S.S 3-1 & 3-2 Flashcards

0
Q

The Nile flows _____ from central _____ to _______ sea.

A

North
Africa
Meditteranean

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1
Q

_____ is the worlds _____ river

A

Nile

Longest

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2
Q

_____ main sources: blue ____ and ____ Nile

A

Two
Nile
White

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3
Q

Blue and White Nile meet in _______( present day Sudan)

A

Khartoum

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4
Q

Rock filled Rapids found in Nubian section of the Nile

A

Cataracts

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5
Q

Between first and second cataracts; desert, granite mountains, very little flammable land

A

Lower Nubia

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6
Q

In lower Nubia, it rarely ___- people lived close to _____ for water supply

A

Rained

Nile

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7
Q

Between second and sixth cataracts

A

Upper Nubia

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8
Q

In upper Nubia, ____ does fall and people _____ in summer and fall

A

Rain

Farmed

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9
Q

First cataract to Meditteranean Sea

A

Ancient Egypt

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10
Q

Fertile strip

A

Upper Egypt

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11
Q

Fertile, marshy area

A

Lower Egypt

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12
Q

Triangle shaped fertile area made of little rivers found at the end of the Nile

A

Delta

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13
Q

Rich fertile soil brought down from highlands and deposited onto land when Nile overflowed

A

Silt

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14
Q

“The black land”- dark soil left by Niles floods

A

Kemet

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15
Q

Beyond river banks, vast desert- shielded Egypt and Nubia from attacks

A

“The red land”

16
Q

_____ built around fertile river bends near _____

A

Villages

Delta

17
Q

______ villages scattered along banks of _____

A

Farming

Nile

18
Q

_____ was a highway for ____

A

Nile

Trade

19
Q

Trade also ran ____ across desert and ____ sea

A

East

Red

20
Q

_____ developed trade routes over ____ because cataracts made travel difficult on _____

A

Nubians
Land
Water

21
Q

Ruled Egypt during new kingdom

A

Hatshepsut

22
Q

Hatshepsut created time of great ____ and economic _____. She also led army into _____ and encouraged ______

A

Peace
Success
Battles
Trade

23
Q

A series of rulers from the same family

A

Dynasty

24
Q

A dynasty was grouped into three main time periods called _____. There was the _____ ______(earliest), _______ _______, ________ ______

A

Kingdoms
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom

25
Q

United upper and and lower Egypt and built city named Memphis

A

Menes

26
Q

_______ had absolute ______

A

Pharoahs

Power

27
Q

Pharaohs descisions became _____. They were _____ leaders

A

Laws

Religious

28
Q

_____ and ______ during first six ______

A

Grew
Prospered
Dynasties

29
Q

In about 2250 B.C.( end of old kingdom) ______ challenged ______

A

Governors

Pharoahs

30
Q

_____ Kingdom restored _____ and _____ country

A

Middle
Order
Reunited

31
Q

Money spent on _____(irrigation)

A

Projects

32
Q

Starting to lose power against ______ invaders

A

Foreign

33
Q

In 1550 B.C. , Egyptian ____ drove out foreign _____( New Kingdom)

A

Princes

Invaders

34
Q

Child who became pharaoh

A

Thutmose III

35
Q

Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule

A

Regent

36
Q

Thutmose IIIs stepmother; appointed regent; proclaimed herself pharaoh

A

Hatshepsut

37
Q

Kingdom fell to ______ the ______ in 332 B.C.

A

Alexander

Great

38
Q

Conquered by the ______ about 300 years after Alexander the Great

A

Romans