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Southern Nile made sailing tricky because of
Cataracts
Shallow & rocky
Attacking Nubians
Kush Invaders
2
Christians, Jews & Muslims can all be described as:
mongooses
monologues
monster-ific
monotheistic
3
The New Kingdom ended after Sea Peoples and Hittites
invaded and traded
attacked and invaded
built temples
robbed pyramids
4
Fertile, triangle shape of land at river's end
Papyrus
Delta
Source
Valley
5
Peace and stability that lasted till about 1750 BCE
Pierce Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
6
Ancient Egypt reached the height of it's power and glory from 1550 to 1050 BCE
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
7
People believed that if they helped the Pharoah have a great afterlife then
Miracles would happen
Egypt would not be invaded
They would too
The Nile would flood next year
8
Women had some rights equal to men but couldn't own land or businesses.
False
True
9
Men would sometimes go in the military rather than farm because they could
have good afterlife
hang out with the pharoah
became literate
move up a social class
10
The time, 2700- 2200 BCE is when the governing became closely connected to religious beliefs.
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Upper Kingdom
New Kingdom
11
During flood season it was too wet to farm so people worked on
hieroglyphics
weaving cloth
invading others
pharoah's buildings
12
bodies specially treated and wrapped in cloth
mummies
mommies
13
The Nile brings fertile land but on either side the climate is
steppe
desert
humid tropical
tropical savannah
14
Ancient Egyptians believed your spirit, called the : roam around and leave the body
Soul
Mummy
Bla
Ka
15
Egypt was pretty wealthy during the New Kingdom because of
conquest & overspending
trade & conquest
mining & building
trade & mining
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A rank ordering from top to bottom; Pharaoh was top
social hierarchy
military bosses
social happy time
priests & scribes
17
Artists figured out how to draw these realistically
Pharoahs
Scribes
People
Animals
18
I died young but my tomb was never robbed so awesome stuff was in my pyramid.
Queen Hatshepsut
Ahmose
Tutankahmen
Raises the Great
19
Why is ancient Egypt a "gift of the Nile"?
Nile brought fertile soil & life to the area
It flows east to west
There were many great rulers
Egyptians like to fish
20
Why did Egyptians build great pyramids?
Scribes' afterlife
Pharoah's afterlife
Honor Amon Re
Priest's afterlife
21
Ancient capital, near Egypt's delta was the city of
Cairo
Memphis
Hyksos
Thebes
22
In the New Kingdom Egypt got crazy wealthy from
trade and conquest
conquest and building
trade and building
23
The Nile flows north therefore, upper Egypt was located
in the west
In the north
In the south
In the east
24
The first pharaoh to unite upper and lower Egypt
Hatshepsut
Anubis
Menes
Ramses
25
Ms Brousseau is:
prettier than Cinderella
Meaner than a cobra
Best SS teacher in cosmos!
Queen of Nubia
26
Hatshepsut was cool because she
conquered the Hittites
was not a wimp
increased trade & building
opened her own business
27
plant scribes would write on to make scrolls
paper
papyrus
papie
barley
28
What best describes the people's view of the pharoah
he chooses a magic wife
he's a god but it's his fault if crops fail
he's a god who likes to farm
nothing is ever his fault
29
The Rosetta Stone was carved in hieroglyphics and Greek which was the key to
unlocking the pyramids
understanding hieroglyphicsi
unlocking temple at Karnak
understanding hierartic script
30
Once a slave always a slave in ancient Egypt.
False
True
31
Egyptians honored many gods, they were:
God lovers
polytheistic
monotheistic
polyagonal
32
Applying science & math knowledge to solve practical problems.
methods
engineering
experimenting
inventions
33
Tall square-sided column with a triangle on top.
pyramid
Column
Sphinx
Obelisk