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chapter 5 exam
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| questions | answers |
|---|---|
| Thebes | capital city of Egypt during the middle kingdom |
| Narmer | the ruler who united upper and lower Egypt |
| Hapi | Egyptian river god |
| Re | Egyptian sun god |
| Axum | invaded Kush and destroyed Meroe |
| what are the rights of Egyptians women's | they could own property, divorce, religious ceremonies |
| Ahmose | the king who drove Hyksos out of Egypt |
| Memphis | was the capital city during the old kingdom |
| why did the Egyptians build pyramids to honor their pharaohs | to protect their bodies from floods, wild animals, and robbers |
| Amenhotep IV | Pharaoh who tried to start a new religion based on one deity, Aton |
| Ramese II | one of the most successful pharaohs who conquered the region of Canaan |
| Imhotep | the first great engineer who built the pyramids |
| how was Meroe different from a typical Egyptian or Kushite city | it had iron furnaces and was a center of iron production |
| savannas | a flat grassland |
| which social class did the farmers belong to, and what where their life like | they belonged to the 2nd lowest social class. they worked on land trat was owned by wealthy nobles. they lived in one room houses and had simple diets |
| incense | a material burned for its pleasant smell |
| cataracts | the natural barrier that protected Egypt in the south. they were waterfalls |
| farmers | 2nd lower class describe their lives |
| why is the king Tut one the most famous pharaoh | his tom wasn't robbed so we know the most about him |