Ancient Egypt Part 2

Question 1

Pharaoh

Answer 1

kings that ruled the land

Question 2

Myrrh

Answer 2

plant substance that gives off a pleasing scent. Burned in religious ceremonies, sweet perfume used as medicine

Question 3

Hieroglyphics

Answer 3

written language of Egypt (drawings)

Question 4

convert

Answer 4

change

Question 5

True or False: People originally settled along the banks of the Nile to farm and grow food.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or False: For thousands of years Egypt was ruled by kings called Pharaohs

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True or False: During the time of the pharaohs, the government paid people to farm the land, build temples, and fight in armies

Answer 7

False, the people actually paid the government/pharaohs with their crop.

Question 8

True or False: Around 1500 B.C. the Egyptians expanded their kingdom because they wanted to spread their religion to other areas.

Answer 8

False, they went further south for gold.

Question 9

True or False: Egyptians believed in one god called the sun god.

Answer 9

False, they believed in many

Question 10

True or False: The pyramids were built as tombs to house and support pharaohs in the afterlife.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True or False: Historians know so much about ancient Egypt because of books they found inside the pharaohs’ tombs

Answer 11

False, they learned through hieroglyphics

Question 12

True or False: Ancient Egyptians used mathematics to measure their fields and calculate their taxes

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False: One of the world’s first libraries was in ancient Egypt

Answer 13

True

Question 14

The Rosetta Stone

Answer 14

Had Ancient Egyptian and Greek writing - key to deciphering Egyptian writing.

Question 15

Sphinx

Answer 15

mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion

Question 16

Obelisk

Answer 16

Large columns built at temple entrances with Egyptian writing

Question 17

The Old Kindgom - Go ahead and review answer

Answer 17

2700-2200 BC

A. Pharaohs needed to glorify themselves - spent too much money/made people pay lots of taxes

B. Slaves/people/nobles had enough, rose up against the pharaohs. Fought for 150 years

Question 18

The Middle Kingdom - Go ahead and review answer

Answer 18

2050-1750 B.C.

A. Strong Pharaoh - combined honesty and power - united people and started a new dynasty.

B. Dynastic Cycle - when kingdoms come up and come down

C. The Hyksos - Outsiders attacked - open path from Palestine to the Meditteranian - came from Syria, conquered them - began the New Kingdom (see card)

Question 19

The New Kingdom - go ahead and review answer

Answer 19

1500-1050 BC

A. Empire Ahmose 1st - glory time - He marched on and defeated the Hyksos - now Pharaoh

B. Trade - lots of trade, wealth

C. Ancient Egypt didn’t last forever, Hittites invaded, wanted Egypts wealth.