Ch 4 Egypt & Nubia

What effect did the continued trading with Egypt have on Nubian culture?

Egyptians obtained needed goods and shared ideas with their neighbors through

The geography of ancient Egypt included vast desert areas of burning sands known as

Which ancient Egyptian leader fought against the Hittites in the area that was called Kadesh?

During the time of the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom, why did Egypt conquer most of Nubia?

The soil of the Nile River Valley is best characterized as

The Egyptians developed a calendar with 365 days that was called a

From their work with mummies, Egyptians learned about the structure of the human body & organs

How were Egyptian farmers able to produce enough food to create a surplus?

system of offices & officials that the pharaohs relied on to handle the business of government

The Book of the Dead was a well-known piece of Egyptian literature that

What did Egyptians use to help them predict when the Nile would flood?

Why were the people of ancient Egypt so devoted to the pharaoh?

a system of writing that used drawings and symbols to represent words or sounds.

Which of the following is NOT true of Nubians?

How do we know that Egyptians possessed knowledge in the field of chemistry?

Because Nubians had less land to farm than Egyptians

Skilled artists created paintings on the inside of pyramids and burial chambers primarily to

the first pharaoh and the leader who united the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt was

Egyptian officials who knew how to write and could share and preserve knowledge

The Nubians created one of the world’s first alphabets called

What difference between the civilizations of Egypt and Nubia were caused by the Nile cataracts?

What aspects of its culture did Nubia take from Egypt?