Unit 2 - - TEST (Egypt) Flashcards
What is the name of the ruler who united the northern and southern Egyptian kingdoms around 3100 BC?
Menes
What is the name of the northern kingdom which is located along the Nile River delta?
Lower Egypt
What are the names of the pharaohs who ruled during the New Kingdom in Egypt?
Thutmose III Ramses II Ramses III Tutankhamen Akhenaten Hatshepsut
What is the term for nomads who used chariots to conquer Egypt around 1660 BC?
Hyksos
What is the term for the process of removing organs and using salt to preserve a body?
Mummification
What is the term for huge tombs that were built for pharaohs by common workers?
Pyramids
What is the term for a tablet that enabled the French to decipher hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
What is the term for a reed that Egyptians used to make a writing surface similar to paper?
Papyrus
What is the term for the title which means “great house”?
Pharaoh
What is the name of the southern kingdom which is located near the Nile’s first cataract?
Upper Egypt
Who ruled as the first female pharaoh in Egyptian history?
Hatshepsut
Where did they bury pharaohs during the New Kingdom?
Valley of the Kings
What are the military technologies did the Egyptians learn from the Hyksos?
Bronze weapons
War Chariots
Powerful bows
Which of the following is a god or goddess worshiped by the Egyptians??
Isis
What was the most important responsibility of the Egyptian pharaoh’s?
Preserve maat
What city served as the capital of the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom in Egypt?
Thebes
Where did the Hittites form a powerful kingdom?
Anatolia
What pharaoh led the Egyptian army during the Battle of Kadesh?
Ramses II
Who built the Great Temple at Abu Simbel?
Ramses II
Who served as Akhenaten’s most dedicated assistant in his new religious cult?
Nefertiti
What is the name of the sun disk that Akehenaten worshipped as the only God of Egypt?
Aton
What pharaoh brought the Egyptian Empire to its larger size ever?
Thutmose III
Who conquered Egypt?
Hyksos
What occurred after the collapse of the New Kingdom?
Kingdom of Israel emerged in Canaan
Phoenician city-states flourished in the Levant
Assyrians conquered Egypt
Is the Nile River the second longest river in the world?
NO
Did the Egyptians used their abundance of grain to produce bread and beer?
YES
Did the Egyptians worship cats and dogs as gods on Earth?
NO
Does the term “hieroglyphics” mean “scared carving”?
YES
Did the Egyptian pharaohs want to conquer Nubia for gold and precious metals?
YES
Did the Egyptians eventually respect the Hyksos as equals?
NO
Did Hatshepsut fight many wars to expand the Egyptian Empire?
NO
Did Nefertiti send an impressive trade expedition to Punt?
NO
Did the Hittites live in an area of rugged terrain with very little fertile soil?
YES
Did the Hittites speak a Semitic language?
NO
Did the Egyptians conquer the Hittite kingdom at the Battle of Kadesh?
NO
Did the Assyrians allowed Egyptians to rule in name after conquering Egypt?
YES
How did Anubis determine each person’s guilt in Egyptian mythology?
He weighted each person’s heart/soul against the feather of truth
If heart was heavier - unjust heart and it was devoured by a beast
What tow products did the Egyptians make with their abundance of grain?
Bread and Beer
What were two of Hatshepsut’s great accomplishments as ruler of Egypt?
Temple at Deir el- Bahri
Trade expedition to Punt
Why did the Egyptians and Hittites fight a battle at Kadesh? How did the battle end?
Egyptians and Hittites fought for control of precious metals and trade routes
Kadesh was on the border of the two empires
Battle ended in a stalemate and a peace treaty
Who were the Sea People? How did they affect Egypt?
Sea People were mysterious warriors who dominated the eastern Mediterranean
Sea people attempted to invade Egypt
Egypt defeated them
Egypt was permanently weakened
Be able to discuss the New Kingdom in Egypt - why is this period considered to be the height of Egyptian civilization - identify two New Kingdom pharaohs and describe their reigns. How did the collapse of the New Kingdom affect the ancient near East?
USE YOUR NOTES
Pharaohs built an empire stretching from Nubia to Canaan and the Levant
Hatshepsut was strong in trade
Thutmose III was strong in military expansion
Ramses II was strong in defense
Collapse of the Egyptian Empire allowed the rise of Israel, Phoenicia and Assyria
Be able to describe the civilization built by the Hittites - how did they become the main rival for the New Kingdom - why did the Hittites disappear from the historical record around 1200BC - Why are the Hittites significant in the development of the Western world?
USE YOUR NOTES
Anatolia was rugged terrain with very little fertile soil
Cooperation between farmers and herders
Powerful military challenged Egypt for metals and trade routes in Canaan and the Levant
Battle of Kadesh
Plaque and crop failure brought the Hittite kingdom to an end
I do-European language - which lead to the development of modern European languages
What city served as the capital of the Old Kingdom in Egypt?
Memphis
