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CHAPTER 2 ANCIENT KINGDOM OF THE NILE Flashcards

1
Q

WHAT DOES EGYPT MEAN

A

“WHOLLY THE GIFT OF THE NILE”

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WHAT TWO LANDS WAS FARMING LOCATED

A

BLACK LAND
-rich irrigated

RED LAND
-sun-baked, dry

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WHAT DID THE FARMERS USE THE FERTILE SOIL FOR

A

GROW WHEAT AND FLAX

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4
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WHERE DOES THE NILE RISE?

A

LAKES OF CENTRAL AFRICA/HIGHLANDS OF ETHIOPIA

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LAYER OF RICH SOIL

A

SILT

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HOW DID PEOPLE CONTROL THE NILE FLOODING?

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BUILT DIKES, RESERVOIRS, AND IRRIGATION DITCHES

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WHAT TWO REGIONS MAKE UP ANCIENT EGYPT

A

UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT

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FIRST WATERFALL/UPPER EGYPT STRETCHED OVER THIS

A

CATARACT

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9
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TRIANGULAR AREA OF MARSHLAND FORMED BY DEPOSITS OF SILT.(LOWER EGYPT STRETCHED THIS)

A

DELTA

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KING OF UPPER EGYPT, WHO UNITED BOTH REGIONS/USED NILE AS A HIGHWAY LINKING NORTH AND SOUTH

A

MENES

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11
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WHAT YEARS WAS THE OLD KINGDOM

A

2700B.C-2200B.C

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12
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WHAT WERE EGYPTIAN RULERS CALLED?

A

PHAROAHS

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WHAT DID THE EGYPTAINS BELIEVE THE PHAROAH AS

A

A GOD

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14
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PHAROAHS TOOK PRIDE IN WHAT?

A

JUSTICE AND ORDER

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15
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CHIEF MINISTER WHO SUPERVIZED THE GOVERNMENT

A

VIZIER

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16
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WHO CARRIED OUT VIZIERS INSTRUCTIONS?

A

SCRIBES

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17
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WISE VIZIER WHO TRAINED YOUNG OFFICIALS

A

PTAH-HOTEP

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18
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WHAT BELIEF DID THE EGYPTIANS HAVE

A

AFTERLIFE

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19
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WHAT DID THE PYRAMIDS SERVE AS?

A

TOMBS OF ETERNITY

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20
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WHAT YEAR WAS THE MIDDLE KINGDOM?

A

2050B.C-1800B.C.

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21
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WHAT IS THE MIDDLE KINGDOM KNOWN AS

A

TURBULENT PERIOD

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22
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WHAT WAS COMMON IN THE MIDDLE KINGDOM

A

CORRUPTIONS AND REBELLIONS

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23
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WHERE DID EGYPTIAN ARMIES OCCUPY

A

NUBIA

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24
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WHAT DID THE HYKSOS DO?

A

INVADED THE DELTA REGION

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25
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WHAT DID THE AWE THE EGYPTAINS WITH

A

CHARIOTS

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26
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WHEN DID THE EGYPTIANS DRIVE OUT THE HYKSOS

A

100 YEARS LATER

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27
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WHAT WAS THE YEARS FOR THE NEW KINGDOM?

A

1500B.C-1100B.C

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28
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WHERE DID THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE REACH?

A

EUPHRATES RIVER

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29
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WOMAN WHO EXERCISED ALL RIGHTS OF A PHARAOH.

A

HATSHEPSUT

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30
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WHAT DID HATSHEPSUT ENCOURAGE?

A

TRADE WITH EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LANDS

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31
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MOST POWERFUL PHAROAH OF NEW KINGDOM

A

RAMSES II

32
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WHAT DID RAMSES DO?

A

PUSH THE EGYPTIAN RULE NORTHWARD.

PREVENTED DEFEAT OF THE BATTLE AGAINST THE HITTITES OF ASIAN MINOR

33
Q

WHAT DID THE TREATY OF HITTITES AND EGYPTAINS DECLARE

A

BE AT PEACE AND BROTHERHOOD FOREVER

34
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WHAT HAPPENED WHEN RAMSES STEPPED DOWN

A

EGYPTIAN POWER DECLINED, AND INVADERS SUCH AS ASSYRIANS AND PERSIANS CONQUERED THE NILE RIVER.

35
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WHAT DID EGYPTAIN DO WITH NUBIA FOR CENTURIES?

A

TRADED AND FOUGHT WITH NUBIA

36
Q

DID EGYPT CONQUER OR NOT CONQUER NUBIA IN THE NEW KINGDOM?

A

CONQUER

37
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WHAT HAPPENED WHEN EGYPT DECLINED?

A

NUBIA GOT ITS INDEPENDANCE.

38
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WHO PUSHED NUBIANS BACK TO THERE HOMELAND

A

THE ASSYRIANS

39
Q

CHEIF GOD/SUN GOD

A

AMON RE

40
Q

OSIRIS AND ISIS STORY TOUCHED WHAT HUMAN EMOTIONS?

A

LOVE,JEALOUSY,DEATH

41
Q

AKHENATON NAME MEANING

A

“HE WHO SERVES ATON”

42
Q

WHO WAS AKHENATON’S WIFE?

A

QUEEN NEFERTITI

43
Q

WHAT DID AKHENATON TRY TO PUSH AWAY

A

OTHER GODS IN FAVOR OF ATON

44
Q

EATER OF THE DEAD

HAPPY FIELD OF FOOD

A

EGYPTIAN VERSION OF HEAVEN AND HELL

45
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I have made no man to suffer hunger. I have made no want to weep. I have done no murder. I have not encroached upon the fields of another I have not added to the weight of the skills to cheat the seller I have not turned back water when it should flow I am pure. I am pure. I am pure.

WHERE DID THIS QUOTE COME FROM?!

A

BOOK OF THE DEAD

46
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WHAT IS MUMMIFICATION

A

PRESERVATION OF THE DEAD

47
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STEPS FOR MUMMIFICATION

A
  • EXTRACT ORGANS
  • FILL BODY WITH SPICES
  • WRAP THEM IN LINEN
  • PAINT SOMETHING ON THERE FACE SO THEY CAN BE RECOGNIZED
48
Q

WHO WAS KING TUT

A

SON OF AKHENATON

49
Q

WHO UNEARTHED HIS TOMB

A

HOWARD CARTER

50
Q

WHAT WAS KING TUTS TOMB FILLED WITH

A

RICHES AND TREASURE

51
Q

EGYPTIAN FARMERS

A

MANY WERE SLAVES

SPENT DAYS SOILING AND REPAIRING DIKES

52
Q

WHAT DID EGYPTIAN PEASANT MEN DO?

A

SERVE THE PHARAOH BY BUILDING TOMBS, TEMPLES, AND PALACES

53
Q

WHAT DID EGYPTIAN PEASANT WOMEN DO

A

RAISED CHILDREN
COLLECTED WATER
PREPARED FOOD

54
Q

WHAT DID EGYPTIAN WOMEN DO?

A

INHERIT PROPERTY, BUSINESS DEALS, DIVORCE, AND GO TO COURT

55
Q

HIEROGLYPHICS

A

EGYPTIAN PICTURE WRITING

56
Q

SYMBOLIZED IDEA OR ACTION

A

IDEOGRAMS

57
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SIMPLER WRITING

A

DEMOTIC

58
Q

PAPERLIKE WRITING MATERIAL FROM A REED PLANT

A

PAPYRUS

59
Q

ROSETTA STONE

A

FLAT, BLACK STONE THAT HAD A MESSAGE IN THREE LANGUAGES.(HIEROGLYPHICS,DEMOTIC, AND GREEK)

60
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WHO DECODED THE ROSETTA STONE

A

JEAN CHAMPOLLION

61
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DECIPHER MEANING

A

DECODE

62
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WHAT WAS THE ARTS OF ANCIENT EGYPT

A
  • WALL PAINTINGS

- CARVINGS

63
Q

TWO EXAMPLES OF EGYPTIAN LITERATURE

A
  • INSTRUCTION OF PTAH-HOTEP

- THE TALE OF SINUHE

64
Q

WHAT DOES THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVER DEFINE MESOPOTAMIA AS?

A

“LAND BETWEEN THE RIVERS”

65
Q

WHAT WAS THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH

A

STORY THAT TOLD OF A GREAT FLOOD DESTROYING THE WORLD

66
Q

NILE FLOODS ROSE

A

VILLAGERS BUILT DIKES TO HOLD BACK FLOOD WATERS AND IRRIGATION DITCHES

67
Q

Where did the first sumerian cities emerge

A

In the Southern part of Mesopotamia

68
Q

What did the Sumerians lacked?

A

They lacked building materials such as timber or stone so they built with earth and water

69
Q

What did trade bring to Sumerian cities

A

It brought riches

70
Q

What did those Sumerians make for their first invention

A

First wheeled vehicles

71
Q

What did the war leaders evolve to

A

Hereditary rulers

72
Q

What was the ruler in each city state responsible for

A

They were responsible for maintaining the city walls and the irrigation systems

73
Q

What did the rulers do when the government grew more complex

A

Employed scribes to carry out functions such as collecting taxes and keeping records

74
Q

What did each city-state have?

A

A social hierarchy

75
Q

What is a hierarchy

A

System of ranks

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