Transcript Ancient Egypt Review - Cuyahoga Falls City School District

1.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST PHARAOH AND RULERS AFTER HIM TRYING TO SYMBOLIZE
BY WEARING A DOUBLE CROWN?
THEIR RULE OVER BOTH UPPER & LOWER EGYPT
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WHAT WAS THE CENTRAL BELIEF IN EGYPTIAN RELIGION?
THE AFTERLIFE
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WHAT WORDS BEST DEFINES DYNASTY?
A SERIES OF RULERS FROM THE SAME FAMILY
4.
WHAT CONCLUSION CAN YOU DRAW ABOUT PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN TRADE
NETWORKS? (HINT:FOR WHAT REASON DO THEY DO THIS?)
THEY BENEFITED FROM THE TRADE NETWORKS.
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WHO WOULD THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT BLAME IF CROPS DID NOT GROW OR IF
DISEASE STRUCK?
THE PHARAOH, WHO WAS BOTH RULER AND GOD.
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WHICH AREA WAS PROBABLY THE LARGEST SOURCE OF GOLD FOR THE EGYPTIANS?
(HINT: THIS IS WHERE WE GET THE WORD “NUB” OF GOLD FOR A SMALL PIECE OF
GOLD.)
THE NUBIAN DESERT
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WHOSE TOMB, DISCOVERED IN 1922, TAUGHT US MUCH ABOUT EGYPTIAN BURIAL
PRACTICES AND BELIEFS?
KING TUTANKHAMEN.
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HOW DID EGYPTIANS PRESERVE THEIR DEAD?
EGYPTIANS PRESERVED BODIES AS MUMMIES.
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST PHARAOH’S NEW CAPITAL AT THE SOUTHERN
TIP OF THE NILE DELTA?
MEMPHIS
10.BESIDES PROVIDING A STABLE FOOD DIET, WHAT OTHER ADVANTAGE DID EGYPT’S
LOCATION PROVIDE FOR EARLY EGYPTIANS?
IT HAD NATURAL BARRIERS TO PROTECT AGAINST INVADERS.
11.BY THE 1400S BC, EGYPT WAS THE LEADING MILITARY POWER. BASED ON THIS
FACT, WHAT CONCLUSION CAN YOU MAKE ABOUT EGYPT’S RESOURCES.
IT WAS A RICH COUNTRY.
12.HOW DID THE EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION DEVELOP? (HINT: FARMS THEN ….V.)
FARMS GREW INTO VILLAGES AND THEN CITIES.
13.THE NILE RIVER FLOWS THROUGH WHAT TWO IMPORTANT REGIONS IN EGYPT?
UPPER & LOWER EGYPT.
14.WHY WERE TOMBS FILLED WITH ART, JEWELRY, AND OTHER TREASURES?
THE EGYPTIANS BELIEVED THE DEAD ENJOYED SUCH MATERIALS IN THE
AFTERLIFE.
15.WHO DROVE THE HYKSOS OUT OF EGYPT TO BEGIN THE NEW KINGDOM?
AHMOSE OF THEBES
16.WHAT IS A STONE ITEM THAT HAS A BODY OF A LION AND THE FACE OF A
PHARAOH THAT YOU WOULD NOT FIND INSIDE A EGYPTIAN TEMPLE?
SPHINX
17.WHAT JOB EMPLOYED THE MOST PEOPLE IN EGYPT?
FARMER
18.HOW WAS EGYPT ABLE TO BUILD PYRAMIDS? (HOW WAS IT PAID FOR?)
THEY COLLECTED TAXES FROM THE PEOPLE.
19.THE NILE RIVER VALLEY WAS WELL SUITED FOR SETTLEMENT. WHY IS THIS
STATEMENT TRUE? EXPLAIN.
THE GEOGRAPHY INCLUDED AREAS FOR FARMING
20.THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS DEVELOPED IN A FERTILE RIVER VALLEY. IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE
TWO POLITICAL, CULTURAL, OR ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
CIVILIZATION.
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ALL CIVILIZATIONS BEGAN AROUND RIVERS, WHICH PROVIDED IRRIGATION FOR AGRICULTURE.
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IRRIGATION – ALL CIVILIZATIONS DUG DITCHES TO BRING WATER TO CROPS.
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FOOD SURPLUS – ALL CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOPED ADVANCED FARMING TECHNIQUES, WHICH ALLOWED
THEM TO GROW LARGE AMOUNTS OF FOOD.
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CITIES – AS THE EGYPTIANS DEVELOPED BETTER FARMING TECHNIQUES, THEY GREW SURPLUS FOOD
AND WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT CITIES WITH LARGE POPULATIONS. (ALONG THE RIVERS.)
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RELIGION— EGYPTIANS DEVELOPED A BELIEF IN MANY GODS (POLYTHEISM).
WRITING SYSTEM- EGYPTIANS CREATED HIEROGLYPHICS
CANALS TO CONTROL FLOODING – ALL CIVILIZATIONS HAD TO WORRY ABOUT FLOODING, SO THEY BUILT
LEVEES AND CANALS TO PREVENT HOMES AND CROPS FROM BEING WASHED AWAY.
MONARCHIES – DEVELOPED A MONARCHY SUPPORTED BY HIGHLY ORGANIZED BUREAUCRACIES. THIS
MAY HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF THE NEED TO ORGANIZE THE PROPER DISTRIBUTION OF IRRIGATION
WATER AND MAINTENANCE OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.
21.NAME THE 3 GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES THAT PROTECTED EGYPT FROM INVASION.
CATARACTS- MADE INVASION FROM THE SOUTH DIFFICULT
BODIES OF WATER- LIKE THE RED SEA, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, & NILE RIVER
DESERTS -SUCH AS THE SAHARA DESERT
22.WHAT WAS THE SOUTHERN PART OF ANCIENT EGYPT CALLED?
UPPER EGYPT
23.WHAT HELPED HISTORIANS UNDERSTAND HIEROGLYPHICS?
ROSETTA STONE
24.WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THE TRIANGULAR-SHAPED AREA OF SOIL DEPOSITED BY
THE RIVER WHERE THE NILE BRANCHES OUT BEFORE EMPTYING INTO THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA?
DELTA
25.WHO WROTE AND COPIED RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY TEXTS?
SCRIBES