Egypt Flashcards

1
Q

Why did people make settlements near the Nile River?

A

To be near the water.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Over 10 000 years ago, Egypt was covered with _________

A

grassland

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Nomads hunted and gathered their food but then people learned how to plant seeds and farm. What happened about 6000 years ago

A

The climate changed and the area turned into a huge desert

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Today, most of Egypt is still covered by which Desert?

A

Sahara Desert

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

During the summer rainy season in East Africa, many small tributaries flowed into which river?

A

Nile River

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

The river would sometimes swell and flood its banks. It carried _____ and _____ _____ down from the mountains of East Africa.

A

mud / fertile soil

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Egypt is in which area of Africa?

A

North Africa

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

The floodwaters dried up by late summer, leaving _____ ________ behind.

A

fertile soil

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Which was the main way that people earned a living in Egypt?

A

farming

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Name 7 ways that Egyptians use the river

A

irrigation for their fields,
drinking water,
fishing,
transportation of building materials and goods for trading in villages,
papyrus reeds which grew along the river banks were used for building materials and for making paper,
mud to make bricks,
hunting of hippos and river birds for food

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What was the reason that Egyptians was mostly save from attacks?

A

The desert made it difficult to attach them as well as the rapids on the Nile River, it prevented people from sailing up the river and attacking form the south.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

How was Ancient Egyptian society organised?

A

Early Egypt was a hierarchical society.
People were not equal
They did not have the same power or resources

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Who was the most important person

A

Ruler or pharoah, then the Government officials

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What is the name for the most senior official?

A

vizier

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

The vizier is the one who decided?

A

what taxes to collect, managed government activities like construction

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What was also very important in the Egyptian society?

A

Religion and defence

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Who also had a lot of power?

A

Priests and army commanders, then nobles, then scribes, craftsman, traders and wealthier farmers
Later came the peasant farmers and finally the slaves.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What did the Egyptians believe?

A

They believed in over 2000 gods. We learn this from looking at ancient Egyptians statues and paintings

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

What is the 2000 gods called?

A

polytheism, meaning “many gods”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

The Egyptians believed that the gods controlled everything on Earth. People who made the gods angry would be punished by

A

death, illness, starvation and drought

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Each god was associated with a special ______ or _____.

A

animal / bird

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Which was the most well-known god?

A

Ra, the sun god

23
Q

He was the chief god of all other gods and was usually painted as a?

A

human with a falcon’s head

24
Q

Explain the crown of the god Ra

A

The sun with a cobra around it

25
Q

What was the story they told to explain night and day?

A

They said Ra sailed across the sky, which was heaven. At sunset Ra died. He sailed through night in the Underworld, the place where people went when they died. Ra left the moon to provide light for the world above. Then his boat had to sail through twelve doors. The doors represented the 12 hours of night. After sailing through these doors, Ra was born again and the sun rose.

26
Q

What did ancient Egyptians believe when someone died?

A

They went to the afterlife or the next world

27
Q

The dead were buried in

A

burial chambers inside the pyramids

28
Q

How were pharoahs buried?

A

In tombs in a special place called the Valley of the Kinds because so many people robbed the burial chamgers of the pyramids

29
Q

Egyptians believed that their pharoah could speak to the _______

A

gods

30
Q

The pharaoh was selected how?

A

Always the eldest son of the previous pharaoh. He was chief priest and head of the army too and owned all the land, people and possessions in Egypt

31
Q

Egyptians believed their pharaoh’s spirit could _________

A

live forever

32
Q

Egypt is famous for its ________

A

pyramids

33
Q

How are pyramids made?

A

Built of stone blocks they cut, cut very accurately so no gaps between blocks when they put them together

34
Q

Which is one of the most famous pyramids?

A

Great Pyramid of Giza

35
Q

How many years does historians think it took to built the most famous pyramid? How many men worked on it?

A

14 to 20 years / over 20 000 men

36
Q

The Great Pyramid of Giza was made when and of how many limestone blocks?

A

2,3 million limestone blocks / 2560 BCE

37
Q

What is the Sphinx?

A

A sandstone statue of a mythical creature with a lion’s body and a human head. It stands in front of the Giza pyramids

38
Q

What is the name of one of the world’s oldest and largest statute?

A

Sphinx, built around 2500 BCE

39
Q

Which pharaoh built the Sphinx?

A

Khafra

40
Q

Where is one of the stories written of the Sphinx?

A

Is written on a slab of stone between its paws.

41
Q

Most people think that the Nile is one long river, but it is actually two sections called the ……………. The names of these are called the ……… Nile and the ………Nile.

A

Tributaries

White Nile and Blue Nile

42
Q

The Nile river flows through the desert and then ends in what is called the ……

A

delta

43
Q

Egyptians had more than 2000 gods and goddesses.
What is the name of the Sky god?
The two chief gods were called?

A

Horus

Amon-Ra (sun god) and Osiris (underworld god)

44
Q

There were definite social classes for Egyptians. List the 8 social classes in order of importance (triangle)

A
Pharaoh
Government officials (vizier/priest/noble)
Soldiers
Scribes
Merchants
Craftsmen
Peasants
Slaves
45
Q

List names of the Pyramids of Egypt.

A
Mastaba
Step Pyramid
Bent Pyramid
Red Pyramid
Great Pyramid of Giza
Khafre's Pyramid
46
Q

What is the name of the largest ancient religious site in the world?

A

Karnak and has the Temple of Karnak

47
Q

What is meant by the Äfter-life and how would they treat a dead body?

A

Egyptians believe in a life after death. They would mummified bodies and believed that later the soul would re-enter the body giving it breath and life.

48
Q

Explain the mummification process

A
  • Wash body in wine and Nile water
  • Make a cut in the side and take out organs
  • Brain was pulled out with a hook through the nose
  • Clean the liver, lunge intestines and stomach and add to four special canopic jars whose lids look like the gods that guard them
  • Use Egyptian salt called natron to fill cavities and cover the body to rid all moisture
  • Leave for 40 days
  • Scoop out the natron and stuff the body with spices, rags and plants
  • Wrap body in fine linen bandages and add some lucky amulets
  • Utter spells
  • Put mummy in a coffin
  • Place in tomb
49
Q

What is the name of the Boy King or King Tut?

A

Tutankhamun

50
Q

At what age did the Boy Kind or King Tut became king?

A

9 years of age and ruled only for 10 years

51
Q

The Boy king of about 1333 BC and 1323 BC is the most famous in history because it is his tomb that was found more that 3000 years later with all the treasures. Which archaeologists found him?

A

Howard Carter and George Herbert, Earl of Carnarvon in 1922

52
Q

In Tutankhamun’s reign, in his 3rd year he changed a number of decisions his farther made when he was kin. He then also chanced his name from what to what?

A

Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun

53
Q

How old was the Tatankhamun when he died?

A

19, some says he was a sickly child and might have had malaria or a cell disease, he also walked with a cain. When he died so early, young and unexpectedly, they did not yet have a tomb ready for him and had to make one very fast to keep with their traditions.