Egypt

Question 1

Which way does the Nile flow?

Answer 1

South to North

Question 2

Who was the First Pharaoh to unite Upper and Lower Egypt?

Answer 2

King Narmer

Question 3

Who are the Hyksos

Answer 3

• A group of south western Asians who took over Egypt in 1778 B.C.E.
• The Hyksos were able to take over Egypt because of their numerous technological advances in weaponry.

Question 4

What are som highlights of the Old Kingdom?

Answer 4

• large pyramids
• beginning of ancient Egyptian artwork and pottery
• highly agricultural
• all of the agriculture makes everyone wealthy so they can ignore the Pharaoh

Question 5

When was the Old Kingdom?

Answer 5

2900-2100 BCE

Question 6

What were the most common jobs for women in Ancient Egypt?

Answer 6

Lady of the house
priest-hood
marrying gods

Question 7

What part of the year does the Nile flood?

Answer 7

In the summer

Question 8

What happens to a wife when her husband dies?

Answer 8

She gets 1/3 of his wealth

Question 9

What was a Visier?

Answer 9

• chief judge
• responsible for:

        - irragation
        - taxes
        - agriculture
        - keeping buildings in working condition

Question 10

When was the New Kingdom?

Answer 10

1550-1070 BCE

Question 11

Who were the Hittites?

Answer 11

• A group of people occupied that land just below Russia on the Mediterranean
• In the new kingdom, Ramses attempted to topple them and drive them out of the kingdom.

Question 12

What is Ma’at?

Answer 12

Egyptian balance, justice, and cosmic order

Question 13

What was papyus?

Answer 13

It was an early form of paper.
Sliced stems, layered, moistened with water, weight placed upon, dried

Question 14

How do you say Re?

Question 15

Who was able to break the code of egyptian hieroglyphs?

Answer 15

Jean Champollion

Question 16

When wasJean Champollion arround?

Answer 16

1700’s (AD),

around the time of Nepolion

Question 17

What are Ostracons?

Answer 17

Egyptian “stickie notes”
they were used to write somthing casual
used for schooling

Question 18

Nubia:

Answer 18

A civilization south of Egypt. Sometimes Egyptians would be friendly and trade with them while other times the Egyptians would enslave and capture the Nubians.

Question 19

When was the second Intermediate Period?

Answer 19

1778-1570 BCE

Question 20

Poor Egyptian houses has:

Answer 20

• mud and chopped straw–> molded into bricks and left in the sun to dry
• mud foors
• matting and thatchet roof
• flooding and rats

Question 21

Rich Egyptian houses had:

Answer 21

• up to 10 rooms
• white wash walls
• designes on walls
• gardens and pools
• tiles on floor

Question 22

What languages were on the Rosetta Stone?

Answer 22

Demonic
Coptic
Greek