History T4

Question 1

When did Ancient Egypt begin?

Answer 1

· 7000-8000 BP (Before Present) years ago
· The Ancient Egyptian civilisation began when hunter-gather tribes settled along the Nile River
· Old Kingdom, when Lower and Upper Egypt were united, began 5000 BP (3100BC)

Question 2

How will we (being historians) study Ancient Egypt?

Answer 2

· Historians use archaeology which is excavation and study of artefacts to reconstruct human behaviour.
· While it is hoped your will learn a number of important facts about Egypt from our OneNote materials another important aspect of History is “Source Analysis.” We will examine the artefacts as evidence to draw conclusions for ourselves about the ancient Egyptians.

Question 3

Background information:

Answer 3

Background information:
· Prehistory describes the early journey of humankind.
· Evolutionary scientists have found that Homo Sapiens or the “human” animal evolved in the Rift Valley in Africa around
100,000 BP.
· This was called the Palaeolithic Era, which ended at the last Ice-age (approximately 12,000 years ago.)
· Homo sapiens migrated from Africa throughout the world.

Question 4

What does BCE stand for?

Answer 4

BCE stands for Before Common Era!

Question 5

What does BP stand for?

Answer 5

BC stands for Before Present!

Question 6

Where is Egypt located?

Answer 6

Egypt is in the Northeast corner of Africa and the Southwest corner of Asia!
It links Africa with the middle east!

Question 7

What does the word ‘silt’ mean?

Answer 7

The word silt means Silt is made up of particles of rock and mineral particles that are larger than clay but smaller than sand.

Stilt is fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment especially in a channel or harbour.

Question 8

What was the importance of the Nile River

Answer 8

The Nile River was important because it was a source of life, water, fertile, soil.

Question 9

Name 3 ways that the Egyptians used the Nile River for!

Answer 9

Washing
Fishing
Trading Goods

Question 10

Name 3 Phero’s that Egyptians had that were connected to the Nile River!

Answer 10

Happi
Satet
Khnum

Question 11

How long is the Nile RIver?

Answer 11

4100 miles long

Question 12

What Grains did the Egyptians grow on the bank of the Nile River?

Answer 12

The Egyptians would use the freshly flooded land to grow wheat and barley which were essential foods.

Question 13

Who would keep track of the levels in the Nile River (millimetres)?

Answer 13

Priests!

Question 14

How many cycles where there for the Nile River?

Answer 14

3

Question 15

What where the 3 cycles in the Nile River?

Answer 15

1) Akhet (flooding season)
2) Peret (growing season)
3) Shemu (Harvesting season)

Question 16

What was grown and why?

Answer 16

Wheat was grown to make bread, porridge, and beer!

Question 17

What piece of equipment allowed the Ancient Egyptians to move water?

Answer 17

Shadoofs!

Question 18

Which God controlled the annual floods?

Answer 18

Happi

Question 19

What helped to protect Ancient Egypt from invaders?

Answer 19

Walls built around Egypt and the Nile River

Question 20

What is the 2 most dangerous animal in the Nile River?

Answer 20

Crocs and Hippos!

Question 21

What is the social Hierarchy in ancient Egypt?

Answer 21

King
Vizier
Scribes
Artisans
farms - labourers
peasants - slaves

Question 22

What animal are the Egyptians obsessed with? why?

Answer 22

Cats! This is because the Egyptians they loved their instinct for killing! The Egyptians would also bread cats so that they could use them as blood sacrifice so that they could connect to one of the past Gods.

Question 23

MASSIVE QUESTION!!!! What was the God Basset the God of?

Answer 23

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Question 24

What would the Ancient Egyptians would trade

Answer 24

Bread, veggies, copper, cattle, fish and Gold

Question 25

the roles of women across different social classes in ancient Egypt.

Answer 25

Lower class women: raising children, cooking, washing, fatching water, help pm farms.
Upper class women: had a pampered life, had servants, fine clothes and jewellery and inheritated fathers wealth if the oldest. Had feasts. Wife of pharoh had power

Question 26

Describe women’s rights and responsibilities in marriage, family life, work, and education.

Answer 26

Women had rights but didn’t always know. Women were equals to men except for occupation. Women were weavers, balers. brewers, cooks, reals estate manager. Women ran the household.

Question 27

Explain depictions of women in ancient Egyptian artwork and funerary texts.

Question 28

the significance of the gods and the concept of the afterlife in ancient Egyptian culture.

Answer 28

Egyptians believed there was a place they went to when they died called the Duat. To get there, their spirit had to travel on a long and challenging journey.
The many gods dictated how the people lived and all their beliefs.

Question 29

how did beliefs about the afterlife influenced daily life, rituals, and burial practices.

Answer 29

The many gods dictated how the people lived and all their beliefs.
They offered food drink , clothing to images of gods.
A mummy is a body that is preserved by drying and wrapping. Natron is a mineral salt to dry out bodies.Bodies were mummified so their soles would have a place to rest in. Campoic jars were used to store organs. Magic charns were wrapped in with the bandages to assist the journey of the dead persons soul.

Question 30

Describe the roles and attributes of key deities,

Answer 30

Anubis
God of embalming; god of tombs and burials

Amun-Ram
God of creation; god of the sun and king of the gods

Osiris
God of the dead; god of the afterlife; a judge in the underworld

Seth
God of confusion and chaos

Isis
Mother goddess; goddess of fertility; wife of Osiris

Horus
God of the sky; guardian of the pharaoh

Hathor
Goddess of beauty and love; goddess of the sky, fertility, music, dance and alcohol

Thoth
God of the scribes; god of wisdom and knowledge; god of time

Question 31

What does ADAMANT stand for

Answer 31

Author
Date
Audience
Message
Agenda
Nature
Techniques

Question 32

SYMBOL: ISIS - reason it was placed on a mummy

Answer 32

She was the divine mother. Goddess of magic
The wings of Isis symbolise either female falcons or kites,
which are birds of prey. In this way, the wings represent both power and mourning.

Question 33

SYMBOL: SCARAB - reason it was placed on a mummy

Answer 33

The scarab was an amulet or lucky charm placed on the heart to protect it on its journey to the afterlife.
The spell inscribed on the scarab amulet contained instructions to the heart, considered the seat of a person’s mind and emotions.
By following these instructions, the heart would not say anything bad about the deceased during the judgment of the soul.

Question 34

SYMBOL: ANUBIS - reason it was placed on a mummy

Answer 34

Anubis functioned as divine embalmer, and the priests who supervised the mummification of the
dead would wear masks of Anubis to stand in for the god.
Anubis, ancient Egyptian god of funerary practices and care of the dead,
represented by a jackal or the figure of a man with the head of a jackal.

Question 35

SYMBOL: Shabti Figure - reason it was placed on a mummy

Answer 35

Shabtis were small statuettes usually in the form of a person and were placed inside the tomb of the deceased.
The Egyptians believed that these figures would come to life when called by the dead person and would serve them in their afterlife.