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- where was meroe's location
- meroe's location is between the fifth and sixth cataract iof the nile
- why did egyptians not want to be on the west bank of the nile after nightfall?
- they thought the spirits of the dead lived there
- what are tha two main sources of the nile river?
- the blue nile and the white nile
- who predicted when the nile rier would probably flood?
- astronomers
- which tells the proper order of egyptians society from the highest to lowest?
- pharaohs, nobles, merchants, peasants
- delta
- an area of rich farmland shaped like a triangle and formed by several streams
- which statemant best describes how the people of egypt traveled the nile river?
- they could travel both downstream and upstream
- artisan
- a skilled worker
- why was religion so important to the people of ancient egypt?
- becuase it was the way people explained the working of nature and tried to please their gods beacuse they wanted to be favored by their gods
- describe 1 kingdom
- meroe was the first africans to spealize iron working
- why did the egyptians call their land Kemet,"the black land"?
- the soil left by the nile's floods is dark
- where was kerma's location
- kerma was located in the third cataract of the nile
- regent
- someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule
- nam the three major kingdoms
- kerma, napata, and moroe
- according to legend, who united upper and lower egypt?
- menes
- why did the ancient egyptians know alot about the body?
- because of their work on mummies
- coronation
- the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- which of these events did not occur during the middle kingdom in egypt?
- egypt fell to alexander the great
- upper egypt
- the area north of the first cataract
- list four accomplishments of the ancient egyptians. then choose one of them and describe its importance.
- 1. a new system of writting. 2. unlocking a mystery . 3. keeping track of time. 4.medicine. medicine was important because it helped with stomaches and headaches.
- pharaoh
- a ruler of Egypt
- when did the planning for a pharaoh's tomb begin?
- when he was crowned
- silt
- rich, fertile soil
- dynasty
- a family of rulers
- napata
- controlled egypt; built pyramids and adopted many egyptian customs near the fourth cataract of the nile
- kerma
- noted for its artisans; buried the tombs of its kings under huge mounds of earth at the third cataract of the nile
- which statement is true about hatshepsut?
- she used the title of pharaoh
- when were the fields planted in ancient egypt?
- as soon as the nile river stopped flooding
- amon-re
- the ancient egyptian god of the sun
- hieroglyph
- a symbol or picture that stands for an idea, thing, or sound
- cataract
- a rock-filled rapid of the nile river
- silt
- rich fertile soil carried by rivers
- delta
- a triangle -shaped area at a river's end
- describe the relationship between egypt and nubia throughtout their long history
- they were rivals and peaeful and friendly neighbors
- osiris
- a perserved dead body
- how was trade important to nubian civilization?
- because of iron weapons
- describe the levels of egyptian society?
- first was pharaoh, then small upper class which was priests and members, then middle class which was merchants and skilled workers, and last was largest class which was the peasants
- where was napata's location
- napata is located on the fourth cataract of the nile
- pyramid
- a large structure with four triangular faces
- papyrus
- paper made from a reed with that name
- hieroglyphics
- a type of picture writing
- lower nubia
- the area between the first and second cataracts of the nile
- afterlife
- the next life
- rosetta stone
- modern people are able to read hieroglyphic writing because of the
- mummy
- a preserved body
- explain the purpose of the pyramids.
- the purpose was a tomb for tha pharaoh
- meroe
- learned to make iron; contolled trade routes from central africa on the nile between the fifth an sixth cataracts
- hatshepsut
- thutmose111's stepmother,she was a regent, she ruled for twenty years
- traditionally, how important was the pharaoh to the people of egypt?
- the pharaoh had absolute power over the people
- why were the pyramids so important to the ancientr egyptians?
- they made sure the pharaoh had a place in the afterlife
- why was thutmose111 one of the greatest pharaohs of the new kingdom?
- he was a military leader who conquered many lands
- cataract
- rock-filled rapid in a river
- astronomer
- a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky
- thutmose111
- became pharaoh when his stepmother died and he was a conqueror and conquered many lands
- jean francois champollion
- the scholar who figured out hieroglyphics was
- how did the pharaoh unify all of egypt under their rule?
- because they had absolute power
- how was the nile river used when building a pyramid?
- workers would load the blocks onto a barge and float the barges on the nile river to the pyramid
- why did the ancient egyptians place favorite clothes in a pharaoh's tomb?
- to be used by the pharaoh in the next life