history ch 5

Question 1

Originally connected Asia and Africa

Answer 1

Isthmus of Suez

Question 2

largest desert

Answer 2

Sahara

Question 3

longest river

Answer 3

Nile

Question 4

small states (divisions) of early egyptian history

Answer 4

Nomes

Question 5

strong rulers of nomes

Answer 5

Pharaohs

Question 6

Two parts of egypt and where they are

Answer 6

Upper(nile river starts) and Lower Egypt(nile river ends)

Question 7

United the two states and was the first to rule over a United Egypt

Answer 7

Menes

Question 8

what is egypt called

Answer 8

“Gift of the Nile”

Question 9

Longest river in the world

Answer 9

The Nile

Question 10

Greek historian that called Egypt “gift of the nile”

Answer 10

Herodotus

Question 11

gave life and shelter to egypt

Answer 11

Water and papyrus plants

Question 12

triangle shaped area of land in north egypt where most early settlements were located

Answer 12

Nile Delta

Question 13

written language of Egypt

Answer 13

Hieroglyphics

Question 14

used Rosetta Stone to interpret hieroglyphics

Answer 14

Jean Francis Champollion

Question 15

Two capitals of Ancient Egypt

Answer 15

Memphis and Thebes

Question 16

symbol of egyptian state and society

Answer 16

Pyramid

Question 17

three classes that a pyramid represent

Answer 17

Pharaoh
Priests and Scholars
Everyone else

Question 18

the head of government and religion; all officials answered to him; believed he was god incarnate

Answer 18

Pharaoh

Question 19

schools for boys in egypt

Answer 19

scribal schools

Question 20

two types of jobs graduates of scribal schools could earn

Answer 20

political or religious jobs

Question 21

three religions of egypt

Answer 21

humanism (pharaoh), naturalism (animals, nile river), and polytheism(multiple gods)

Question 22

What were their views on immortality?

Answer 22

They focused on preparing their bodies for the next world

Question 23

one of the wonders of the world; tomb for pharaohs

Answer 23

The Great Pyramid of Cheops (giza)

Question 24

one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the ancient world

Answer 24

King Tut’s tomb

Question 25

the preservation of the bodies of the dead for the “afterlife”

Answer 25

Mummification

Question 26

Three ages of egypt

Answer 26

Old kingdom, middle kingdom, new kingdom

Question 27

Most famous rulers of the Old Kingdom

Answer 27

Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure

Question 28

built at giza for each pharaoh

Answer 28

pyramids

Question 29

the two ancient wonders of the world

Answer 29

Great Pyramids of Giza; The Great Sphinx

Question 30

Who was the great sphinx meant to resemble

Answer 30

it was built in Khafre’s likeness

Question 31

first leader of the middle kingdom

Answer 31

Mentuhotep the First

Question 32

time/kingdom that abraham was in

Answer 32

middle kingdom

Question 33

invaders from Asia who conquered Egypt and ended the Middle Kingdom

Answer 33

Hyksos

Question 34

founded the new kingdom

Answer 34

Ahmose I

Question 35

A female pharaoh; may have been moses’ mother

Answer 35

Hatshepsut

Question 36

known as the Egyptian Empire because Egypt reestablished its empire in Asia

Answer 36

New Kingdom

Question 37

expanded Egypt’s border further than any other ruler

Answer 37

Thutmose III

Question 38

Thutmose III’s son

Answer 38

Amenhotep II

Question 39

may have been pharaoh during the Exodus

Answer 39

Amenhotep II

Question 40

Outstanding monarch of the Later New Kingdom

Answer 40

Ramses II

Question 41

Conquered Egyptian empire

Answer 41

Alexander the Great

Question 42

most important city in Alexander’s empire

Answer 42

Alexandria

Question 43

took over Egypt after division

Answer 43

Ptolemy

Question 44

capital of Egypt; center of Egyptian life

Answer 44

Cairo