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Egypt 1
Egypt: The Old Kingdom
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ( c. 2,700 - 2,100 B.C.) | The Old Kingdom |
| ( c. 2,100 - 1,700 B.C.) | The Middle Kingdom |
| (c. 1,600 - 1,000 B.C.) | The New Kingdom |
| Egypt was called "________" | the gift of the nile |
| the _____ is the world's longest river | nile |
| The nile is over ______ miles long | 4000 |
| The source of the Nile is _____. | Victoria Falls |
| The Nile empties into the _______. | Mediterranean |
| Egypt was once divided into the ______ and ______ kingdom. | upper (south), lower (north) |
| From approximately _________, Egypt was ruled by Pharoahs. | 3,000 B.C. |
| Egyptian writing is known as _____. | hieroglyphics |
| hieros means _____ | "sacred" |
| glypho means _______ | "I care" |
| The key to unlocking the hieroglyphics is the ____. | rosetta stone |
| The rosetta stone is written in ____. | Greek |
| _______: refers to someone's name in hieroglyphics | carthouche |
| Ancient Egyptians on were _______. | polytheistic |
| poly means ____. | many |
| theoi means ______. | gods |
| The Egyptian preoccupation with the cult of the dead is a link to the _______ past, but the fear of spirits that dominated the primitive ancestor cults is absent here | Neolithic |
| Egyptians believed in a ____, a spirit or soul | Ka |
| ceremonial palatte from c. 3,000 B.C. | Palatte of Numair |
| the first historic artifact | The Palatte of Numair |
| artwork that celebrates the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt | Palatte of Numair |
| ________ were the most monumental expression of the Pharoah's power | pyramids |
| _______ were the burial place and point of entry into the afterlife | The pyramids |
| A ______ reflected the sun and the pharoah's indentification with it | capstone |
| The pyramids were constructed out of ______. | limestone |
| gaurds a valley temple; Gisa c. 2,500 B.C. | The Great Sphinx |
| The Sphinx is thought to have the facial features of the Pharoah _____. | Khafre |
| 1. Nearly all sculpture and painting that has been preserved has come from __________. | tombs or temples |
| The Skulpture of King Menkure and his queen is a __________ sculpture | freestanding |
| ___: seated statue; over life-size; made of diorte; c. 2,500 B.C.; from Gisa | Seated Stated of Khafre |
| ______: sculpture of married couple; c. 2,610 | Prince Rahoteb and his wife Nofret |
| _______: sculpture made of limeston; the eyes are inlaid with diamonds | Prince Rahoteb and Nofret |
| _____: a man sits seated with a papryus scroll; c. 2,400 B.C. | Seated Scribe |
| ________: Son of Amenhotep III | Akenaten |
| ______: Pharoah who changed Egypt's religion from polytheism to monotheism | Akenaten |
| Akenaten's 1 god was known as ______ | Aten, the sun god |
| Akenaten was married to Queen ____________. | Nefertiti |
| Nefertiti and Akenaten ruled together for _________. | 12 years |
| Akenaten and Nefertiti worshipped Aten _______ times a day. | 3 |
| Reasons Akenaten looked like a girl: | overactive pituitary gland; problem with fat distribution; also a reference to the sun god's being unisex |
| ______: bust of akenaten's queen; c. 1368 B.C. | Bust of Nefertiti |
| ______: Pharoah after Akenaten | Tutenkhamen |
| Tutenkhamen's tomb was found in _________. | 1922 |
| King Tut's mummy resides in ________. | The Valley of Kings |
| King Tut's mummy was last x-rayed in _____. | 1968 |
| King Tut was around _________ when he died | 17 or 18 |
| King Tut may have died from __________. | a broken leg |
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