Egyptian Rulers/Life
From top to bottom, what is the correct order of Egyptian social structure?
Pharaoh, Priests, Scribes, Merchants, Farmers
When was ancient Egypt the most powerful?
The New Kingdom
How would the soil of the Nile River Valley be described?
fertile
Trade
How did surplus grain help people become artisans?
Rulers used the surplus grain to buy things like cloth, jewelry, and other luxury goods.
What did the legend of the god Horus becoming a pharaoh mean to Egyptians?
Pharaohs were considered to be gods on Earth.
The Book of the Dead served as what?
A guide to the afterlife for the souls of the dead
How did Kush's location help it become a powerful kingdom?
It provided a trading link between Egypt and areas further south in Africa.
How did Egypt conquer Kush?
Egypt wanted Kush's gold and had a stronger and larger army at that time.
How did Hatshepsut change Egypt as pharaoh?
Kushites adopted many parts of Egyptian culture.
Ideas spread from Egypt through the buying and selling of goods. What is this trade called?
Commerce
How did Egyptian advancements in astronomy help farmers?
They could use the movement of the stars and sun to know when the annual flooding would come.
Title of a queen-mother
Candace
How did hieroglyphics and papyrus help Egyptian civilization grow and help other civilizations grow?
Egyptians could record and share their ideas about math, science, and chemistry.
To overcome death, Egyptians believed what about life after death?
The body needed to be preserved for the afterlife.
What was the purpose of tomb paintings?
Tell the story of the buried person's life.
How did Egyptian knowledge of math help farmers?
Egyptians used math concepts to build the irrigation systems to water their crops.
Product made from elephant tusks
Ivory
Dark wood the Egyptians obtained from the Kushites
Ebony
What were possible consequences of a drought in Egypt?
1. Grain crop yields would decrease
2. People would go hungry.
Building pyramids required a knowledge of what two skills?
Engineering and mathematics.
How did knowing how to mummify a body help Egyptians become advanced in science and medicine?
Egyptians learned about body organs and how the body worked. They became good surgeons.
What are two accomplishments of Kush?
1. One of the 1st alphabets
2. First ironworking center
Animal considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians.