What is the name of the river that Egypt depended on for survival?
What is Nile?
The rulers of Egypt were known as this:
What is a Pharaoh
The dynasties within ancient Egypt are broken into what three Kingdoms?
What is Old, Middle and New?
Egyptian writing was called this:
What is Hieroglyphics?
What was different about life in Egypt for women? Name 1.
What is: Women could have jobs outside the home, be rulers or royal officials, had legal rights, could own property, make contracts and divorce their spouse?
What are the names of the regions that Egypt is broken up into?
What is Southern and Northern Regions?
The Old Kingdom was ruled by religious authorities called a this:
What is a Theocracy?
These paths followed by traders came with more expanding into more distant lands.
The paper used for writing made of layers of reeds pounded together was called this:
What is Papyrus?
Egypt is part of which continent?
What is Africa?
What land type is most of Egypt considered? (Think Topography)
What is a desert?
What are Pharaohs, Nobles, Scribes and Craftspeople, Farmers, Servants and Slaves.
This female ruler expanded trade routes all the way to the Red Sea, Kingdom of Punt, Asia Minor and Greece.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This stone slab was inscribed with Hieroglyphics and Greek, which helped with translation.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Before farmers, these peoples first moved in the Nile Valley.
Who are Hunter-Gatherers?
What is Silt?
Egyptians placed much importance on this, or life after death.
What is afterlife?
This pharaoh led military defenses against invasions from the Hittites, Tehenu, and Sea Peoples.
Who is Ramses the Great?
These are some of the most famous temples dedicated to Egyptian gods. Name 1.
What are the Sphinx, Temple of Karnak or Temple at Abu Simbel?
When rulers are from the same family, it is called this:
What is a dynasty?
The Nile branched out into several branches that form a triangular shaped area called this:
What is a Delta?
What is Pyramids?
What was unique about slavery in ancient Egypt? Name 2.
What is: they could earn their freedom, and had some legal rights?
What are some examples of Egyptian art? Name 2.
What is: paintings, carvings, jewlery, burial masks, ivory statues, robes or (clothing)
Egyptians had gods for nearly everything. Name 2.