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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