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Chap 1 Ancient egypt Flashcards

0
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What is the important river that runs through Egypt?

A

Nile River

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Where is Egypt?

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North of Africa

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What direction does the Nile run?

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From north to south

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What were the early Egyptians?

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Hunters and herdsman

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When did the great Egyptian civilization begin?

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8000 years ago they moved down to the fertile Nile Valley.

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What happened after they moved to the Nile Valley?

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They built a well organized society.

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What do Archaeologists do?

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Find about more about how people lived in the past.

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How do archaeologists do this?

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They study the remains of buildings and graves and tool ect.

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How have we learnt about ancient Egypt?

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From murals. They are painted on walls of buildings and writing on tombs.

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Act 1

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Pg 2

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The Nile River

Floods its banks every year when?

A

Between July and October

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What does the water cover?

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A large flood plain and deposits black mud on the land.

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What do the Egyptians call this the black mud.

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Kemet which means black lands.

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What happens to the soil left behind?

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It is very fertile. And crops grew very well

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What happened in time along the Nile?

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Small farming towns developed.

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Farming next to the Nile

Why did people come and live next to the Nile?

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Water

Fertile lands

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What happened when more and more people came and lived next to the Nile.

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The people had to move further back away from the water so they had to build canals.

17
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What did they use to water their crops.

A

Shaduf

18
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Do they still use shadufs today?

A

Yes

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Why did the farmers build extra canals.

A

To control the extra water from the yearly floods.

20
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How did they get water to their crops.

A

They divided the lands into blocks with canals and small walls.
When the river rose the extra water flowed into the canals.
The low walls stopped the fertile mud from flowing back to the river.

21
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Act 2.

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Pg 4.

22
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How society was organized.

Name some cities

A

Memphis
Rosetta
Alexandra

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The Pharaohs

Egypt was ruled by who

A

Pharaohs

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What did the Pharaohs do?

A

They made sure the different people worked together in an orderly way.

25
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What did the Egyptians believe?

A

That the Pharaohs was a god

That he had great powers and controlled the flood.

26
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Where did the Pharaohs live?

A

In palaces
They were very rich.
Had lots of gold and jewels.

27
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Explain the lay out of the Pharaohs palace.

A

The big palace.
Surrounded by smaller buildings where his scribes lives
Most NB room was the throne room. The Pharaohs would have NB meetings in this room.

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What did the scribes do?

A

They could read and write
Kept records of daily life.
Write letters to kings of other countries.
They wrote instructions from the Pharaohs to the officials.

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What did the Pharaohs give the Kings of other countries?

A

Gifts of gold and jewellery

30
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What did he reward his officials with.

A

Golden geese or fish.

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What were the inside of the Pharaohs palace decorated with?

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Pictures of animals, birds and plants and tress in bright colours.

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What happened when the Pharaohs died.

A

They were buried in tombs.

Many of their treasures were buried with them.

33
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Who was Tutankhamun?

A

A Pharaohs between 1361 and 1352 BC
His tomb was discovered in 1922
It contained many treasures and a golden mask.

34
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How did the poor people live

A 
4 main rooms
A kitchen
Storage room
Living room
Bedroom
Cellar underground used for storing things. 
Stairs leading to a flat roof.
35
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How did rich people live?

A

In bigger houses with many rooms.
Shadow pool where fish were kept.
They had many servants and kept dogs and cats for pets.

36
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How did ordinary people live.

A

Girls did not go to school

Boys were taught to read and write.

37
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What happened when they reached the age of 10?

A

Boys had to help their dads
Girls their mums
They had time to play as well with toys made from clay or wood. Tops and balls

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