Ch. 2 Egypt Study Guide

____________________________ was the king known for driving the Hyksos out of Egypt.

Ahmose

___________________________ outlawed the old Egyptian religion and prohibited the worship of all gods other than Aton, the sun god.

Amenhotep

___________________ was the god of embalming.

Anubis

The __________________ is a collection of spells and prayers studied to help obtain the afterlife.

Book of the Dead

Today the modern capital of Egypt is ___________________.

Cairo

___________________ was the god of nile.

Hapi

____________________________ was a female pharaoh who concentrated on the economy and trade instead of waging war.

Hatshepsut

___________________ was the Egyptian god of the living.

Horus

The _________________________ were Asian people who conquered Egypt by using iron weapons and __________________________.

Hyksos chariots

________________________________ was the architect who built Egypt's first pyramid, the Steppped Pyramid.

Imhotep

___________________ was the wife of Osiris and the ideal wife and mother.

Isis

The Great Pyramid of Giza was built as a tomb for ____________________.

King Khufu

The land around the Nile River delta is known as _______________________________.

Lower Egypt

The Kushites moved their capital to _________________ to be close to iron ore deposits.

Meroë

The first capital of Kush was located on a trade route and was called __________________.

Napata

_______________ , also known as Menes, united the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Narmer

The _______________ is the world's longest river.

Nile

______________________ is a region south of Egypt in present-day Sudan, that later became known as Kush.

Nubia

___________________ was the Egyptian god of the dead.

Osiris

______________________ conquered Egypt and founded a dynasty that ruled both Egypt and Kush.

Piye

_______________________ built many new temples and was considered the greatest builder of the New Kingdom.

Ramses 2

The chief god of the Egyptians was __________________, the sun god.

Re, Ra

The _______________ is the world's largest desert.

Sahara

___________________ was the god of chaos.

Seth

_________________________________ was the world's tallest building for 4,000 years.

The Great Pyramid of Giza

During the Middle Kingdom, the capital of Egypt was moved to ____________________.

Thebes

___________________ was the god of knowledge and scribes.

Thoth

______________________________ 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 ____________.

Tutankhamen Howard Carter

The land south of the Nile delta region is known as _________________________________.

Upper Egypt

During the periods of the Middle and New Kingdom's pharaohs' tombs were hidden in the _____________________________.

Valley of Kings

__________________ are wild rapids formed by boulders and narrow cliffs that make it difficult to sail on the Nile south of Egypt.

cataracts

A(n) ____________________ is a line of rulers that passes power down from father to son.

dynasty

The Egyptians invented __________________ to prevent the pharaoh's body from decomposing.

embalming

The Egyptian writing system that uses thousands of picture symbols is called _______________.

hieroglyphics

A(n) __________________ is an embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips.

mummy

_________________ is a plant that Egyptians used to make paper.

papyrus

Egyptians believed that their __________________ or god-king was the son of Re.

pharaoh

Egyptians buried their pharaohs in ____________________ with entrances that always faced north.

pyramids

______________________ are grasslands south of Egypt.

savannas

The Middle Kingdom was known as Egypt's Golden Age because it was a time of ____________, ____________, and _____________.

stability, prosperity, and achievement

Forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered kingdoms are called _______________.

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