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Chapter 5 exam
Review for 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 successful pharaohs who conquered the region of Canaan |
| Amenhotep IV | Pharaoh 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 produced 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 women? | They could own property, divorce, and religious ceremonies |
| Why did the Egyptian build pyramids to honor their pharaohs? | To protect their bodies from floods, wild animals and robbery |
| 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 had simple diets. |
| Why is King Tut one of the 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 |