RELIGION
WHAT IS THE TERM GIVEN TO WORSHIPING MANY GODS AND GODESSES?
POLYTHEISTIC
WHAT WAS THE TERM GIVEN TO THE LITERATE PEOPLE OF ANCIENT EGYPT WHO COULD READ AND WRITE?
SCRIBE
The Egyptians learned how to steer horse drawn chariots and use their weapons.
The Hyksos.
THIS MEANS "THE LAND BETWEEN THE RIVERS".
MESOPOTAMIA
WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO MESOPOTAMIAN TEMPLES?
ZIGGURATS
WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF THE TWO RIVERS IMPORTANT TO MESOPOTAMIA?
THE EUPHRATES AND THE THE TIGRIS RIVERS
HE UNITED UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT.
Narmer/MENES
HOW MANY GODS AND GODESSES WERE WORSHIPED IN ANCIENT EGYPT?
MORE THAN 80
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FERTILE LAND SURROUNDING THE NILE RIVER?
BLACKLAND
Why was Queen Hatshepsut an unusual leader?
she was a woman
dynasty is usually past from father to son but here she past to nephew.
What goods did the Egyptians trade with the Phoenicians?
metal tools, weapons, gold, copper, for purple dye, wood, and furniture.
THIS GOD WAS CONSIDERED THE MAIN GOD IN ANCIENT EGYPT (GOD OF THE SUN)
RA
This social class can be described as ...
Farmers and unskilled workers. The largest class.
Homes made of mud and packed dirt, that consisted of only one room and a palm leave roof.
the lower class
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE AREA SHARED BY MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT THAT ENCOURAGED SETTLEMENT?
THE FERTILE CRESENT
Which Egyptian arts experienced a “golden age” during the middle kingdom?
•Painters
•Sculptors
•Architectures
This social class can be described as ...
The Pharaoh, his family, army commanders, nobles, ad priests.
Lived in elegant homes, estates 2/3 stories high on the Nile river with servants.
The upper class
THIS PART OF EGYPT PROVIDED MINERALS, GEMS, AND BUILDING MATERIALS.
THE REDLAND
FOREIGN RULERS OF ANCIENT EGYPT WERE KNOWN AS __________________ KINGS.
HYKSOS