History & Culture:
An overview
PreHistory
Egypt: Setting
the stage
Egypt: Religion
and architecture
Egypt: Social structure,
writing and more
100

What is history?

An account of the past, using evidence

100

What was the Paleolithic time period?

The Stone Age

100

Where was ancient Egypt and WHAT river ran through it?


Northeast Africa, the Nile

100

What purpose did the pyramids serve?

Tombs for the pharaohs and their families

100

What were hieroglyphics?

Egyptian language where pictures represented sounds.

200

What two types of sources do historians use to learn about history? Also give an example of each.

Primary and Secondary

200
How did people get food during the Paleolithic Era?

Hunting/Gathering

200

What geographical feature provided a natural protective barrier for Egypt, and why?

The Sahara Desert, hard to cross and provide enough water for an entire army

200

What was mummification?

Preserving the body after death

200

What did Egyptians write on, as a "form" of paper?

Papyrus (woven reeds)

300

What is context? 

The "Big Picture." Not just what happened, but also what events led up to it, what else was going on, etc.

300

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

Introduction of farming and domesticating animals

300

Where was Upper Egypt and where was lower Egypt?

Upper: in the south

Lower: in the north, as it flows into the Mediterranean

300

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

Provide two of the most common theories as to how the pyramids were built, as well as the newest and most conclusive one.

300

Provide two facts about Egyptian calendars and medicine.

365 days: (12 30-day months, 5 holidays)

Stitched, set broken bones

400

What is civilization? 

A complex way of life

400

What would tools have been made out of during the Paleothlic Era?

Stones

400

How was trade possible between the the Upper and Lower Kingdoms?

Boats traveled downstream to Lower, than used wind currents to sail upstream to the Upper

400

What kind of government did Egypt have? (Label AND explanation needed)

A theocracy (Pharaoh was viewed as a god)

400

Name two rights of women that were unusual for this time period in world history.

Could propose marriage/divorce

Got 1/3 of property in a divorce

Could own/trade property

500

What is culture?

A shared, learned system of beliefs, practices and organizations.

500

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

How did the Neolithic Revolution lead to civilizations?

500

Who united the two Egyptian Kingdoms into one?

Narmar (or Menes)

500

Name three Egyptian gods/goddesses and what they were gods/goddesses OF.

Ra - Sun

Hapi - Nile

Osiris - Underworld

Isis - Healing

500

Describe the four levels of social classes in ancient Egypt (the pyramid diagram)

Royal family, then priests/govt/wealthy, then merchants/artisans, then famers/laborers
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