Vocabulary
Geography and religion
The Old/Middle Kingdom
Life in Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Accomplishments
100
A family of rulers whose right is passed on within the family.
What is Dynasty
100
Which body of water played an important role in the early egyptian civilization.
What is Nile River
100
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom
What is the Egyptian Kingdoms
100
How did Egyptian society function
They maintained a simple structure
100
What did Egyptian mathematics help with
What is the creation of monuments
200
The most common of the varies titles of ancient Egyptian monarchs.
What is pharaoh
200
How long is the Nile River
4,000 miles
200
A process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it from rotting
What is mummification
200
Why did people get married
to create children
200
What were artist sculptures expect to follow.
particular formulas and style
300
A complex system of writing using both pictures and more abstract forms.
What is Hieroglyphics
300
What protects Egypt from invasion and gives them a sense of security.
What is Egypts natural barriers
300
why were the pyramids were built
The pyramids were tombs for the pharaohs
300
Who was the master of the house
The Husband
300
Besides mathematics what else did the Egyptians develop.
365 day calendar
400
Simplified version of hieroglyphics used in ancient Egypt for business transactions, record keeping, and the general needs of daily life.
What is Hieratic script
400
Why were Egyptians able to advance faster
the location and the fertile soil
400
When was the Old Kingdom around
from 2700 B.C. to 2200 B.C.
400
How were the social classes divided
like a pyramid
400
What were hieroglyphics written on
first on stone and later on papyrus
500
An administrative organization that relies on nonelective officials and regular procedures
What is Bureaucracy
500
What area is the Nile delta in
lower Egypt
500
Egypt was divided into how many provinces
42 provinces
500
At what age were children married
girls at 12 and boys at 14
500
When did Egyptians first began using hieroglyphics
3000 B.C.
M
e
n
u