Exam 10: Pharaonic State and Old Kingdom Egypt

The Nile river runs toward the south.

The city of Memphis in Tennessee was named for the city of Memphis in Egypt.

The major Egyptian pyramids were built by pharaohs of the ____________ Dynasties.

________________ was the domesticated plant food most closely linked to the rise of Egyptian civilization.

How is Narmer's unification of Egypt symbolized in Egyptian art?

The term "Intermediate Periods" is applied to times when _________________________.

The ancient Egyptians referred to the region of modern northern Sudan as ____________.

Briefly describe the relationship between humans and cattle in Egyptian Early Neolithic.

The Nile River and Egyptian civilization are inseparable. Describe the significance of this river in ancient Egypt, providing as many details as possible.

After the Old Kingdom, were Egyptians polytheistic or monotheistic during the 18th Dynasty (kind of a trick question)?

The Giza pyramids' polished limestone facing was removed and used to build other structures in Cairo after AD 1300.

What are some significant ways that Egyptian hieroglyphs differed from Mesopotamian cuneiform?

The pharaoh Akhenaten was responsible for a short-term switch to __________________.

The pyramid of Tutankhamen is the second largest in Egypt.