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World History Chapter 4 Flashcards

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1
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How far North does the Nile flow

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4,000 miles

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What does the Nile River Split into?

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Delta just before emptying into the Mediterranian Sea

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What is a Delta

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Plain at the mouth of a river

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Where were Lower and Upper Egypt located

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Lower Egypt was located on the top of the Delta, While Upper Egypt was located in the land South of the Delta

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What was Kemet

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Land that was very rich from flooding and good for planting food

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What was the Dry Desert called

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Red Land

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What did the annual floods of the Nile help record?

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It helped accurately record the calendar-Dates, times and Numbers

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What is a Dynasty?

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A family that rules a country passing the power down to the next generation

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What were the Old kingdom, middle kingdom, and New kingdom?

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Three periods in which different 31 different Dynasties ruled over the course of 3,000 years

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What did a Pharoh rule with?

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Absolute Power and Pharos were considered gods

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When was the Old Kingdom?

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2700-2200 BCE

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When was the Middle Kingdom

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2100-1800 BCE

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Who was King Menes and what did he do?

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Created the first united Egyptian Dynasty as well as joining Upper and Lower Egypt (Built Memphis)

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What was a major event that the Old Kingdom Witnessed

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the construction of the Great Pyramids of Egypt

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When was the Giza Pyramid built

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During the Old Kingdom, and it took about 20 years

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What was the Great Sphinx’s purpose

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to Protecc the pyramids

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17
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What was K U S H

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an area of Egypt that was conquered

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18
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When was the New Kingdome (and King Tut)?

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1500-1070 BCE

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Who was the king next in line to become king in the New Kingdom?

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Thutmose |||

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What is a Regent?

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An adult who rules in the place of a ruler who is a child and inherited a kingdom two young

21
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Who was Regent for Thutmose |||?

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His stepmother, Hatshepsut (Peaceful Leader)

22
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When was King Tutankhamen Crowned Pharoh?

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9 Years old

23
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How long did King Tut rule?

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From 1333 to 1323 BCE (10 Years)

24
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How long did King Tut live?

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19 years

25
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M E M E I F I E D

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S P I C E E

26
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WHen did the New Kingdom collapse?

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1070 BCE

27
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Whomstve conquered E G Y P T and when?

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Alexander the Great of Macedonia in about 331BCE

28
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When did Queen Cleopatra the V| Rule?

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In 51 BCE

29
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Whomst’ve was Ramses the Great and when did he rule?

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Reined for 66 years (1279-1213 BCE)

30
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Who signed the world”s first piece treaty?

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Ramses the Great with his enemies, the Hittites

31
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What did Egyptians write on?

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Papyrus

32
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What did Egyptians use writing for?

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to keep records and communicate throughout the kingdom

33
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When and who is the oldest scroll ever linked to?

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Linked to the reign of King Khufu who ruled between 2575 and 2465 BCE

34
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When did Egyptians invent hieroglyphics?

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3300-3200 BCE

35
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When did King Menes Unite Upper and Lower Egypt

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2700 BCE

36
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When did the Egyptians build the great sphinx and the pyramids?

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Around 2575-2465 BCE

37
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When did Alexander the Great conquer Egypt and establish a dynasty that ruled for 300 years?

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331 BCE

38
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When did Egypt fall to the Roman Empire after Queen Cleopatra dies?

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30 BCE

39
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When was The Bantu Migration?

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In approximately 2000BCE

40
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Where did the Bantu Migration go?

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To the south and east of Africa

41
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When was the Kingdom of Kush’s most powerful period?

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Between 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE

42
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What was the Island of Meroe?

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The capital and heart of the Kingdom of Kush

43
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What is the oldest AND LONGEST RUNNING African art form?

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Rock Painting

44
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What are Therianthropes?

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Figures in rock paintings with both human and animal characteristics

45
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What were the three main Geographical styles of rock painting in Africa?

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southern, central, and northern

46
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What was Carthage?

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A city founded by Phoenicians around 800 BCE

47
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When was the city of Axum founded?

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1000 BCE

48
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What are Oral Histories?

A

An account of the past handed down through spoken word

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