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Geography and early Egypt
The Old Kingdom
The Middle and New Kingdoms
Egyptian Achievements
Test Questions
100
Pharoah means ________________
What is Great House?
100
people from rich and powerful families
Who are nobles?
100
She made trade routes?
Who is Queen Hatshesput?
100
1922
When was King Tut's tomb discovered?
100
The Nile River Valley was well suited for settlement because
What is geography included areas for farming?
200
The pharoah who unified lower and upper Egypt
Who is Menes?
200
life after death
What is the afterlife?
200
fought Ramses but neither won
Who are the Hittites?
200
Name of Egypt's largest temple
What is Karnak?
200
Egyptians built their pyramids to be grand and spectacular because
What is it reflected the pharaoh's importance?
300
The annual flooding of Egypt created ___________ _____________.
What is fertile soil?
300
specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth
What are mummies?
300
a period of order and stability when pharaoh reunited Egypt that started 2050 B.C.?
What is Middle Kingdom?
300
a tall four sided pillar with a point on top
What is an obelisk?
300
They were blamed if Egypt's crops did not grow or if disease struck?
What is the pharaoh who was both ruler and god?
400
a long lasting paper-like material made from reeds
What is papyrus?
400
application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
What is engineering?
400
The period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory.
What is New Kingdom?
400
Egyptian writing system
What is heiroglyphics?
400
people were represented in Egyptian paintings drawn _______________
What is Upper bodies straight on and heads ans legs from the side?
500
an imaginary creature with a body of a lion and the head of an animal or human
What is sphinx?
500
a person's life force
What is ka?
500
They made statues, furniture, jewelry, pottery and shoes?
Who are artisans?
500
a huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek and a later form of Egyptian that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing
What is the Rosetta Stone?
500
pharoah best know as a great warrior and builder
Who was Ramses the Great?