MidTerm Study Guide

Question 0

a flat plain formed on the seabed where a river deposits material over many years

Answer 0

Delta

Question 1

group of rocky rapids

Answer 1

Cataract

Question 2

skilled worker who practices a handicraft

Answer 2

Artisan

Question 3

king of ancient Egypt

Answer 3

Pharaoh

Question 4

a series of rulers from the same family

Answer 4

Dynasty

Question 5

system of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations

Answer 5

Bureaucracy

Question 6

a body that has been preserved so it will not decompose

Answer 6

Mummy

Question 7

symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound

Answer 7

Hieroglyphics

Question 8

a writing surface similar to paper named after the papyrus reed that grew along the Nile River in ancient Egypt

Answer 8

Papyrus

Question 9

structure with triangular sides

Answer 9

Pyramid

Question 10

statue or other free-standing piece of art made of clay, stone, or other materials

Answer 10

Sculpture

Question 11

study of the structure of the body and its organs

Answer 11

Anatomy

Question 12

The Nile River has 2 main sources:
a.
b.

Answer 12

a. White Nile

b. Blue Nile

Question 13

flows from Lake Victoria

Answer 13

White Nile

Question 14

Rushes down from the highlands of present-day Ethiopia

Answer 14

Blue Nile

Question 15

Vast desert that stretches across most of Northern Africa

Answer 15

Sahara

Question 16

Narrow strip of rich, dark soil that lines both banks of the Nile and covers the delta

Answer 16

Black Land

Question 17

Deadly place of hot, burning sands

Answer 17

Red Land

Question 18

United the 2 kingdoms about _________ B.C

Considered to be the first pharaoh.

Answer 18

Narmer

3000

Question 19

Period of prosperity, political strength and cultural achievement

Answer 19

Old Kingdom

Question 20

The kingdom began after civil wars: built system of canals that could drain the Nile flood waters and irrigate new farmland

Answer 20

Middle Kingdom

Question 21

Weakened and broke apart and later conquered by the Persian empire

Answer 21

New Kingdom

Question 22

332 B.C., the Greek army of ________ conquered Egypt.

Answer 22

Alexander the Great

Question 23

Head of Egypt’s bureaucracy

Answer 23

Vizier

Question 24

Rule was peaceful and built Egypt’s wealth and power through trade

Answer 24

Hatshepsut

Question 25

Extended Egyptian influence through war

Answer 25

Ramses II

Question 26

Name from top to bottom the order of the Egyptian Society:

Answer 26

a. Pharaohs
b. Nobles, Priests, Officials
c. Scribes
d. Merchants & Artisans
e. Farmers, Servants, slaves

Question 27

Most important God was ______, sun god.

Answer 27

Amon-re

Question 28

God of the underworld

Answer 28

Osiris

Question 29

Wife of Osiris, mother goddess of Egypt.

Answer 29

Isis

Question 30

Son of Isis and Osiris

Answer 30

Horus

Question 31

The pharaoh was considered a _____ on earth so the people obeyed him.

Answer 31

God

Question 32

The first way the Egyptians prepared for the afterlife was __________.

Answer 32

Living a good life

Question 33

2nd way to prepare for the after life was by having their bodies __________.

Answer 33

Preserved after death.