Old Kingdom Basics
What is another name for the Old Kingdom of Egypt?
What is The Age of the Pyramids or The Age of the Pyramid Builders
Who was Narmer?
Who is the first historical pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
What were the provinces of Egypt called?
What are Nomes?
What is a mastaba?
What is a rectangular mud-brick or stone tomb?
What period came between the Old and Middle Kingdoms?
What is the First Intermediate Period?
What period came before the Old Kingdom?
What is the Early Dynastic Period?
What is the Narmer Palette?
What is the artifact showing Narmer’s victory over Lower Egypt?
What is job specialization?
What is the development of specific skills once there is a food surplus?
Who was Imhotep?
Who is the architect of Djoser’s Step Pyramid and the first non-ruler recorded in history?
What is the difference between Nomes and Nomarchs?
What are provinces vs. the officials who governed them?
Which two kingdoms was Egypt divided into before unification?
What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
What was the first capital of unified Egypt?
What is Memphis?
Name the first true pyramid in history.
What is the Red Pyramid?
What does the name Imhotep mean?
What is “one who comes in peace”?
Who was Mentuhotep II?
Who is the Theban prince who reunited Egypt and became the “second Menes”?
Who was Menes and what does his name mean?
Who is the legendary first king of Egypt, whose title means “he who endures”?
How did Egyptians view the pharaoh during the Old Kingdom?
Who is the semi-divine ruler, embodiment of Horus, and mediator between gods and people?
What are the “four secrets” of Old Kingdom success?
What are geographic protection, the Nile, divine pharaoh, and job specialization?
What is the Great Pyramid’s significance?
What is the only surviving Ancient World Wonder and the tallest human-made structure for 4,000 years?
What was another name for the Middle Kingdom?
What is the Classical Age (11th–12th Dynasties)?
Who was Flinders Petrie and what did he conclude about Menes?
Who is the Egyptologist who concluded that Menes was a title and that Narmer was the first historical king?
What were the pharaoh’s two chief officials called and what did they do?
Who are the Viziers, who managed Egypt’s large bureaucracy?
Name three regions Egypt traded with and what they received.
What are Byblos (cedar), Syria (lapis lazuli), Nubia/Kush (gold)?
What is the difference between Hieroglyphic and Hieratic writing?
What is picture writing for monuments vs. simplified writing for papyrus?
Name one reason why the Middle Kingdom ended.
What is the pharaoh dying without an heir, weakened authority, or invasion by the Hyksos?