History Exam - Ancient Egypt

Question 1

What is the afterlife?

Answer 1

Life after death.

Question 2

What is akhet?

Answer 2

The flooding season.

Question 3

What is amulets?

Answer 3

Items used to protect the wearer, usually in form of jewellery, a magic charm to keep away evil.

Question 4

What is artisan?

Answer 4

A worker highly skilled in a particular craft.

Question 5

Who is Aten?

Answer 5

The sun god.

Question 6

What is the barter system?

Answer 6

To trade goods rather than money.

Question 7

What are canopic jars?

Answer 7

Pottery jars used to store the intestines, liver, lungs and stomach of the preserved body.

Question 8

What is the delta?

Answer 8

The area where the river splits into seperate streams before flowing into the sea.

Question 9

What is the demotic script?

Answer 9

Writing system formerly used in Egypt, that is a simplified form of the hieroglyphic system. Was found on the Rosetta Stone.

Question 10

What is the meaning of dieties?

Answer 10

Plural for God or Goddess.

Question 11

Who is Hapi?

Answer 11

God of the Nile flooding and fertility.

Question 12

What are Hieroglyphics?

Answer 12

Picture-like symbols of which the ancient Egyptian written language was composed.

Question 13

Who is Horus?

Answer 13

God of the sky and hunting, son of Osiris.

Question 14

Who is Isis?

Answer 14

Goddess of rebirth and reincarnation, protector of the dead, wife and sister to Osiris.

Question 15

Explain Lower Egypt.

Answer 15

Northern Egypt, Nike delta located here.

Question 16

Explain the Middle Kingdom.

Answer 16

A time period when dynasties had strong control over Egypt (c.2055-1650BCE)

Question 17

Explain a myth.

Answer 17

A traditional or ancient story usually involving gods.

Question 18

Explain mummification.

Answer 18

The process of preserving a dead body by preventing its natural decay; in ancient Egypt a body was mummified by removing internal organs (except the heart) and drying out the remaining body tissue; the mummy was then buried.

Question 19

What is natron?

Answer 19

A mineral used to preserve bodies.

Question 20

Explain the new kingdom.

Answer 20

A time period when dynasties had strong control over Egypt (c.1570-1070)

Question 21

Explain the old kingdom.

Answer 21

A time period when dynasties had strong control over Egypt (c.2686-2181).

Question 22

What is papyrus?

Answer 22

A kind of paper made from layers of reeds flattened into strips on which to write.

Question 23

What is a pharaoh?

Answer 23

The leader of Ancient Egypt who was believed to be a god; the pharaoh had absolute power and total control.

Question 24

Explain Rosetta.

Answer 24

A city in northern Egypt where the Rosetta Stone comes from.

Question 25

What is sarcophagus

Answer 25

A stone coffin usually bearing sculpture of inscriptions.

Question 26

Explain who a scribe is.

Answer 26

A person trained to in language and writing skills, employed to make written records.

Question 27

Who is Seti?

Answer 27

The god of war, chaos and storms. Brother of Osiris.

Question 28

Explain shemu.

Answer 28

The harvesting season.

Question 29

Explain upper Egypt.

Answer 29

Located south on the delta.

Question 30

Explain the valley of the kings.

Answer 30

A valley in Egypt where many tombs were built for pharaohs and nobles during the New Kingdom.

Question 31

Explain what a vizier is.

Answer 31

The highest official in Ancient Egypt after the pharaoh.

Question 32

Explain what the Ancient Egyptian Hierachy looks like. Who are the people who are ranked on it?

Answer 32

It is in the shape of a triangle. It’s order is Pharaoh, Vizier/nobles/priests/officials, scribes, craftsmen/artisans, farmers then slaves.