Geography
Egypt's nickname: "Land of the _______"
What is the Nile?
The belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
Egypt's system of writing.
What are hieroglyphs?
Egypt's social classes from top to bottom.
Pharaoh
Ruling Class
Middle Class
Lower Class
First Female Pharaoh.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
Two Seas close to Egypt
What are the Mediterranean and Red Sea?
Powerful Egyptian King.
What is a pharaoh?
An irrigation system invented by the Egyptians.
What is a shadoof?
The length of time a body would be left covered in salt during the process of mummification.
What is 40 days?
This discovery helped us understand Ancient Egypt in a way we could not before.
What is the Tomb of King Tutankhamun?
This desert borders the west side of Egypt's main river.
What is the Sahara?
A government ruled by a priest or religious law.
What is a theocracy?
The worlds' first parchment used for writing.
What is papyrus?
Three things which greatly helped agriculture in Ancient Egypt.
What is irrigation, a 365- day calendar, and astronomy?
The great achievement of Queen Hatshepsut.
What is expanding trade to new routes and making allies with neighbors around them, especially Nubia?
Egypt's two regions: ________ and _________.
What are Upper and Lower Egypt- Explain!
Where organs were placed (during mummification) for preservation and storage.
What is a canopic jar?
Structure with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh. Its' purpose is unknown to us now.
What is the Sphinx at Giza?
The basis of ones' role in Egypt's Social Structure.
What is wealth and occupation?
The greatest achievement for Ramses the Great.
What is the Battle of Kadesh? Explain.
Ancient Egypt's friendly neighbors to the south
What is Nubia?
The blending and exchange of cultures.
What is cultural diffusion?
The kingdom that produced the pyramids.
What is the Old Kingdom?
The number of seasons, and their order, in Ancient Egypt.
3: Flooding, growing, and harvest.
The source we have to explain the achievement of Ramses II.
What are stories and paintings that were carved into the walls of temples?