Nile River
How long is the Nile River?
4000 miles
What is the Deshret?
Red land
Female pharaoh that began as regent
Hatshepsut
Built the bent pyramid.
Sneferu
God of wisdom, appears as baboon
Thoth
God of chaos, storms and the desert, seen as the evil god, killed Osiris
Set
Who were the people in the middle class of Egyptians society?
Merchants/Skilled Workers
How were women viewed in Ancient Egypt?
As living models of Isis
How does the Nile flow?
South to North
Which ways were the Egyptians able to trade along the Nile?
Both Upriver and downriver
Was the last great Pharaoh of Egypt ever
Expanded Egypt to its greatest territorial height, a.k.a the Great
Ramses II
Goddess of motherhood and magic, mother of Horus, wife of Osiris
Isis
God of War, appeared with a falcon head with double plume headdress
Montu
Were Egyptians allowed maneuverability within their social classes?
Yes
What was the early form of paper used by the Ancient Egyptians made out of reeds?
Papyrus
What 2 rivers feed the nile from the Ethiopian highlands?
Blue and White Nile
What is the place at the mouth of the Nile River? Home to much fertile land and where the Nile breaks into many streams.
Delta
Boy-king that died of a genetic disease
Tutankhamun
Built the step pyramid
Djoser
God of embalming, cemeteries and was the guide to the afterlife, appeared as a jackal
Anubis
Creator God
Amun/Amun Ra
What were slaves able to own in Ancient Egypt?
Personal Items
The Egyptian system of writing was called:______
Hieroglyphs
What are the rock filled rapids that form two giant bends of the river after the Blue and White Niles meet?
Cataracts
What is nutrient rich soil that is deposited from the Nile flooding every year?
Stilt
United Upper/Lower Egypt
Menes/Narmer
Tried to make Egypt follow a monotheistic religion
Akhenaten
Goddess of truth, order, justice, appeared as a feather
Maat
God of sky, kingship, appeared as falcon or with a falcon head
Horus
What was the busiest time of year for the peasants?
Harvest Season
What stone allowed historians and linguists to decipher Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs?
Rosetta Stone
Kemet is also known as_____.
Black Land
What 2 rivers feed the nile from the Ethiopian highlands?
Blue and White Niles
Built the Great Pyramid of Giza
Khufu
Ruled for 90 years in the Old Kingdom, his death destabilized the Old Kingdom.
Pepi II
God of life and death, the afterlife and rebirth father of Horus, husband to Isis
Osiris
God of the sun, appeared as a sun disk
Aten
What were women allowed to do in Ancient Egypt?
Own property, Enter into contracts, Hunt
Did slaves have legal protections in Ancient Egypt?
Yes