Chapter 4 Ancient Egypt And Kush Study Guide

Question 0

How was Egypt able to build pyramids and temples?

Answer 0

They used slaves to place the limestone and build them. The taxes the pharaohs collected from the people

Question 1

What caused social classes to appear during the old kingdom?

Answer 1

There were a lot of people. (About 2 million) they thought the social classes might help keep it under control.
There was a need for government officials, the need to increase farming, need to increase population

Question 2

What helped the growth of trade in the New Kingdom?

Answer 2

Through conquest, made them wealthy

Conquest- conquered other lands and kept everything

Question 3

How did Egyptian civilization develop?

Answer 3

More than 12,000 years ago, the hunter gatherer groups settled in the Nile Valley. They settled, then farmed, then developed villages, then developed cities.

Question 4

What was the political order of Egypt based on?

Answer 4

Wealthy farmers emerged into leaders.

Question 5

Who was Queen Shanakhdakheto?

Answer 5

She was the first woman to rule Kush, ruled 170BC to 150 BC

Question 6

Why did the Egyptians fill their tombs with valuables?

Answer 6

They thought the Ka would need them in the afterlife. It would keep them happy. The Ka had all the needs of a living person.

Question 7

How do we know that Egypt and Kush used to live in peace with one another?

Answer 7

They traded

Question 8

What was the effect of Egypt’s conquest of Kush in 1500 BC?

Answer 8

The Kushites adapted some of Egypt’s culture into their’s. They adapted some of the Egyptian’s religion.

Question 9

Explain how Kushites began to learn about other cultures.

Answer 9

As Kushites trade grew, merchants came into contact with people from other cultures. As a result, the people of Kush combined customs from other cultures with their own unique Kushite culture. Merchants traveled to new places to trade

Question 10

When did Egyptians start to build pyramids?

Answer 10

During the Old Kingdom. 2700 BC to 2200 BC

Question 11

Who united the Middle Kingdom around 2050 BC?

Answer 11

A powerful pharaoh named Mentuhotep ||.

Question 12

What is the geographical difference in Lower and Upper Egypt?

Answer 12

Upper- southern region, has many cataracts in that part

Lower- northern region, branches out and forms deltas

Question 13

What is the Rosetta Stone?

Answer 13

A stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics

Question 14

Who is King Kashta?

Answer 14

He attacked Upper Egypt in the 700’s BC. He united Upper and Lower Egypt

Question 15

What made it difficult for countries to invade Egypt?

Answer 15

The Mediterranean Sea to the north. The Red Sea. Cataracts in the Nile. The Sahara Desert

Question 16

Who did the Egyptians build pyramids for?

Answer 16

Their rulers, pharaohs

Question 17

Which ruler began the Middle Kingdom?

Answer 17

Mentuhotep, Middle Kingdom was a period of order and stability that lasted until 1750 BC

Question 18

Where was the home of the gods?

Answer 18

The temples

Question 19

When was Kush at the height of its power?

Answer 19

In the 800’s BC

Question 20

What is the relationship between Egypt and Kush?

Answer 20

They were neighbors. Kush supplied Egypt with slaves and raw materials. Kush also sent Egypt ebony, gold, copper, and stone. (Trading partners, allies)

Question 21

Queen Hatshepsut accomplished many things while she ruled. Explain these and explain the impact it had on the kingdom.

Answer 21

She faked being a man. Egypt prospered under her rule. She restored monuments. She helped Egypt regain power. (New Kingdom ruler, expanded Egyptian trade)

Question 22

What is absolute power? Why did the pharaohs have absolute power?

Answer 22

One person rules everyone and controls them. So they could control eveyone. Have a higher position.

Question 23

None

Answer 23

Meroitic, the Kushites written language was developed by the Kushites