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First Civilizations: Africa and Asia
First Civilizations: Africa and Asia 3200 BC - 500 BC
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6th Grade
10/25/2011

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Term
What did egymptions depend on to soak the land and deposit a layer of silt and rich soil?
Definition
floods along the Nile
Term
The Nile serves as a ______ connecting Egypt to Africa, the middle easet, and the mediterranean world.
Definition
trade route
Term
there were ____ kingdoms of ancient Egypt
Definition
3
Term

In the Old Kingdom, Pharoahs orgnaized

1)  A strong central ______

2) absolute ________

3)rulers were considered _____________

Definition

1)  A strong central state

2) absolute rulers

3)rulers were considered Gods

Term
In the old kindgom, rulers built pyramids at _______
Definition
Giza
Term
1)_________, 2)__________, and 3)_____________ contributed to the collapse of the Old Kingdom
Definition

1)  Power struggles

2) Crop failures

3) cost of the pyramids.

Term
In the Middle Kingdom, _____________created arable farmland.
Definition
large drainage project
Term
In the Middle Kingdom, traders had contacts with the ____ _____ and ______.
Definition
Middle East and Crete.
Term
In the middle kingdom, _____ and _____ were common.
Definition
Corruption and rebellions 
Term
______ invaded and occupied the delta region during the middle kingdom.
Definition
Hyksos
Term
During the New Kingdom, powerful pharoahs created a large empire that reached the __________.
Definition
Euphrates River.
Term
During the New Kingdom, _______ encouraged trade.
Definition
Hatshepsut
Term
_______ expanded Egyptian rule to Syria during the New Kingdom.
Definition
Ramses II
Term
During the New Kingdom, Egyptian power _________.
Definition
declined.
Term
For centuries, Egypt traded or fought with ______.
Definition
Nubia
Term
Durign the New kingdom, Egypt conquered....
Definition
Nubia
Term
Egyptian art from the New Kingdom shows _____ soldiers, musicuians or prisoners.
Definition
Nubian
Term
When Egypt declined, ______ conquered Egypt.
Definition
Nubia
Term
Nubians did not see themselved as conquerors... true or False
Definition
true
Term

Nubians respected Egyptian traditions.

True or False.

Definition
True
Term

Egyptians beleived that many Gods and goddesses ruled the world and the afterlife.

True or False

Definition
True
Term
Amon-Re 
Definition
the sun god
Term
Osiris
Definition
god of the underworld and of the Nile
Term

The pharoah was believed to be a god.

True or false

Definition
True
Term

Egyptians did not believe in life after death.

True or false

Definition
False
Term
Egyptians relied on teh ________ to help them through the afterworld.
Definition
Book of the Dead
Term
Mummification
Definition
the preservation of the body for use int ehnext life.
Term
Hieroglyphics
Definition
form of picture writing
Term
The first Sumerian cities emerged in Southern Mesopotamia around....
Definition
3200 BC
Term
Sargon, the ruler of Akkad, conquered Sumer and built the first known Empire
Definition
2300 B.C.
Term
Hammurabi, king of babylon, united the Babylonian empire in...
Definition
1790 B.C.
Term
________ was first attempt by a ruler to codify or arrange and set doen in writing all of the laws that would govern a state.
Definition
The Code of Hammurabi
Term
_____ THE branch of law that deals with offenses against others, such as robbery and murder.
Definition
criminal law
Term
______ is the branch that deals with private rights and matters such as business contracts, taxes and property inheritance.
Definition
civil law
Term
The Old Kingdom was a period in Egyptian history that lasted about ---- years
Definition
500
Term
The most famous pharoah of the Old Kingdom was >>>>
Definition
Khufu
Term
Insense and myrr were used to make cosmetics and perfumes.  True or false
Definition
True
Term
Who discovered the Rosetta Stone?
Definition
Champollion
Term
slavery
Definition
the state or condition of being a slave or another person's property.
Term
_______ was built in honor of the son god Amo-re
Definition
the temple of Karnak
Term
The tomb of King Tut was found in -_____
Definition
1922
Term
The period of stble governement between periods of disorder.
Definition
Middle Kingdom
Term
The peak of Eguptian trade and military power
Definition
New Kingdom
Term
Paths followed by traders
Definition
Trade routes
Term
Senet
Definition
ancient egyptian board game
Term
Canopic Jar
Definition
The stone or pottery jar that held the internal organs of a mummy
Term
Natron
Definition
a type of salt commonly used in mummification
Term
Portrait mask
Definition
A funeral mask
Term
Queen Hatsheptsut worked to increase _____
Definition
stability
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