TCAP Practice Questions

Remember the white board rules..

Egyptian
Leadership/Government

Dynasty
Dynasty: is a line of rulers from the same family.
When a king died his children would take on
the role.
They would inherit the throne which is called
succession.

The Pharaoh
King of Egypt
Thought of as a god himself
If things were going bad, the people would
blame the Pharaoh for angering the gods

A Monarchy
A government by a monarch (ONE person)
who usually inherits the authority.
What does it mean to inherit?

Brain POP!
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worl
dhistory/egyptianpharaohs/preview.weml

A women Pharaoh
Queen Hatshepsut
First woman to rule Egypt
Ruled with her son
Tutmoses III
She wore a fake beard
Ruled for 15 years then
disappeared!
No one knows what
happened- it is said that
perhaps Tutmoses killed
her, because he then
became king.

Clip
http://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=I
H01XJtoplk
5:54

Egypts Longest Ruler

Ramses II (aka Ramses the Great)
Ruled for 66 years!
Unlike Hatshepsut, Ramses II wanted to
make Egypt powerful through war
Egypt extended its territory south into
the African Kingdom Nubia
He negotiated the first known peace
treaty with the Hittites
Having one leader for 66 years kept the
Egyptian government stable
His reign was also a time of peace.

Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpxkOx05a
Qg&feature=related
6:52

Have you ever seen this?

Or this..

Extra Credit!
Your mission!
Go to downtown Memphis and take a picture
next to Ramses The Great
Write a one page report that includes
Paragraph one: what is a pharaoh?
Paragraph two: who was Ramses the great?
Paragraph three: why was he important in history?