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Chapter 7
Be familiar with the map on page 63 and how this geography influenced settlement, trade, and
migration.
Know about the three environmental factors that influenced the people of Egypt, Kush, and Canaan.
Why was water important?
Know important facts about the Nile River.
What are the advantages of living near deserts?
Why didn’t the Jordan River have as fertile a valley as the Nile River?
Why did many people in Canaan, including the ancient Hebrews, become herders and what was a
herders life like?
What is ironic about the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea?
Chapter 8
King Tutankhamun, or King Tut, was not an important ruler in ancient Egyptian times. Why then is
this pharaoh so important to us today?
Know important facts about the Old Kingdom in ancient Egypt.
Why is the second period called the Period of Reunification? What important things happened during
this time?
Know important facts about the New Kingdom.
Be familiar with the four pharaohs highlighted in chapter 8, their accomplishments, and their
monuments.
Chapter 9
Know about the Opet Festival.
Know about the three seasons in Egypt.
Know the arrangement, populations, and lifestyles of each of the Egyptian social classes.
Know how religion played a role in daily life in ancient Egypt.
Know the role and rights of women in ancient Egypt.
Upon what was Egyptian economy based?
Be able to tell me about each element of civilization in relation to Egyptian culture.
How would the life and lifestyle of a Royal Artisan be different from someone of the artisan class?
What are some ways men could rise above their parents’ social class?
Chapter 10
Know about the geography and environment of ancient Kush.
For what natural resource was the Nubians/Kushites famous? What other natural resources did they
trade?
What does it mean when the book says the Kushites were “Egyptianized” during the New Kingdom?
What happened to Egypt after the reign of Ramses II and how did this affect Kush?
Know about King Piye.
Why did the Kushites make Meroe their new capital city?
What special skill did the Kushites learn as a result of losing Egypt to the Assyrians?
Know about Queen Amanirenas.
What happened eventually to the empire of Kush?
Chapter 11
Know about the migration of the ancient Hebrews as well as the civilization that they left.
Why is the Torah a valuable artifact that historians use to learn about the ancient Hebrews and their
times?
Who are Abraham, Moses, David, and Solomon? How did each individual contribute to the
development of the Jewish religion?
Know about the Exodus.
What are the Ten Commandments and how are they like and different from the Code (laws) of
Hammurabi?
Why is Jerusalem important?
What is the Ark of the Covenant and why is it important to the history of the ancient Hebrews?
Why did the ancient Hebrew people separate into two different groups?
Chapter 12
What happened to the each of the two kingdoms of the ancient Hebrews?
Where were the Hebrews moved after the fall of Judah in 597 B.C.E.? After this event, what period
had begun?
What are the central beliefs and teachings of Judaism?
What foreign powers dominated the Jews during the Diaspora?
What did Yochanan ben Zakkai do to preserve Judaism during the Jewish Diaspora?
What were some of the large Jewish communities located around the Mediterranean in 200 C.E.?
What techniques did Jews use to keep Judaism alive and thriving during the Jewish Diaspora?
Vocabulary
vegetation
topography
delta
silt
papyrus
nomad
reign
ankh
mastaba
obelisk
natron
polytheism
Anubis
Thoth
Osiris
afterlife
artisan
peasant
scribe
priest
vizier
alliance
embalm
sarcophagus
canopic jars
hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
census
famine
archer
dynasty
kandakes
treaty
Torah
monotheism
covenant
descendant
ancestor
sacrifice
plague
prophet
diaspora
Talmud
rabbi