Chapter 2 Egypt Study Guide
What was the king known for driving the Hyksos out of Egypt?
Ahmose
What outlawed the old Egyptian religion and prohibited the worship of all gods other than Aton, the sun god?
Akhenation
What was the god of embalming?
Anubis
The what is a collection of spells and prayers studied to help obtain the afterlife?
Book of the dead
Today the modern capital of Egypt is
Cario
What was the god of chaos?
Eris
What was the god of nile?
Hapi
What was a female pharaoh who concentrated on the economy and trade instead of waging war?
Hatshepsut
The Egyptian writing system that uses thousands of picture symbols is called
Hieroglyphics
The what were Asian people who conquered Egypt by using iron weapons and chariots?
Hyksos
What was the architect who built Egypt's first pyramid, the Stepped Pyramid?
Imhotep
What was the wife of Osiris and the ideal wife and mother?
Isis
The first capital of Kush was located on a trade route and was called
Kasha
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built as a tomb for
King Khufu
Merore discovered Egypt and founded a dynasty that ruled both Egypt and
Kush
What was The land around the Nile River delta is known as?
Lower Egypt
What is a region south of Egypt in present-day Sudan, that later became known as Kush
Napta
What was also known as Menes, united the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt?
Narmer
What is the world's longest river?
Nile River
What was the Egyptian god of the dead?
Osiris
What is a plant that Egyptians used to make paper?
Papyrus
The chief god of the Egyptians was _________ the sun god.
Re
What is the world's largest desert?
Sahara
What was the world's tallest building for 4,000 years?
The Great Pyramid
During the Middle Kingdom, the capital of Egypt was moved to
Thebes
What was the god of knowledge and scribes?
Thot
What was the land south of the Nile delta region is known as?
Upper Egypt
Forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered kingdoms are called
tribute
What was a boy king who became pharaoh at the age of 10 and died under mysterious conditions nine years later. His tomb was discovered by howard carter?
tutankham
What was the Egyptian god of the living?
deities
What is An is a line of rulers that passes power down from father to son?
dynasty
An what is an embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips?
mummy
Egyptians believed that their or god-king was the son of Re
pharaoh
The Middle Kingdom was known as Egypt's Golden Age because it was a time of
prosperity, achievement, and stability
What built many new temples and was considered the greatest builder of the New Kingdom?
ramses 2
What are grasslands south of Egypt?
savannas
What are wild rapids formed by boulders and narrow cliffs that make it difficult to sail on the Nile south of Egypt?
cataracts
