Chapter 5: Egypt

Question 1

second largest continent

Answer 1

africa

Question 2

once connected Asia and Africa

Answer 2

isthmus of Suez

Question 3

worlds largest desert

Answer 3

sahara

Question 4

worlds longest river, also flows south to north

Answer 4

the nile

Question 5

once the most magnificent empire in the ancient world/ bounded by the mediterranean to the north, the Red Sea to the east, and the Sahara to the west

Answer 5

Egypt

Question 6

the most ancient name for Egypt

Answer 6

mizraim - the name of one of hams sons

Question 7

ancient Egyptians

Answer 7

copts

Question 8

where the ancient Egyptians a Hamitic or japhitic people

Answer 8

Hamitic

Question 9

why is Egypt known as the seedbed of African cultures

Answer 9

because of its cultural diffusion to southern and Eastern Africa

Question 10

the small states Egypt consisted of in ancient times

Answer 10

nomes

Question 11

the two states of ancient Egypt when al the nomes were consolidated

Answer 11

upper (the nile delta) and lower (from the delta to the first cataract) Egypt

Question 12

united the two states of Egypt and became the first pharaoh of all Egypt

Answer 12

memes

Question 13

the kingdom of two lands

Answer 13

Egypt

Question 14

when was Egypt the most greatest and magnificent power of the ancient world

Answer 14

1500 b.c. - during the exodus of the hebrews

Question 15

the greek father of history and what he called Egypt

Answer 15

Herodotus/ “the gift on the Nile”

Question 16

a rich alluvial plain of fertile sol in the shape of a triangle

Answer 16

th enile delta

Question 17

written Egyptian writing which is a highly elaborate system of around 700 characters

Answer 17

hieroglyphics

Question 18

the most important Egyptian work/ a book of prayers and incantations which was placed in tombs to protect spirits

Answer 18

the book of the dead

Question 19

two most important ancient Egyptian capitals

Answer 19

Memphis and Thebes

Question 20

the city of the dead that is the remains of Thebes

Answer 20

necropolis

Question 21

contained a message carved in 3 languages - was the key to decoding hieroglyphics

Answer 21

Rosetta Stone

Question 22

frenchman who was the main man that deciphered the hieroglyphics by translating the greek

Answer 22

Jean Francois Champollion

Question 23

best symbolizes the Egyptian conception of state and society - and a brief description

Answer 23

pyramids
pharaoh at the top, priests and officials as the sides, and everyone else as the bottom

Question 24

whose men first discovered the Rosetta Stone

Answer 24

napoleons

Question 25

summarize the Idas of ancient Egypts religious beliefs and human immortality

Answer 25

polytheistic, humanistic, naturalistic believed that you existed in the afterlife forever; you could ensure immortality forever by stocking your tomb

Question 26

one of the wonders of the world; pharaoh Cheops tomb

Answer 26

great pyramid of cheops

Question 27

teenage pharaoh who died at 18; his tomb was discovered in 1922 and was one of the worlds greatest archaeological discoveries

Answer 27

Tutankhamen

Question 28

how is ancient Egyptian history usually divided

Answer 28

30 dynasties from Menes until the time of Alexander the Great

Question 29

the dynasty where the capital was Thebes, Egyptian influence came to Asia, and inaugurated huge public works and irrigation projects

Answer 29

12th dynasty

Question 29

three outstanding monarchs of the old kingdom and some of their accomplishments

Answer 29

1. Khufu (Cheops) 2. khafre - the great sphinx has the likeness of him 3. menkaure The three builders of the three largest pyramids at Giza

Question 30

three kingdoms ancient Egypt is also divided into

Answer 30

1. old kingdom 2. middle kingdom 3. new kingdom

Question 31

pharaoh who paved the way for the Middle Kingdom and the twelfth dynasty

Answer 31

mentuhotep I

Question 32

some biblical events that may have happened during the twelfth dynasty

Answer 32

Abram and his family came to Egypt in search of food, Joesph became prime minister of Egypt

Question 33

'shepherd kings" or 'rulers of foreign countries" who ended the Middle Kingdom of Egypt; asiatic warriors

Answer 33

Hyksos

Question 34

a theban prince who founded the new kingdom of Egypt; first monarch of the 18th dynasty

Answer 34

Ahmose I

Question 35

the strong willed daughter who may have been Moses's foster mother; female pharaoh who ruled jointly with her nephew Thutmose III for 20 years

Answer 35

Hatshepsut

Question 36

the new kingdom is also known as _______ because why

Answer 36

the Egyptian Empire; because Egypt reestablished its empire in Asia during this time

Question 37

pharaoh who extended Egypts borders to their farthest extent and brought the Egyptian empire to its greatest height

Answer 37

thutmose III

Question 38

what is significant about Amenhotep II

Answer 38

it was during his reign that the Hebrew exodus occurred

Question 39

the most outstanding monarch of the later new kingdom; fought the Hittites in Asia and sponsored much building activity

Answer 39

ramses II

Question 40

the most important city in alexander's empire

Answer 40

Alexandria, Egypt

Question 41

the name for the OT in Greek

Answer 41

the Septuagint

Question 42

one of alexander's generals who gained control of Egypt and ruled until the roman conquest

Answer 42

ptolemy

Question 43

the new capital that became the center of Egyptian life and one of the great cities of the Arab world in the Middle Ages

Answer 43

cairo