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Chapter 2: Ancient Egypt Flashcards

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What is a nickname for the Nile?

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“Giver of Life”

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How did the Nile shape Ancient Egypt? (affect)

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1) Agricultural lifestyles/work cycle
2) Transportation
3) Cultural Concept/religion
4) Trade Routes/Economics

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What were the different lands?

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Black land - close to the Nile and had fertile soil

Red land - hot, dry desert land away from the Nile

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What were the gifts of the Nile? (provide)

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1) Ability for transportation
2) Fertile soil (silt)=crops
3) Predictable rising/receding
4) Made trade easier
5) Papyrus

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What kind of religion did the Ancient Egyptians follow?

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Polytheistic, with about 78 gods. They had both home and city gods.

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What were some physical/geographical features of Ancient Egypt?

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1) Nile Delta
2) Nile River
3) Libyan/Nubian desert
4) Cataracts
5) Aswan Dam
6) Mediterranean Sea
7) Lake Victoria

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What were some of the main Egyptian gods?

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1) Osiris - afterlife + death
2) Isis - magic + children
3) Seth - desert + storms
4) Horus - life + earth

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What was Ankh?

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Symbol of long life

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What was Maat?

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A feather that represents balance

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Where were most pyramids built?

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The west side

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What was religiously significant about the Pharaoh?

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Believed to be Horus on Earth and Osiris in death. Also considered to be the son of Amon. This is an example of theocracy.

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What is Ka?

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Soul

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What was the Book of the Dead?

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What pharaohs used as a “guidebook” in the afterlife to pass through trials successfully. Included chants and spells to “cheat” their way into heaven.

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Who could go on to the afterlife?

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Originally, the afterlife was meant only for pharaohs. It was eventually “opened up” for everyone else so that they would do good in their lifetime.

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How could someone go to the afterlife?

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Body had to preserved/mummified. It was thought that in order to remain in the afterlife, the body must still be intact and protected by staying locked up in a pyramid. Any offering placed in the tomb could be taken with the Pharaoh to the afterlife.

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What was ‘heaven’ called and what did if show about Ancient Egyptian views on death?

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1) “Happy Field of Floods, resembling the Nile River.

2) Showed how much the Egyptians loved life. They were terrified of death and wanted to continue living forever.

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What did mummification do?

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Kept Ka intact

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What was the first slate for writing?

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Papyrus

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What kind of writing were Hieroglyphics?

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Phonograms - picture = sound

*had over 2000 characters

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What was the Rosetta Stone?

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Found by the French and dated back to around 196 B.C. Was written by priests in Egypt to honor the Pharaoh. Lists the good things that the pharaoh did for the priests and the people of Egypt. Helped researchers understand Hieroglyphics. Deciphered by Jean-Francois Champollion.

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What were the accomplishments of King Menes?

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1) United Upper and Lower Egypt
2) Built the capitol city of Memphis right between the border of Upper and Lower Egypt
3) Made one crown by combining the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt
4) Conquered more land
5) Crushed rebellions
6) Made irrigation more efficient
7) Promoted trade

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What were the two social classes?

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Upper - Pharaoh, family of the Pharaoh, priests, nobles, visors, diplomats, court
Lower - Slaves, farmers

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Who was Snefru?

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1) Used personal name
2) More accessible to common people
3) Experimented with new pyramid types/building techniques
4) Built 3 pyramids for himself through trial/error, eventually building the smooth, Red Pyramid.

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What were some accomplishments of the Old Kingdom?

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1) Hieroglyphics
2) Improved engineering skills
3) Different pyramid types/experimentation. “Age of Pyramids”
4) Division of Labor

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What was different about the Middle Kingdom?

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Pharaoh became more concerned with the common man

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What were some major projects of the Middle Kingdom?

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1) Drained swamps of the Nile Delta which helped farmers
2) Connected the canal between the Nile and Red sea, which resulted in more trade
3) Temples built at Luxor
4) Borders secured
5) Trade expanded

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What was “The Great Humiliation”

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The Hyksos invade and rule Egypt. Ancient Egyptians tried to erase all history of the Hyksos.

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Why were the Hyksos able to invade?

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1) Had horse and chariots
2) Stronger bows
3) Bronze weapons

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What was the New Kingdom also known as?

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The Empire Age

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What is an empire?

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a large area of land that controls multiple cultures

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What is a tribute?

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money/food/material given similarly as taxes

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Where does the Nile River stem from?

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Lake Victoria and Lake Tana

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What were the most important accomplishment of the New Kingdom?

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Expansion into an empire. (Kush to Euphrates)

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Who was Thutmose III?

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Conquered land and pushed the borders of Egypt

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Who was Hatshepsut?

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A powerful female pharaoh

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Who was Amenhotep?

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Changed name to Akhenaten, built a new capitol city, and tried changing everyone’s religion to monotheism, only worshipping Aten

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Who was Tutankhamen?

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Was not a significant pharaoh and had no accomplishment. Known only for having his tomb found intact

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Who was Ramses II?

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Known as the last Great Ruler and was a good war general. Had many wives and children.

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What was Egyptian law like?

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Was very malleable since it was not written

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What was a skill that was very important?

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An understanding of geometry for architecture

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What were the main crops?

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Barley and wheat

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what was irrigation?

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channels from the Nile that flowed to smaller gardens

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