Chapter 5 Section review1&2

1. Africa. Sahara. Nile



2. Mediterranean Sea, Sahara Desert, Red Sea.



3. Land of Ham, Gift of the Nile, Seedbed of Africa Culture



4.Because of cultural diffusion



5. Lower and Upper Egypt. Menes.



6.Near the Nile River



7. Egypt was the greatest and most magnificent power of the ancient world.



8. It deposits alluvial soil.



9. They were pictures that the egyptians used for language



10. Thebes, Memphis



11. Pyramid


12. They were humanist, naturalistic, and polytheistic

Identify

Isthmus of Suez- Once connected Africa and Asia but since 1869, but it now separates them
Copts- Hamatic people that blended with Semitic and Japhetic people of the Mediterranean Sea
Nomes- Small states in Egypt
Herodotus- The Greek "Father of History", and foremost traveler of the Mediterranean Sea
Nile Delta- Rich alluvial plain of fertile soil
Heiroglyphics-Egyptian system of writing with over 700 characters
Book of the Dead- A book of prayers and incantations placed in tombs to protect the spirits of the dead
Necropolis- "City of the Dead" located along the banks of the Nile River
Great Pyramids of Cheops- At Giza remains one of the 7 wonders of the world
Tutankhamen- One of the worlds most archaeological discoveries
Mummification-The preservations of the bodies of the dead