Section 3
Section 4
Vocab
Pharaohs
World History "Cheat-Sheet"
100
What job employed the most people in ancient Egypt?
What are farmers?
100
List two ways Egyptian hieroglyphics are different than the English alphabet.
What are: 1) It had 600 symbols, rather than the 26 in our alphabet. 2) It could be written horizontally or vertically, left to right or right to left.
100
a path followed by traders
What is trade route?
100
This pharaoh and the Hittite leader eventually signed the first peace treaty.
Who was Ramses the Great (Ramses II)?
100
This pyramid took 20 years, up to 10,000 workers, and more than 2 million stones to build.
What is The Great Pyramid of Giza?
200
A period of order an stability from 2050 to 1750 BC that began after Mentuhotep II defeated his rivals
What is the Middle Kingdom?
200
List one way cuneiform was different than hieroglyphics. (hint: The answer isn't the following: Cuneiform was invented by the Sumerians and hieroglyphics were invented by the Egyptians.)
What is: Cuneiform was written on a stone tablet, but hieroglyphics were written on papyrus?
200
the ancient Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols
What are hieroglyphics?
200
Explain why historians make a huge deal about King Tut's tomb discovery in 1922.
What is "Over the years, treasure hunters emptied many pharaohs’ tombs. King Tut's tomb was untouched and filled with treasures, including jewelry, robes, a burial mask, and ivory statues. King Tut’s treasures have taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs."?
200
What age did King Tut die at? How long did he reign?
What is age 19 and about 10 years?
300
Which group of invaders did Ramses the Great defeat?
What is the Tehenu?
300
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?
What is "The Egyptians believed that the dead enjoyed these items in the afterlife."?
300
a long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds that the ancient Egyptians used to write on
What is papyrus?
300
How did Ahmose manage to become pharaoh of Egypt?
What is "In the mid-1500s BC, Ahmose of Thebes drove the Hyksos out of Egypt. Once the Hyksos were gone, Ahmose declared himself king of all Egypt." ?
300
What was important about the Middle Kingdom?
What is "The Middle Kingdom was a stable period of expansion, and the pharaohs funded public projects like draining swampland and digging canals."?
400
How did Ahmose manage to become king of all Egypt?
What is he drove the Hyksos out of Egypt and declared himself king?
400
Why was finding the Rosetta Stone so important to scholars?
What is "It allowed scholars to decipher hieroglyphics."?
400
a tall, pointed, four-sided pillar in ancient Egypt
What is obelisk?
400
This pharaoh, immediately before King Tut, tried to replace the Egyptian gods with monotheism.
Who was Akhenaten?
400
What problems caused the end of the Middle Kingdom?
What is "The decline of the pharaoh's power and the Hyksos invasion brought it to an end."?
500
List 3 ways scribes were so honored in Egyptian society.
What are: 1) They were highly educated. 2) They worked for the government and in the temples. 3) They portrayed history to later generations. ?
500
What were AT LEAST TWO ways the Egyptians decorated their temples? (2 correct-+500, 4 correct-+1000, 5 correct-+2000, 4 correct + 1 wrong-+500)
What are: 1) columns 2) obelisks 3) paintings 4) hieroglyphics 5) statues
500
an imaginary creature with a human head and the body of a lion that was often shown on Egyptian statues
What is sphinx?
500
Queen Hatshep-honey sent Egyptian traders south to trade with the kingdom of (1) on the (2) and north to trade with the people of Asia (3) and (4).
What is: (1) Punt (2) Red Sea (3 + 4) Asia Minor + Greece ?
500
When this pharaoh took over power, Egypt entered into the New Kingdom.
Who was Thutmose III?
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