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Emery Egypt Test
Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cataracts | rapids |
| delta | a triangle shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river |
| Egypt gift of the | Nile |
| Nile flooded upper egypt in __________________ and lower egypt in the _______________ | mid-summer /fall |
| silt | a mixture of rocks that can make land ideal for farming |
| nile provided_______and__________ | water/fertile soil |
| irragation | built series of canals to direct the river's flow and carry water to thier fields |
| reasons why it was hard to invade | desert to west was too big and harsh to cross/mediterranean sea no way to cross/cataracts in the nile made it difficult for invaders to sail in from south |
| what happened to egypt because it was hard to invade | the villages grew |
| Menes(1st pharoah of egpt) | rose to pwer in upper egypt/took control of lower egypt by marring a princess from lower egypt/wore u.egypt and l. egypt crown to show his leadership over the 2 kingdoms/1st pharoah/founded 1st dynasty/built new city caled Memphis(political and cultural c |
| Pharoah | the title used by the rulers of egypt(means"great house")(check egyptians belief) blames him for crops not growing or if disease struck |
| dynasty | series of rulers from the same family(1st dynasty founded by menes) |
| Old Kingdom | a period in egyptian history that lasted for about 500 years from about 2700 to 220BC. |
| sYSTEM DEVELOPED | was based on the belief that the pharoah was both a king and a god. |
| Egyptian's Beliefs | Egypt belonged to thegods/ pharoah had come to Earth in order to manage egypt for the rest of the gods/absolute power over alll land and people in egypt |
| khufu(great pyramid is nhis tomb) | famous pharoah of the old kingdom who ruled in the 2500s BC / cruel but people who worked for him were well fed/ best known from the monuments that were built for him |
| Egypt was divided into 2 parts..in the north(by the nile delta)this area was called...(downstream part of thhe nile) | Lower egypt |
| The area in the south of egypt is called..(cuts through cliffs and desert lands) | Upper egypt |
| Ancient egyptians wanted the nile to flood because it was good for.... | Farming...the rich silt water was great for farming |
| The nile river flood was predictable and biannual(true of false) | true |
| when the nile floods the rich silt is _____for farming and therefore ____for the economy | good/good |
| How did egypt develop into upper egypt and lower egypt? | farms grew into villages and then into citiesand then into u. egypt and l. egypt |
| egyptian and meso. farmers both_________to water thier crops | built canals |
| _________________helped protect egypt from invaders | natural barriers |
| floods were good because... | they made farming possible /gave silt and water |
| ______wore the double crown to symbolize his power over the 2 kingdoms | menes |
| ______was the most famous pharoah of the old kingdom and was known for his great monuments | khufu |
| For more than 3,000 years the Egyptian Writing was a mystery....until the discovery of this object? | rosseta stone |
| in the old kingdom people thought _________s were both kings and gods | pharoah |
| social hierchy | 1st pharoahs/2nd priest+govt.officials/3rd. scribes+craftspeople+farmers/4th servants+slaves |
| items traded with Nibia(southern kingdom) | gold, copper, ivory, stone +slaves |
| at the end of oldkingdom there were about __________people | 2 million |
| items traded with syria | wood |
| a persons life force/ the part if the person that left the body and became a spirit | KA |
| nile river | worlds largest river flows over 4,000 miles north |
| unifacation | joining of seperate parts into one |
| economy | the way people manage money and resource |
| hieroglyphics | system of writing made up of about 800 picture signs |
| scribe | wrters who kept records of details great and small |
| papyrus | a red plant that grows along the Nilo ;Ancient Egyptians used to make paper |
| memphis | egypts capital city |
| thebes | upper egypts capital revolt |
| empire | a group of lands and people ruled by 1 government |
| expidition | a group of people who go on a trip for a set reason |
| Ahmose | set out to make Egypt the strongest milatary power in its part of the world |
| Hatshepsut | 1 of the few female pharoahs ;expanded egyptian trade |
| king tut | young man who ruled egypt from 9 years old through 19 when he died. best known for his magnificent omb. |
| kush | wealthy kingdom controlled rich routes to other african kingdoms |
| valley of the kings | resting place of 30 new kingdom pharoahs |
| small scale map;large scale map | big picture;more details |
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