Question 1

What were the Egyptian Seasons?

Question 2

How did the desert on both sides of the Nile help Ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

It provided a strong protection against invasion of enemy forces.

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It allowed pharaohs to build large temples in their honor.

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It prevented flooding.

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It allowed Egyptians to grow a surplus of crops.

Question 3

How did farmers use the Nile to grow their crops?

Accepted Answer

They built canals to direct the Nile's waters to the fields.

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It allowed Egyptians to trade for corn for corn.

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It provided the Egyptians with salt water for their crops to grow larger.

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It allowed the Egyptians time to relax before harvest.

Question 4

How did the pharaoh's crown display the unification of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

The pharaoh combined the white crown of Upper Egypt with the Red crown of Lower Egypt to symbolize his rule over both lands.

Question 5

What responsibilities did the pharaoh have that balanced his high status?

Question 6

How was the Ka different from the body?

Accepted Answer

The Ka was not a physical entity, but a person's life force that left the physical body at death.

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A person's thoughts and actions according to the god Thoth

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A person's well being.

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The Ka was a person's ability to enter the afterlife according to Egyptian gods.

Question 7

Why did the Egyptian's want the pyramids to be spectacular?

Accepted Answer

They believed their own fate in the afterlife depended on the pharaoh's afterlife.

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Their pharaoh was harsh and selfish. He/She made them create it that way to honor the pharaoh's.

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They did want grave robbers so they made it spectacular.

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They wanted the pyramid to be admired for many years after their deaths.

Question 8

Which type of government did the ancient Egyptians develop during the Old Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Theocracy

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Democracy

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Monarchy

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Totalitarian

Question 9

Why did the Egyptians believe it was important to preserve the physical body?

Accepted Answer

If the body decayed, the ka would not be able to receive the food and drink it needed.

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If the body decayed, animals would smell it and break into the burial chambers to take it.

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If the body decayed, it wouldn't live long.

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If the body decayed, they could not place it in the temple.

Question 10

What is the most sacred part of the temple?

Accepted Answer

Sanctuary

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Burial Chambers

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Garden

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Kitchen

Question 11

What two types of large structures created by the Egyptian architects?

Accepted Answer

Pyramids and temples

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Graves and Sarcophagus

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Sphinx and temples

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Pyramids and Castles

Question 12

Why was the discovery of King Tut's tomb so important ?

Accepted Answer

It was not disturbed by robbers, we were able to learn about burial practices and their beliefs.

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we learned King Tut loved jewelry.

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We found treasure!

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We learned about the clothes they wore by the robe that was found.

Question 13

What were the two reasons the pharaoh's power declined at the end of the Old Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

They did not collect enough taxes to cover their expenses, and ambitious nobles took power from the pharaohs.

Question 14

How did the Old Kingdom period end?

Accepted Answer

Pharaoh's lost political control of the country

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Nobles took over the temples

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Grave robbers stole all the mummies

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Pharaoh's stop caring

Question 15

Which privilege was given to ancient Egyptian scribes?

Accepted Answer

They did not have to pay taxes

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They didn't have to read

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They did not have to pay for their meals

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They were able to live with the pharaoh

Question 16

What job employed the most people in Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Farming

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Pharaoh

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Slave

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Craftsman

Question 17

How did Ahmose manage to become king of all Egypt?

Accepted Answer

He drove the Hyksos out of Egypt.

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He fought Ramses the Great and won

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He stole control from the previous pharaoh

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He stole chariots from the Hyksos

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