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