Exam 1

Question 1

Narmer palette

Answer 1

contains some of the earliest found hieroglyphic inscriptions found

Question 2

Narmer

Answer 2

Memes, unification of upper and lower Egypt, establishment of Memphis as capital

Question 3

nsw-bity

Answer 3

general term for the king of upper and lower egypt

Question 4

Deir el Medina

Answer 4

necropolis workman’s village, workers would occasionally jump walls to make their way into town

Question 5

Ramose

Answer 5

vizier under Amenhotep III; brother if Amenhotep I

Question 6

Herodotus

Answer 6

“Father of History” wrote about Greco-Persian war, collected data systematically

Question 7

Narmer Macehead

Answer 7

Egyptian decorative stone, found in the “main deposit” in the temple area in Nekhen/ Hierakopolis

Question 8

Strabo

Answer 8

“Geography of Egypt”; lived near Jesus’s time

Question 9

Manetho

Answer 9

creator of the kings list

Question 10

Rekhmire

Answer 10

vizier under King Thutmose III; inscribed in tomb was duties of the vizier; bragger, liked to talk about himself

Question 11

Ptah-shepses

Answer 11

vizier under King Shepseskaf, tomb located at Abu Sir

Question 12

Saqqara

Answer 12

necropolis for the capital of Memphis

Question 13

Naqada

Answer 13

nbwt- named after the gold mines found in proximity of the city

Question 14

mrwt

Answer 14

weavers and plantation workers

Question 15

rekhyet

Answer 15

common people, symbol was a woodpecker, found in dynasty 0

Question 16

Abu Sir

Answer 16

necropolis in proximity of modern day Cairo

Question 17

Hierakonpolis

Answer 17

religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of Prehistoric Egypt

Question 18

wadi

Answer 18

Egyptian word for “valley”

Question 19

Eye of Horus

Answer 19

symbol of self sacrifice

Question 20

cartouche

Answer 20

symbol meant to protect people from evil spirits in the afterlife

Question 21

Memphis

Answer 21

“The White Fort”; capital city and first urban center

Question 22

lector priest

Answer 22

access to books and religious scripts, keeper of the libraries

Question 23

Five-Fold Titulary

Answer 23

1) Hours-Mighty-Bull
2) The Two Ladies
3) ”Golden Horus”
4) King of Upper and Lower Egypt (throne name)
5) ”Son of Re” (birth name)

Question 24

serekh

Answer 24

ornamental vignette thought to protect the soul from evil spirits