is a famous statue of a lion with the head of a man, called | Sphinx |
| The Egyptian system of writing was called | Hieroglyphics |
| The Egyptians wrote on paper like material made from reeds that grew along the Nile, called | Papyrus |
| Nobody could read the system of Egyptian writing until in 1799 one of Napoleon’s French soldiers found the same message written in hieroglyphics and two other languages. This message was written on something called | The Rosetta Stone |
| In Washington DC we have the Washington Monument, which is a tall four sided pillar that is pointed on top. We sometimes refer to it as the “big pencil”. These were first made in Egypt, and this kind of pillar is called an | Obelisk |
| One of the most famous Egyptian tombs ever discovered that was never disturbed by robbers was the one belonging to | King Tut |
| Archeologist think that the reason Kush declined was because of poor planning. There were two examples of this name them: | 1. Farmers overgrazed the land 2. They cut down too many trees and had not fuel for the ironmaker's furnace |
| What was the symbol that represented King Narmer, the 1st Pharaoh of Egypt? | Water Buffalo |
| How many years did it take to build the pyramids? | 23 years |
| During the mummification process what was the name of the product used to dry out the body prior to it being wrapped in the linen cloth? | Natron |
| How many people did it take to build the pyramids? | 100,000 people |
| The belief in many Gods is know as | polytheism |
| The Egyptians invented a device that had a long pole with a bucket at one end and a weight at the other end to raise and lower water what was it called | shaduf |
| What was the name of the female pharaoh who sometimes dressed like a man, and her tomb was in the Valley of the Kings? | Queen Hatshepsut |
| What was the purpose of the pyramids? | Burial sites for the Pharaohs |
| What was Anubis the God of? | Funerals and Death |
| Who was Osiris? | God of the Undeworld |
| Who was Ra? | The sun god |
| Who was the most important person in Egyptian Social Class? | Pharaoh |
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