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Chapter 5 Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Savannas | a flat grassland |
| Incense | A material burned for its pleasant smell |
| Memphis | was the capital city during the old kingdom |
| Narmer | the ruler who united upper and lower Egypt |
| Ramses II | One of the most saucerful pharaohs who conqueror region of Canaan |
| Amenhotep | Pharaoh who tried to start a new religion based on one deit aton |
| Axum | invaded Kush and destroyed Meroe |
| Haip | Egyptian river god |
| Re | Egyptian sun god |
| Thebes | capital city of Egypt during the middle kingdom |
| Imhotep | the first great engineer who built the pyramids |
| Cataracts | the natural barrier that protected Egypt in the south. They were waterfalls. |
| Farmers | 2nd lowest class describe their lives |
| Ahmose | The king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt |
| Why did the Egyptians build pyramids to honor their pharaohs? | To protect their bodies from floods, wild animals and robbers. They belonged to the second lowest social class. They worked on land that was owned by wealthy nobles. They lived in one room houses and had simple diets. |
| Why is King Tut one the most famous pharaohs? | His tomb wasn’t robbed, so we know the most about him |
| How was Meroe different from a typical Egyptian or Kashi Hit | It had iron furnaces and was a center of iron production. |