Lesson 1
hieroglyphics
Egyptian sun god
Re
Material that produces a pleasant smell when burned
incense
A flat grassland
savanna
A mountainlike structure used as a tomb (shape)
pyramid
Natural barrier that protected Egypt in the South
cataracts
Egyptian river god
Hapi
The capital during the Middle Kingdom
Thebes
Civilization that was later known as Kush
Nubia
A god or goddess is also known as a
deity
Egypt's flooding could be described as
predictable and not as destructive
A government in which the same person is both the political and religious leader
theocracy
The Egyptian prince who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt
Ahmose
The capital of Kush
Napata
This ruler avoided military conquests and focused on Egypt’s economy
Hatshepsut
The king who united Upper and Lower Egypt
Narmer
Because of the practice of embalming, the ancient Egyptians learned a lot about…
medicine
Who tried to change Egypt's religion to one based on one deity?
Amenhotep IV
The kingdom that invaded Kush and destroyed Meroe
Axum
Boy who became pharaoh at 10 years old
Tutankhamen
The capital during the Old Kingdom
Memphis
The first engineer who built pyramids
Imhotep
Why did pharaohs and other rulers exchange envoys?
to maintain close ties
The benefit of moving the capital to the city of Meroe
It made them safer from Assyrian attacks
Because of the practice of embalming, the ancient Egyptians learned a lot about… (field of study)
medicine