The Old Kingdom
What is the definition of the afterlife?
Life after death, much of Egyptian religion focused on the afterlife.
What were trade routes?
Paths followed by traders.
What is a long-lasting, paper-like substance made from reeds?
Papyrus.
Who are merchants?
Traders.
What is the river called where there is a lot of trade?
The Nile River.
What is the definition of nobles?
A rich and powerful person.
How long was the Middle Kingdom?
2050 to 1750 BC.
What is the Egyptian writing style known as?
Hieroglyphics.
What is a trade network?
A system of people on different lands who trade goods back and forth.
What are the two deserts named in Egypt?
Western and Eastern.
What is Ka?
Life force existed after death but remained linked to the body.
What sort of workers were respected in ancient Egyptian society?
Scribes, artisans, artists, and architects.
What language helped scholars to understand the meaning of hieroglyphics in the Rosetta Stone?
Greek.
What is the difference between exports and imports?
The difference is exports are exiting goods and imports are getting goods.
What is it called when the Nile River splits apart?
The Nile Delta.
What is the second fact for Government and Society?
They provided pharaohs total authority and were protected and directed by pharaohs.
What were the important events in the Middle Kingdom?
Strong Pharaohs untied Egypt drove the Hyksos out and destroyed their homes.
What is one fact from architecture and art?
In architecture, they had high windows in temples, and for art, they drew animals realistically.
What made Assyrian weapons better than Kushite weapons?
Assyrian weapons here were made from iron while Kush's weapons were made from bronze.
Why are the people living by the Mediterranean Sea so rich?
The Mediterranean sea is a big trading area.
What were three facts about Religion?
It included belief in the afterlife, Demanding careful attention to burials, including mummification and tomb building, and led to innovations.
Who made up the upper, skilled, and lower class?
The upper class was Pharaohs and nobles, and the skilled class was artisans, architects, artists, scribes, merchants, and soldiers, the lower class was farmers, slaves, peasants, and laborers.
What are three writing facts?
The Egyptian writing system is called Hieroglyphics, scribes wrote on papyrus using brushes and ink, and the hieroglyphics writing system used more than 600 symbols.
If the cause was the Nile River yearly deposited a fresh layer of silt on its Nubian shores. Cataracts prevented invasions. What would the effect be?
A civilization developed in this land Kush grew strong without fear of invasions.
Why do people want to live on the Nile River?
They will become very rich and get goods from far places and they can travel to the Mediterranean Sea to get even better goods.