Egypt’s Geography
List three uses that the Nile served for the people of Egypt.
King Tut
What is a theocracy?
When the political and religious leader are the same person
Egyptians used a writing system known as
Hieroglyphics
What medical skills did Egyptians learn from embalming bodies (list two)
Setting bones, bandaging, sew cuts, use splints and compresses
Explain how Egypt’s climate impacted structures
The hot and dry climate kept structures from wearing away
King Tut ruled between what ages?
10-19
How was the pharaoh viewed by the people of Egypt?
As the son of Re
The upper class
What resources did the Hyksos have that helped them take over Egypt?
Horse chariots, bronze and iron weapons
Provide two reasons that Egypt was considered a protected land.
-Cataracts and marshes protected from ship invasions
-being a desert kept it isolated
Narmer was famous for?
Uniting Upper and Lower Egypt
What did Egyptians feel the gods controlled?
Nature and humans
What was the role of older children in Egypt?
To take care of their parents
Which three nations conquered Egypt between 900-670BC
Libya, Kush, and Assyria
How did food surplus impact jobs?
Ramses II was a great ruler because of what two things?
Conquering land and building grand temples.
Explain the Egyptian perspective on the afterlife and your soul.
It was supposed to be better and more peaceful than the present life; that your soul lived on
List three rights that slaves had in Egypt
Own land, marry, earn freedom
Weak pharaohs and internal fighting for control
How did Egyptians respond to floods verses Mesopotamians? (You have to mention both)
Egyptians welcomed them because they did not destroy their crops.
Mesopotamians had to adjust to them because they flooded and destroyed their crops.
Amenhotep wanted to start a new religion centered around who?
Aton - the sun god
Why did Egyptians go through the process of mummification?
To ensure the soul was comfortable and the body was preserved
Although men were the head of the household, women were able to
Have legal rights
List two ways that Egyptians attained political ties with other nations
Marrying into empires and exchanging representatives