Egyptian Gods

Question 1

Neolithic Revolution

Answer 1

Earliest times up until 10,000 BCE. People started inventing tools and lived in a hunter gatherer lifestyle

Question 2

Hunter-Gatherers

Answer 2

Work force/lifestyle that consisted of 20-30 people equally divided with men and women. The men hunted animals while the women searched for fruits, berries, and other edible foods.

Question 3

Systematic agriculture

Answer 3

process of crop cultivation, settling in one place, developed farming

Question 4

Domestication

Answer 4

taming of animals

Question 5

6 basic characteristics of civilization

Answer 5

1)cities

2)government

3)religion

4)social structure

5)art

6)writing

Question 6

Fertile Crescent

Answer 6

an area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began

Question 7

Mesopotamia

Answer 7

kingdom created by the babylonians

Question 8

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Answer 8

the two rivers that surround Mesopotamia

Question 9

Summerians

Answer 9

city surrounded by walls 6 mi long and 30-35 ft high

Question 10

Cuneiform

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wedge shaped system of writing. Made on clay tablets that were baked/dried in the sun

Question 11

Akkadians

Answer 11

n of the summerians. first first empire

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Babylonians

Answer 12

conquered the sumerians

Question 13

Sargon

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ruler of Akkad

Question 14

Hammurabi

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Ruler of Babylon

Question 15

The code of hammurabi

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282 laws based off a strict code

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City-States

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an independent self governing country contained totally within the boarders of a single city

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Ziggurat

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most important building in a summerian city, dedicated to chief god or goddess of city

Question 18

Empire

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A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler

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Polytheistic

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Belief in many gods

Question 20

Old kingdom

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2700-2200 bce. People believed if they helped their pharoah they were helping to maintain a stable world order

Question 21

Middle kingdom

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2050-1652 bce. Period of expansion

Question 22

New kingdom

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1567-1085 bce. Egypt created a new empire and became the most powerful state in SW asia. King tut

Question 23

King Menes

Answer 23

United upper and lower Egypt

Question 24

Pyramids

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monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs.

Question 25

Pharoahs

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viewed as king gods

Question 26

Ra

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Creator of deity, and god of the sun. He gave life to everything and could resurrect people from the dead. Represented as a man w a falcon head

Question 27

Osiris

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God of the underworld Man dressed as a mummy w green skin Murdered by his brother seth

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Isis

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God of motherhood Wife of osiris and mother of horus Resemble the body of osiris after his murder Mother and protector of all the pharaohs

Question 29

Khnum

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God of creation Man w the head of a ram Control the flow than the nile river

Question 30

Seth

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God of chaos Head of an unknown creature Bro of osiris Killed or punished by the council of gods

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Horus

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God of the sky Falcon's head Lost his left eye fighting seth

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Anubis

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God of death and mummification Head of a jackal Weights hearts if the dead to see if they should go to the underworld

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Nile River

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The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were centered around

Question 34

Nile Delta

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The most fertile area of land in Egypt located end of the Nile River

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Lower Egypt

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The northern part of ancient Egypt

Question 36

Upper Egypt

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the southern part of ancient Egypt

Question 37

Dynasty

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A series of rulers from the same family

Question 38

Anthropomorphism

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the attribution of human form or other characteristics to beings other than humans particularly animals

Question 39

Heirogylphics

Answer 39

Egyptian form of writing using symbols or pictures as characters