Test 6, Ch. 7 Flashcards
monument with the head of a man and the body, legs, and paws of a lion that stands near the pyramids
Sphinx
world’s first paperlike material
papyrus
a time of serious shortage of food
famine
title given to an Egyptian king
pharaoh
a body wrapped and preserved for eternal life
mummy
a buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river
delta
second in command to the Egyptian king
vizier
a rock bed piled high in a river creating small waterfalls
cataracts
a tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra
obelisk
ancient Egyptian writing using pictures to represent objects
hieroglyphics
The key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing was the
Rosetta Stone
The irrigation device used by the Egyptians was the
shadoof
The “Gift of the Nile” is another name for
Egypt
The desert that covers most of Egypt is the ___ Desert.
Sahara
The king who united Upper and Lower Egypt was
Menes
The secretary to the ruler in a court was called a
scribe
The large stone structure built as a tomb for King Khufu was the
Great Pyramid
the first pharaoh
Akhenaton
the only woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt
Hatshepsut
The Bible character who became a vizier
Joseph
the pharaoh whose tomb revealed much about ancient Egypt
Tutankhamen
the area near Thebes where the tombs of many pharaohs have been found
Valley of the Kings
one reason Egypt declined in power
they had no iron to make strong weapons
a flat or level area of land
plain
a highland plain
plateau
a landform that rises higher than a hill
mountain
highest mountain in Africa
Kilimanjaro
low land between hills or mountains
valley
world’s largest desert
Sahara
World’s longest river
Nile
world’s second largest continent
Africa
Know the following locations on the map:
Memphis, Mt. Sinai, Nile River, Sinai Peninsula, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt
What two landforms gave special protection to Egypt? How did they provide protection?
Ancient Egypt was well protected by the desert that surrounded it and the cataracts in the Nile River. Because of its heat and lack of water, the desert discouraged invaders from coming over land. The cataracts made it nearly impossible for invaders to use the Nile River as a means of attack.
Describe each of the three Egyptian seasons.
Flooding season - the people of Egypt worked on their buildings while they waited for the water to go down. They often built ditches to trap some of the floodwaters inland for use in irrigation.
Planting season - They planted their crops in the fertile soil left by the floods.
Harvest season - the crops were gathered for another year.
