Abeka 7th- History, Chapter 3- pages 18-28

What are the three main divisions of ancient Egyptian history?

(1) The Old Kingdom, (2) the Middle Kingdom, and (3) the New Kingdom

When did Egypt cease to be a major power?

About 1000 B.C..

Why did the king of Egypt fear the Israelites and eventually enslave them?

Because of their rapid increase in numbers.

Why did the pharaoh chase the Israelites? What happened to the Egyptians in the wilderness?

Confident in his army of chariots and still convinced that he was a god. They met their final humiliation when God allowed the waters of the Red Sea to drown them.

What natural barriers helped to prevent foreign invasions of Egypt?

Deserts and cataracts.

Why were Egyptian tombs well stocked with everyday household items?

Egyptians thought that the mummified bodies would need these things to survive in the afterlife.

How did the Nile make Egypt fertile?

Every year in June, the Nile rose and flooded the valley. Soon, the life-giving water had returned to its normal channels, leaving behind more than 10,000 square miles of cultivable soil.

(31) Name some gifts of the Nile. What was the most important gift? Why?

Fertile soil, transportation, building materials. Fertile soil was the most important gift because Egypt was a breadbasket for the ancient world.

How did Moses become the person to lead the Israelites out of Egypt?

God appeared to Moses and directed him to return to Egypt.

The female pharaoh that built one of the most beautiful mortuary temples?

Hatshepsut.

Which three pharaohs built pyramids at Giza? Whose is the largest?

Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure. Khufu's was the largest.

In what areas did the Egyptians make great advances?

Medicine and art.

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?

Menes.

What are the huge tombs of ancient Egypt called?

Pyramids.

What type of tomb because popular after the pyramids?

Temples.

What discovery led to the deciphering of hieroglyphics. Who deciphered them?

The Rosetta Stone led to the deciphering. Jean Francis Champollion deciphered them.

What were the Pharaohs' main motives for building an empire?

The building projects of the pharaohs required an enormous number of laborers. The pharaohs also desired ever greater amounts of material wealth. The desire for more wealth through tribute gave the pharaohs strong motives for building an empire.

Why have so many relics of ancient Egypt survived for thousands of years?

The land is hot and dry and almost never receives any rain.

Explain how Egypt was one huge bureaucracy.

The pharaoh had many assistants, a chief assistant (vizier) who supervised the administration of justice and tax collection and military and construction projects, other officials, priests, nobles, craftsmen, scribes, soldiers - all Egyptians were in a sense the pharaoh's assistants.

What did the ten plagues demonstrate about Egyptian religion?

The ridiculousness of the Egyptian religion...the one true God turned the powers of nature against a people that had worshiped them.

What did the Egyptians believe about life after death?

They believed in life after death, but were uncertain what this afterlife would be like. They supposed the afterlife would be much like this life.

Under what pharaoh did the Egyptian Empire reach its greatest extent? What were the boundaries of the empire at that time?

Thutmose lll. To the Euphrates River in the north and deep into Africa in the south.