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Egypt Ancient
Unit test for Ancient Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Delta | the flat, triangle shaped land made of silt deposited at the mouth of a river |
| Economy | the way a country manages money and resources for the production of goods and services |
| Irrigation | the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes |
| Pharaoh | the title used by the rulers of Ancient Egypt, God Kings |
| Pyramid | a massive structure built of stone, usually having a square base and four triangular sides that slopes upward |
| Hieroglyphics | the ancient Egyptian system of writing that used symbols to stand for objects, ideas, or sounds |
| Papyrus | a paper made from papyrus, a reed plant growing along the Nile River, that the ancient Egyptians used for writing. |
| Scribe | a professional writer who kept records and copied letters and official documents |
| Rosetta Stone | Had the same passage carved in 3 kinds of writing -–hieroglyphics, demonic and Greek |
| Menes | King of Upper Egypt who united upper and lower Egypt |
| Khufu | Egyptian Pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid |
| Hatshepsut | Female Egyptian Pharaoh |
| Tutankhamen | Egyptian (Boy) Pharaoh, his tomb was discovered in 1922 enabling us to learn about Egyptian life |
| Silt | a mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and deposited by a river |
| Barter | to trade things (products) for other things (products) without using money |
| Fertile | Land that is good for growing crops |
| Empire | a group of lands and peoples ruled by one government |
| Why settle near the Nile River | Fresh water to drink and grow crops, Egypt is mostly desert |
| Why settle near the Nile River | Nile River was good for fishing, fish as a source of food |
| Why settle near the Nile River | The Nile River provided a way to travel by boat, this allowed for trade routes |
| Khufu | Built the Great Pyramid of Giza, largest in the world. |
| Khufu | Considered Ambitious and Cruel |
| Ramses II | First Pharaoh to sign a peace treaty with Egypt's enemies, ending a long period of war |
| Khufu | Didn't allow people to make religious sacrifices, closed temples |
| Ramses II | Built many temples and other monuments; had a successful kingdom |
| Ramses II | Egypt was never more powerful or wealthier than during Ramses II rule |
| Ramses II | Considered a Peacemaker, a Great soldier, & Known as "Ramses the Great" – had vision & organization skills |
| Hatshepsut | was a woman pharaoh when only men ruled, dressed as a man |
| Hatshepsut | kept Egypt out of war; used the money to build up the country |
| Hatshepsut | No wars during her rule; built great cities through trade |
| Hatshepsut | Considered Brave, Wise, & a Good negotiator and had a vision for Egypt |
| Pharaoh (1) | King - thought of as a living god |
| priest - (2) | in charge of religion |
| vizier | collected taxes, supervised everything |
| soldiers | kept order |
| scribe | kept writtne records |
| Merchants (3) | sold items |
| craftsmen (3) | made items |
| peassants (4) | farmers and built pyramids |
| slaves (5) | worked in mines and worked for the royal family |
| Hatshepsut | completed temples and monuments left unfinished by other Pharaohs. |
| Hatshepsut | Pharaoh who ordered journeys to far way lands to obtain goods |
| Pleasing the Pharaoh was important to Egyptians | They believed they were gods |
| Pleasing the Pharaoh was important to Egyptians | They believed that pleasing the Pharaoh would give them a better afterlife. |
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