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DDES Chapter 4
DDES Chapter 4 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This title means "great house"; ancient Egyptians worshipped this person as a ruler, priest, and god. | pharaoh |
| This is a map's key; it explains all symbols on a map. | legend |
| This is a synonym for "waterfalls." | cataracts |
| This became the capital of the united Kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt. | Memphis |
| These served as houses of worship, industrial centers, and schools in Egypt. | temples |
| It lifted water from the Nile in order to irrigate land during the dry season. | shadoof |
| This process preserved dead bodies. | embalming |
| This is the location west of the Nile River, where Egypt's "Houses of Eternity" were constructed. | Giza |
| These Egyptian picture symbols were carved or painted on monuments or writing surfaces | hieroglyphs |
| This black wood was a popular trading item. | ebony |
| The rich delta area where the Nile River flows into the Mediterranean Sea was originally known as | Lower Egypt |
| The Nile River's years'y floods left ___________ on the riverbanks. | soil |
| Most Egyptians of the Old Kingdom lived in villages on ____________ _____________. | large estates |
| Egyptians thought that the pharaoh was responsible for building granaries, repairing the irrigation system, and performing ______________ ______________. | religious rituals |
| The pyramids were built during the Old Kingdom, when the ______________ had power over all Egyptian life. | pharaohs |
| The Hyksos were able to congquer Egypt because of their ____________ and iron weapons and horse-drawn chariots. | bronze |
| The period after Ahmose drove out the Hyksos is known as the ________ ____________. | New Kingdom |
| Some lasting contributions of the Egyptians were in mathematics and _____________. | medicine |
| About how much time passed between the beginning of the Old Kingdom and the final Assyrian conquest of Egypt? | 2,000years |
| Single god worshipped in religion favored by Amenhotep IV | Aton |
| God of harvest and of eternal life | Osiris |
| Ruler who united Upper and Lower Egypt | Narmer |
| Egyptian hero who defeated the Hyksos invaders | Ahmose |
| Name taken by the pharaoh who tried to establish a new religion | Akhenaton |
| Goddess who, with her husband, ruled over the land of the dead | Isis |
| Warrior-pharaoh who made Egypt an empire by extending Egyptian control into Syria | Thutmose III |
| Pharaoh who encouraged trade during her reign in the New Kingdom period | Hatshepsut |
| Young pharaoh who succeeded Akhenaton | Tutankhamen |
| Most powerful god worshipped during the New Kingdom period | Amon-Re |
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