Geography
Politics/Economics
Religion
People
Inventions/Arts
100
What natural barrier protects the Egyptian people from invaders on both sides of the Nile River?
desert
100

____________ was the Egyptian style of government in which government and religion are combined. The Pharaoh was thought to be divine.

theocracy

100
The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.
polytheistic
100

This pharoah's tomb was discovered untouched in 1922 by Howard Carter

Tutankamun

100

Canals were dug along the Nile River so that crops could receive water. This process is called ______________.

irrigation

200
The Nile flows ________ to _________ and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
south to north
200
The religious and political leader of Ancient Egypt was called the _______________.
pharaoh
200
The Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead bodies for the afterlife. What was this process called?
mummification
200
Who were the record keepers of Ancient Egypt?
scribes
200
___________ was the writing form of the Ancient Egyptians.
hieroglypics
300
The Egyptians depended on the annual flooding of the Nile River to make the land _________.
rich and fertile
300

The Old Kingdom was known as the ______________

Pyramid Age

300

What is the term that means "belief in one god?"

monotheistic

300

He change the Egyptian religion to monotheistic.

Amenhotep

300
Large stone __________ were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
pyramids
400

What was an advantage that merchants traveling on the Nile River had over the rivers of Mesopotamia?

The current took the merchants north while the wind took them south

400

_________ and ____________ were both capitols of Egypt.

Thebes and Memphis

400
If the Egyptian embalmer did not do a good job what would happen the the mummy's soul in the afterlife?
It would not recognize and reunite with its body
400

First female ruler of Egypt

Hatshephut

400
The Egyptians and the Sumerians both had a system of writing that used pictures or symbols. However, the Egyptians wrote hieroglyphics on ________ and the Sumerians wrote Cuneiform on ____________.
paper/papyrus clay tablets
500

How were the early Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations similar in terms of where they settled?

near fresh water and fertile soil

500

1. The Egyptians traded goods for goods, a system called ____________. 2. Who did the Egyptians trade with? 3. How did they trade with them?

1. bartering 2. civilizations along the Red and Mediterranean Seas 3. by boat

500

When mummifying a body what organ do you leave inside the body?

the heart

500

He united Upper and Lower Egypt

Narmer/Menes

500

The art and architecture of Ancient Egypt (pyramids, obelisks) were designed to emphasize the _________. a. value of artwork b. agricultural diversity c. religion and the afterlife

c. religion and the afterlife

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