Egypt - CH 1

Question 1

The Nile

Answer 1

“The gift of the Nile”, Floods every summer and fertilizes soil, After Mesopotamia Nile was the place to crop, Northeast Africa, 4000 miles

Question 2

Hieroglyphics

Answer 2

pictorial illustration, able to communicate anything, drew shapes with astricts. An example of Hieroglyphics:

Question 3

Theocracy

Answer 3

government ruled by religion or god, Pharaoh were living gods on earth. Always represented holding Ankn (represents eternal life)

Question 4

Polytheism

Answer 4

more than 1 god, Isis: queen of god, Ra: sun god, Horus: represent national identity of Egypt

Question 5

Maat

Answer 5

moral order of the world

Question 6

Ka

Answer 6

living spirit within, soul

Question 7

Great Pyramid of Giza

Answer 7

Khufu was buried here/slaves, Additive technique: take specific blocks of stone & add them together

Question 8

Sphinx

Answer 8

Pyramid of Khafre, Subtractive technique: start off with one big chunk of material and carve away, Body of lion, head of pharaoh Khafre

Question 9

Sarcophagus of Queen Kawit

Answer 9

Egyptian style art, shoulder facing us, face is the profile, all fingers are the same length, show different parts of the human body in perspective (head is profile but they eye is faces front)

Question 10

Menkaure and His Queen

Answer 10

Same size as her husband

Question 11

Akhenaten

Answer 11

names mean shining spirit of aten. his name used to be Amenhotep IV, Defied the tradition of polytheism by elevating Aten (God of the sun disk/sun god) to the top god over all others. Got rid of clergy men (able to write hieroglyphics), Monotheistic reform, Developed Amarna style

Question 12

Portrait Head of Nefertiti

Answer 12

pictured as Isis, the goddess from whom all Egyptian queens were said to have descended. Amarna style (look like clones of Akhenaten), Subtractive technique, Thutmose (sculptor)

Question 13

Tutankhamen

Answer 13

King Tut, Akhenaten is his father, Gold coffin (540 lbs)