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C.5 Exam Review
Chapter 5 Exam Review / Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Savannas | A flat grassland |
| Incense | A material burned for its pleasant smell |
| Memphis | Was a capital city during the old kingdom |
| Narmer | The ruler who united upper and lower Egypt. |
| Ramses II | one of the most successful pharaohs who conquered the region of Canaan |
| Amenhotep IV | pharaoh who tried to start a new region based on one deity, Aton |
| Axum | invaded Kush and destroyed Meroe |
| Hapi | 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. lived in one room, and had only simple diets. |
| Ahmose | the king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt |
| What were the right of an Egyptian women? | They could own property, divorce, religious ceremonies. |
| Why did the Egyptians build pyramids to honor their pharaohs? | To protect their bodies from flood, wild animals, and robbers. |
| In which social class did the farmers belong to? What were their lives like? | 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 has simple diets. |
| Why is King Tut one of 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 Kushite city? | It had iron furnaces and was a center of iron production. |