Exam 10: Pharaonic State and Old Kingdom Egypt

After the Old Kingdom, local Egyptian rulers called _______________ temporarily seized power over their regions.

The Egyptian god Horus is depicted as a ______________-headed man.

The pharaoh Khafre was responsible for the construction of one of the Giza pyramids and also _________________.

Saqqara was a major site in Lower Egypt.

Which period preceded the Pharaonic State in Egypt?

Domesticated cattle in Egypt were likely imported from Mesopotamia.

In Old Kingdom Egypt, deceased people were envisioned as traveling in _______________.

Which of these ideas best fits the pharaoh's conceptions of an afterlife?

The flow of the Nile is why northern Egypt is (somewhat confusingly) called _____________.

What is the significance of Djoser's pyramid at Saqqara?

We commonly say things like "Khufu built the largest of the Giza pyramids" as a shorthand way of phrasing the actual events. What would be a more accurate description of the logistics of pyramid building?

Cattle may have been domesticated in Egypt as early as _______________.

The pharaoh Narmer was also known as the Scorpion King.

The Umm al-Qa'ab Royal Cemetery was located at _____________________.

Many ancient civilizations relied on major rivers as their lifeblood. The ____________ River was Egypt's major river.

Who was the last Ptolemaic ruler and last pharaoh of Egypt? Who controlled Egypt after this ruler's death?

Neolithic oasis settlements were made possible by the warmer, wetter conditions of the early __________________.

The Egyptian sun-god was known as ______________ and often depicted with a sun disk.

Which deity did Amenhotep IV attempt to establish as the single god of Egypt?

What are three domesticated animals used by the people of the Late Neolithic Nabta Playa.