History chapter 5

Question 1

What is the second largest continent?

Answer 1

Africa

Question 2

What canal separated Two continents

Answer 2

Isthmus of suez

Question 3

What country is in the north east corner of Africa

Answer 3

Egypt

Question 4

Three ancient names for Africa

Answer 4

Mizraim

Land of ham

Copts

Question 5

Because of cultural diffusion Egypt has been called the

Answer 5

Seed back of African cultures

Question 6

Kemet

Answer 6

Black

Question 7

In very early times, Egypt consisted of a number of small states called

Answer 7

nomes

Question 8

The very first pharaoh

Answer 8

Menes

Question 9

At the mouth of the Nile formed a rich alluvial plain of fertile soil, known as the

Answer 9

Nile Delta

Question 10

Like Sumerian cuneiform written, Egyptian developed from picture writing into a highly elaborated system of 700 characters known as

Answer 10

Hieroglyphics

Question 11

The most important Egyptian work was the

Answer 11

Book of the dead

Question 12

The pyramid symbolizes the

Answer 12

Egyptian conception of state and society

Question 13

The great pyramid of Cheops

Answer 13

remains one of the wonders of the world

Question 14

One of the world’s greatest archaeological discoveries occurred in 1922 when the previously unknown tomb of

Answer 14

Tutankhamen a teenage pharaoh who died at the age of 18 was found and opened

Question 15

Monumental pyramids, magnificent, tombs, and elaborate processes of_______________________ preservation of the bodies of the dead, could not, however, ensure immorality

Answer 15

Mummification

Question 16

The Egyptians achieved their greatest accomplishments in art and architecture during the

Answer 16

Old kingdom

Question 17

3 outstanding monarchs of the old kingdom

Answer 17

Khufu (Cheops)

Khafre

Menkuare

Question 18

Three largest pyramids are at

Answer 18

Giza

Great sphinx

Question 19

Who reunited the two lands and paved the way for the Middle Kingdom and the powerful twelfth dynasty

Answer 19

King mentuhotep

Question 20

Who reunited the two lands and paved the way for the Middle Kingdom and the powerful twelfth dynasty

Answer 20

King mentuhotep 1

Question 21

The Middle Kingdom came to an end when certain asiatic warriors the

Answer 21

Hyksos

Question 22

This new king may have been_________________ a Sian prince who founded the

Answer 22

Ahmose 1

New kingdom

Question 23

Moses’s foster mother may have been_________________ The strong wield daughter of thutmose she was a female pharaoh

Answer 23

Hatshepsut

Question 24

The new kingdom is also known as the____________________ because Egypt reestablished its empire in Asia during this period

Answer 24

Egyptian empire

Question 25

Who extended Egypt’s borders to therefore this extent, and brought the Egyptian empire to its greatest height

Answer 25

Thutmose 3

Question 26

His son and successor ___________________ may have been pharaoh during the Hebrew exodus

Answer 26

Amenhotep

Question 27

Who fought the Hittites in Asia and sponsored much building activity

Answer 27

Ramses 2

Question 28

Most important city in Alexander’s Empire

Answer 28

Alexandria

Question 29

After Alexander’s death, one of his general gain control of Egypt and establish a Hellenistic Greek dynasty that ruled until Cleopatra suicide and the Roman conquest in 30 bc

Answer 29

Ptolemy

Question 30

The center of Egyptian life, and one of the great cities of the Arab world

Answer 30

Cairo