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Chapter 5 exam
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| savannas | a flat grassland |
| incense | a material |
| Memphis | was the 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 of canao |
| Amenhotep IV | Pharoah who tried to start a new religion 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. Describe their lives |
| Ahmose | The king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt |
| what are the rights of Egyptian woman | 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 what social class did the farmers belong to? what their lives like | They belonged to the second lowest social class. they worked on lands that owned by the wealthy nobles. they lived in one room houses and had simple diets |
| why was the king tut is one of the most famous pharaohs | His tomb wasn't robbed, so we know about him |
| How was Meroe different from a typical Egyptian of Kushite city? | It had iron furnaces and was a center of iron production |