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Ancient Egypt Flashcards

1
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What did hieroglyphics help Egyptian scribes to do?

A

Keep Records of Taxes

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What did Egyptian farmers use irrigation to do?

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Water their crops

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What happened to Napatan rule of Egypt?

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The rulers were forced back to Nubia

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Why was Nubia called the “land of the bow” by the Egyptians?

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Nubian were skilled archers

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5
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The ankh is the Egyptian symbol for what?

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Life

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6
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Who ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid?

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Khufu

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Who unified Egypt by overthrowing the king of Lower Egypt and became the first pharaoh?

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Menes

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Who organized a two-year expedition to Punt, expanding trade beyond the Egyptian empire?

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Hatshepsut

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Who ruled as a poor young pharaoh from about age 9 to 19?

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Tutankhamun

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10
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Who was the builder of Abu Simbel; pharaoh of Moses?

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Rameses II

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How did the Nile River affect ancient Egyptian life?

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By creating rich farmland in the river valley

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12
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In 5000 B.C. where did farming communities appear?

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Egypt and Nubia

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13
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Who did Egyptian rulers rule with absolute power over?

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All Egyptians

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14
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What happened to the government toward the end of the Old Kingdom?

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Weak and divided

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15
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How did religion play an important in Egyptian life?

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Explaining natural events to the people

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16
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How did the ancient Egyptians demonstrate their belief in the life after death?

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They preserved the bodies of their dead

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17
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What social class in Ancient Egypt did most of the people belong to?

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Peasants

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18
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Why did the Ancient Egyptian astronomers study the stars?

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To predict the flooding of the Nile River

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19
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What happened when Nubians took control of trade routes by using iron weapons?

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Meroë became rich

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20
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What did Egypt have because of its location on the Nile River?

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Rich Farmland

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21
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What was the greatest achievement of the pharaoh Menes?

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He United Upper and Lower Egypt

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22
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How did Egyptian rulers govern their empire?

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They maintained absolute power over the people.

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23
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What was a very important religious practice in Ancient Egypt?

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To prepare the dead for the afterlife

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What did ancient Egyptians do to keep track of the kingdom’s growing wealth?

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They used hieroglyphs.

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What was Nubia because of its location between Egypt and Central Africa?

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A center of trade

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26
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How was society set up in Egypt?

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  • priests, nobles
  • merchants, craftsmen
  • many farmers, laborers
  • slaves, POW’s
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27
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What were the symbols for writing called?

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Hieroglyphs

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28
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On what did the Egyptian scribes eventually write?

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Papyrus

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29
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When the picture writing was figured out, what was the key to that decoding?

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Rosetta Stone

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30
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What was studied in science and medicine?

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  • cut stone for pyramids

- closely related to religion, medicine made out of herbs

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31
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Who finally broke the code of the picture writing?

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Jean Francios Champollion

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32
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What was the new Egyptian writing called?

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Demotic

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33
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What did the Egyptians call their kings?

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Pharaohs

34
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Why was Tutankhamen famous?

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  • tomb was best archeological find ever
35
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Who was the first female “leader” of Egypt?

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Hatshepsut

36
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Why was Thutmose III so mad at his stepmother?

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She wouldn’t give hair the throne when he was old enough to rule.

37
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Who finally conquered Egypt?

A

Alexander the Great

38
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What was the most important belief of the ancient Egyptians?

A

The afterlife

39
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What is preserving a dead body called?

A

Mummification

40
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Why were the king’s possessions placed in the tomb?

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  • possessions would travel with him to the afterlife
41
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Why did they build the pyramids in the first place?

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  • pyramids would become the pharaoh’s palaces in the afterlife
42
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What was ancient Egypt?

A

The Nile and its flood plain

43
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What was Egypts nickname?

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The gift of the Nile

43
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What are the two parts of the Nile?

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  • White Nile

- Blue Nile

44
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How long is the Nile River?

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4,000 miles

45
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What is Lower Egypt also called?

A

Nile Delta

46
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What does the inundation mean?

A

The flood

47
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What is black land-dark soil?

A

Kemet

48
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What was Egypt’s first highway?

A

The Nile

49
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What three things were Nubia known for?

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  • gold
  • archers
  • trade
50
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What are time periods?

A

Kingdoms

51
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What are the three kingdoms?

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  • Old Kingdom
  • Middle Kingdom
  • New Kingdom
52
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What is special about the Old Kingdom?

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  • trade
  • peace
  • pyramids
53
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What is special about the Middle Kingdom?

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  • building not battle

- bad leaders lost control

54
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What is special about the New Kingdom?

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  • pharaohs took over

- Alexander the Great conquered

55
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Who had absolute power?

A

Pharaohs

56
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What kind of pharaoh was Hatshepsut?

A

Trading Pharaoh

57
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How did Hatshepsut die?

A

Toothache

58
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Were Egyptians polytheistic or monotheistic?

A

Polytheistic

59
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What did Egyptians call a coffin?

A

Sarcophagus

60
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What god was Osiris?

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God of the living and the dead

61
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What goddess was Isis?

A

Goddess of motherhood

62
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What god was Horus?

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Skygod

63
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What was the relationship between Osiris, Isis, and Horus?

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  • Osiris - father
  • Isis - mother
  • Horus - son
64
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What is the system of pictures and symbols that the Egyptians used to write?

A

Hieroglyphics

65
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Why were hieroglyphs needed in Egypt?

A

Keep track of kingdom’s growing wealth

66
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What writing system was lost when demotic was formed?

A

Hieroglyphics

67
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What is the Egyptian social pyramid?

A
  • Pharaohs
  • Priests, Courts, Nobles
  • Merchants, Skilled Workers
  • Pheasants
  • POW’s
68
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What was key to breaking hieroglyphics?

A

Rosetta Stone

69
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Between what two locations is Upper Egypt located?

A

Memphis - Aswan

70
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Between what two locations is Lower Egypt located?

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Memphis to Med

71
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What did Egypt call Nubia?

A

The land of the bow

72
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What three ores did Nubia collect?

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  • gold
  • copper
  • iron
73
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What were the two powerful cities in Upper Nubia?

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  • Napata

- Meroë

74
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What was the powerful city in Lower Nubia?

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  • Kerma
75
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What was Kerma known for?

A

Artisans

76
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What Egyptian pharaoh conquered Nubia?

A

Thutmose I

77
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What happened when the Kushites rose to power?

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  • pushed down into Egypt
  • Thebes - Memphis
  • Taharka ruled
  • 25th dynasty
78
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What happened when the Egyptians took back control of Egypt?

A
  • Nubians were first forced to Nubia

- Nubians were second forced to Meroë

79
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What was Meroë known for?

A
  • iron weapons and tools
  • surplus food
  • rich from trade

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