Geography
Upper Egypt is located in ____________ part of the country (Northern, Southern)
Southern
A professional writer that kept government records, receipts, copied books, etc.
Scribe
This Pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter.
King Tutankhamun
Unlike the Tigris and Euphrates, the Nile flooded at the ________ ________ each year.
Same time
Dead Egyptian that had the organs removed, embalmed, and wrapped is a _____________.
Paper like material developed by the Ancient Egyptians.
Papyrus
Lower Egypt is located in the _________ part of the country (Northern, Southern).
Northern
The three kingdoms of Ancient Egypt are:
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
The highest person on the social pyramid and was considered a god.
Pharaoh
The writing system developed by the Ancient Egyptians.
Hieroglyphics
Egypt is located on what continent?
Africa
Stone structure used as a tomb and built to house the Pharaoh and all his belongings in Giza
Pyramids
Waterfalls or rapids in a river that make it dangerous to travel
Cataracts
A government where the religious leader and political leader are the same.
Theocracy
Woman Pharaoh whose nephew was Thutmose III.
Queen Hatshepsut
Pharaoh's body was mummified and prepared for the __________.
Afterlife
A tool that was used to spread water across Egyptian fields.
Shadoof
Fan shaped area near the river's mouth
Delta
Egypt was surrounded by the following land forms:
Sahara Desert, Sinai Peninsula, Mediterranean Sea, and what other land form?
Red Sea
The kingdom responsible for building most of the pyramids.
The Old Kingdom
Started a new religion that worshiped only the sun god.
Amenhotep IV
The mummification process took approximately _____ days.
70
The name of the salt used by the Egyptians to dry out the dead body.
Natron
The artifact that was discovered to help crack the hieroglyphic code.
Rosetta Stone
Black land
The government official in charge of bureaucracy.
Vizier
Egyptian leader responsible for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt
Narmer/Menes
The natural barriers that protected Egypt from invasion were the swampy Mediterranean Coast with no natural harbors, and____________
Harsh deserts
The Egyptian belief that the whole body was needed to house the soul is called _____.
Ka
Barren desert land was called this by the Ancient Egyptians.
Red Land