Ancient Egypt

Question 1

Nile River empties into…

Answer 1

Mediterranean Sea

Question 2

Cataracts

Answer 2

Rocky stretches marked by swift currents and Rapids

Question 3

5000 BCE

Answer 3

Government emerges

Question 4

3000 BCE - 30 BCE

Answer 4

Bureaucratic Rule in Egypt

Question 5

10,000 - 3,000 BCE

Answer 5

Pre dynamic

Question 6

4750 BCE

Answer 6

Earliest record

Question 7

Three transitional periods are…

Answer 7

Old
Middle
New

Question 8

_________ and _________ are necessary to go from one transitional period to another

Answer 8

Chaos, disaster

Question 9

3100 BCE

Answer 9

First Pharoah —> powerful ruler —> zero dynasty

Question 10

Dynasty zero was ruled by…

Answer 10

King Scorpion and King Marmer

Question 11

Pharoah designed to…

Answer 11

Outlast humanity

Question 12

19th century (1800s)

Answer 12

Jean Francois Champillon discovered Rosetta Ston—>had hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek

Question 13

3200 BCE

Answer 13

Hieroglyphs are found (in palaces)

Question 14

Hieratic

Answer 14

Day to day

Question 15

Papyrus

Answer 15

Becomes key in understanding; one of its major exports, important industry

Question 16

Old Kingdom

Answer 16

(2686-2160 BCE)

Question 17

4 main idea of old kingdom

Answer 17

Pharoah controlled
Provincial governors (monarchs)
Writing critical for survival
Writing=success

Question 18

Step pyramid

Answer 18

West of Memphis
200 ft tall
Strength pharaohs
"Ka"
Precedent

Question 19

Giza

Answer 19

Pharoah Khufu
481 ft tall
756 ft (side)
Peasant laborers
Pyramid LINKED cosmos

Question 20

Society of old/middle kingdoms

Answer 20

Apex–>Pharoah
Nobles (priests, officials)
Scribes
Everyone else

Question 21

Women recognized as individuals only in….

Answer 21

Pharoah and nobles classes

Question 22

Nile River =

Answer 22

Center of everything; basis of belief; center of UNIVERSE

Question 23

End of old kingdom because of

Answer 23

Slow erosion (5th/6th dynasty)
Theology changed--> Pharoah is not known as a god -->Pharoah = son of a good
Nobility- power grew

Question 24

The Middle Kingdom

Answer 24

2055-1650 BCE

Question 25

Origins of civilization were found in the…

Answer 25

Nile delta

Question 26

The Nile River ________ yearly and left _________ each time.

Answer 26

Flooded; silt

Question 27

Egypt was split into two kingdoms…

Answer 27

Lower and upper

Question 28

Hieroglyphs

Answer 28

A picture writing system

Question 29

Nile River flows…

Answer 29

North

Question 30

Pharaonic dynasties–>

Answer 30

Competition between them

Question 31

King Methuholep II

Answer 31

Theban king who was the fort ruler of Middle Kingdom

Question 32

Why was there Unification at Thebes

Answer 32

Because it’s where he’s from

Question 33

Amenemhet

Answer 33

Seizes control at the deaf of Methuholep

Question 34

12th dynasty rules for…

Answer 34

200 years

Question 35

Egypt is no longer a….

Answer 35

Isolationist (loses this mindset)

Question 36

Pharaohs become known as…

Answer 36

Protectors or shepherds of Egypt

Question 37

New kingdom is transformed through…

Answer 37

External forces

Question 38

1700 BCE

Answer 38

1st invasion in New kingdom

Question 39

_________ control LOWER EGYPT like pharaonic dynasties

Answer 39

Hyksos (means foreign invaders) around 1650-1550 BCE

Question 40

Hyksos are driven out of the area by ____ dynasty by Egyptians

Answer 40

18th

Question 41

18th dynasty

Answer 41

• Height of magnificence and power
• IMPERIAL expansion
• 2 1/2 centuries (250 years)
• slavery emerges; conquered territories become slaves