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Unit 4 Ancient Egypt
Study for your Ancient Egypt Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nile | Longest river in the world, flows north into the Mediterranean Sea |
| Natural Barriers of Egypt | to the north- Mediterranean Sea, to the south- cataracts and rapids, to the west- the Sahara Desert, to the East- the Red Sea (protected from invasions) |
| Most important cities in Egypt | developed along the Nile River |
| Gifts of the Nile | irrigation, crops, travel, trade, communication, papyrus, fertile soil, mud, protection |
| Delta | Wedge-shaped physical feature where river empties into a large body of water |
| Advantages of the Nile | Floods were predictable, and longest river in the world, protection |
| First female Pharoah | Hapsetshut |
| Egyptian Scribes | people who wrote |
| Pharaoh Amenhotep IV | Introduced monothesism |
| Egyptian History | Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, |
| Cataracts | Rapids that protected Egypt from invasion |
| Narmer | Pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt first |
| Papyrus | Plant that grows along Nile, used to make paper, scrolls, sandals, ect. |
| King Tut | Boy king, who reintroduced polytheism after Amenhotep IV |
| Hieroglyphics | formal writing, not translated until 350 years ago because of the Rosetta Stone |
| Heiratic | everyday writing |
| Rosetta Stone | Black rock that allowed scholars to translate hieroglyphs |
| Hyskos | People who invaded Egypt on horse-drawn chariots |
| Vizier | Pharoah's top aid |
| Five Themes | MRHELP |
| Pyramids | Tombs for pharoahs |
| Red Land | Desert, dry dirt |
| Black Land | Fertile soil near the Nile` |
| Mummification | Act of preserving a dead body |
| Interdependence | Sharing culture, goods, and services with other people |
| Sirius | The star used to predict the flooding of the Nile. When Sirius was high in the sky, it was near flooding time in Eygpt. |
| Nubians | One of Africa's earliest civilizations, a major part of the New Kingdom, brought gold and ivory |
| Elements of Civilization | The components that make an ancient civilization |
| Cities | A city is a large group of people who live together in a specific space. A city is usually a center for trade, and city dwellers create goods that can be traded along with services for the city. |
| Organized Central Government | a government with rules and way of voting or control |
| Job specialization | specific jobs with requirements or specialties |
| Complex Religions | Definition: a set of spiritual beliefs, values, and practices |
| Social Classes | : a broad group in society having common economic, cultural, or political status/ Distinguished from other groups by such things as wealth, property, and rights |
| Writing | to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument |
| Art and Architecture | the arts and artwork of a thing, place, time, person, etc.; human creations intended to express beauty and convey messages Architecture: the buildings and style or architecture of a thing, place, time, person, etc. |
| Public Works | structures, as roads, dams, or post offices, paid for by government funds for public use. |
| Intermediate Periods | Period between major eras |
Created by:
Ms. Shannon