6th - SS Chapter 4 Study Guide

Question 0

How did Egypt’s Middle Kingdom respond to the challenge of flooding?

Answer 0

They built earthen trenches to trap the water - simplest form of irrigation

Question 1

Who was the most important God of all those worshipped by the Egyptians (God of the sun)?

Answer 1

Aman Re

Question 2

According to legend, the first pharaoh who united the kingdoms of _______________ and ___________ was Menes.

Answer 2

Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt

Question 3

What allowed farmers to produce enough food to cause a surplus?

Answer 3

The Nile River

Question 4

What is the system of offices and officers that the pharaohs relied to handle the business of government?

Answer 4

Bureaucracy

Question 5

What did Egyptians believe they needed to do to overcome death like Osiris?

Answer 5

They needed to live a good life. That those who had lived a good life would be allowed to live forever but the sinful would be destroyed.

Question 6

Ships could not sail upstream from Egypt because of the Nile what?

Answer 6

Cataracts

Question 7

What formed the region known as lower Egypt?

Answer 7

The Nile Delta

Question 8

What was the Egyptian calendar with 354 days?

Answer 8

The lunar calendar

Question 9

The vast desert region of Egypt filled with burning sand was known as what?

Answer 9

Red Lands

Question 10

Who fought against the Hittites in the area known as Kadesh?

Answer 10

Ramses II

Question 11

Why was the invention of papyrus as a writing material important?

Answer 11

1. They could write in ink
2. It was easier to transport
3. It lasted longer

Question 12

Who knew how to write and were able to share and preserve their knowledge?

Answer 12

Scribes

Question 13

What was the Egyptian system of writing that used drawing and symbols to represent words and sounds?

Answer 13

Hieroglyphics

Question 14

In ancient Egypt, scribes used hieroglyphics to do what?

Answer 14

1. To keep records

2. For literature

Question 15

In order to build pyramids, Egyptians need to excel in what?

Answer 15

Mathematics and engineering

Question 16

What did the Egyptians use to help predict the yearly flooding of the Nile?

Answer 16

Stars particularly Siruis

Question 17

Name two famous Egyptian writings from ancient Egypt.

Answer 17

1. The Book of the Dead

2. The Tale of Sinuhe

Question 18

Who were the pyramids of Giza built for?

Answer 18

1. King Khufu
2. Khufre
3. Menkaure

Question 19

When did the great age of pyramid building end?

Answer 19

2200 BC

Question 20

What type of calendars did the Egyptians develop after the lunar calendar?

Answer 20

Solar calendar

Question 21

What bright star did the Egyptians watch in the sky?

Answer 21

Sirius

Question 22

Which calendar is a model for our calendar today?

Answer 22

The solar calendar

Question 23

Which pharaoh from the Old Kingdom promoted trade with lands on the Eastern Mediterranean Sea?

Answer 23

Snefru

Question 24

After which pharaoh's rule did Egypt weaken and the New Kingdom end?

Answer 24

Ramses II

Question 25

What items did the Nubians pay tribute to Thutmose III?

Answer 25

1. Gold 2. Cattle 3. Slaves 4. Ivory 5. Ostrich feathers

Question 26

What aspects of its culture did Nubia take from Egypt?

Answer 26

Religious beliefs (more than one God), view that Kings were gods, culture

Question 27

Why were Nubians more motivated to trade than Egyptians?

Answer 27

Nubia relied on Egypt's grain to survive

Question 28

The cataracts caused the greatest difference between Egypt and Nubia in _______________.

Answer 28

Transportation - Nubia could not sail on the Nile because of the cataracts, they had to walk over difficult terrain

Question 29

What effect did continued trading with Egypt have on Nubian civilization?

Answer 29

Created an interdependence

Question 30

What aspects of it culture did Nubia take from Egypt?

Answer 30

1. Religion - many gods | 2. Pyramids

Question 31

Why was it impossible for ships to travel the Nile upstream from Egypt?

Answer 31

The cataracts

Question 32

What was the Nubian alphabet called?

Answer 32

Meroitic Script

Question 33

What did Egyptians use to obtain needed goods and to share ideas with their neighbors?

Answer 33

Trade