Geography
How did ancient Egyptians benefit when the Nile River flooded?
The floods left behind silt that was good for farming
Give the name for a dead body wrapped in linen.
Mummy
What was found by Howard Carter in 1922?
Tutankhamen’s tomb
What is a bureaucrat?
Government Official
Who united upper and lower Egypt?
Narmer
The natural barrier to the north of Egypt is what?
Mediterranean Sea
What did the Egyptians do with the brain in the mummification process?
Threw it away
What does the social pyramid show about Egypt’s social classes?
The fewest number of people were in the highest classes.
When a government is led by religious leaders, it is called a
theocracy
Which pharaoh ruled peacefully and increased Egypt’s trade and wealth?
Hatshepsut
What is an element of ancient Egypt's physical features?
a river valley
What was the purpose of embalming?
To protect the body for the afterlife
The Great Pyramid and Great Sphinx are located in which city?
Giza
The combination of picture and sound symbols created a complex writing system called
Hieroglyphics
Which pharaoh ruled Egypt for over 60 years?
Ramses II
Where is Lower Egypt located?
western part
northern part
southern part
eastern part
northern part
What is a name plate? It's usually oval with your name written in the middle of it.
Cartouche
Egypt's Old Kingdom is famous for what?
Pyramids
Papyrus is
paper
Which god was considered to be the mother of all gods and nature?
Isis
How did ancient Egyptian settlements benefit by being surrounded by desert?
The desert offered protection from invaders
What were used to hold the internal organs in the mummification process?
Canopic Jars
The Rosetta Stone was found by Napoleon’s army and enabled us to finally decode hieroglyphics. How many languages were on it?
Three (3)
A line of rulers in the same family is called a
dynasty
Which Pharaoh tried to change Egypt's religion from polytheistic to monotheistic?
Akhenaton
The natural barrier that protects Egypt in the south was
cataracts
The kingdom of Kush was located in which direction from Egypt?
South
Who built the Great Pyramid at Giza?
The Nile River's flooding could be described as
gentle and predicatble
Which god is associated with the river?
Hapi
Egypt is on which continent?
Africa
Which god is associated with greeting those who had died at the gate to the next world?
Osiris
True or False
The Nile River flows in a northern direction
True
A forced payment to the Pharaoh was called
tribute
Why were the Assyrians able to conquer the Kushites?
They had iron weapons