AP World History: Ancient Egypt (Unit 1) Flashcards

7013658345	What river did people settle around in Egypt? What was the climate like? What did the climate call for?	Nile, hot and dry, irrigation channels	0
7013663314	What are rivers a good source of? What are they subject to?	Water, trade, transportation, fertile soil, food Periodic flooding	1
7013670531	What did Egyptian religion look like? How did we learn from Egypt?	Polytheistic (believed in many gods), through the book of the Dead	2
7013686806	What was mummification?	A process where pharaohs or the wealthy were prepared for afterlife	3
7013705113	What type of government did Egypt have? How so?	Theocracy, a mix of politics and government	4
7013709647	Who created the first dynasty in Egypt?	Narmer	5
7013713046	Who is the most famous Egyptian and what did he do?	King Tutankhamen, divided Egypt into districts with governors	6
7013731241	Who were Ramses I and Ramses II? What did they take control of?	Egyptian leaders who took control for centuries Trade of wood, gold, silver, and valuable stones	7
7013741345	Who was the only female pharaoh?	Hatshepsut	8
7013753507	What Egypt's history divided into? What is the divide marked by?	Old kingdom and new kingdom, marked by the loss of territory to Syria and Palestine	9
7013766086	Who were the Hittites?	People of Syria and Palestine who took land away from Egypt and had iron	10
7013802027	What was the Egyptian writing system?	Hieroglyphics- using pictures on papyrus	11
7013808830	What were four things Egyptians can be credited on being the first?	Conducting surgery, constructing pyramids, sphinxes, and obelisks	12