Vocabulary
This was an innovation created by the Egyptians that allowed for ideas to be written and stored easier. It was made from the reeds that grew along the Nile.
What is papyrus?
This is the most important geographic feature in Egypt. It played a major role in the development of their civilization.
What is the Nile River?
These are the major Egyptian cities that developed along the Nile River. (3 answers)
What is Thebes, Memphis, and Giza?
This innovation allowed an understanding of mathematic concepts and operations like addition. It allowed ancient Egyptians to understand the basics of geometry, survey farmland, and helped with building construction.
What is math?
This is the Egyptian god of the sun. He acts as the sun and his symbol is his eye.
Who is Ra?
This is the name for the oldest known Egyptian writing system. The name comes from the ancient Greeks, the prefix means sacred and the suffix means a written or carved symbol.
What is hieroglyphics?
This is the earliest form of Egyptian irrigation. They dug large basins to guide the water into that allowed them to keep the silt in them for up to six weeks.
What is basin irrigation?
This is the names of the eras of Egyptian thriving. The first saw Egyptians start using art to illustrate their ideas and afterlife and building the Great Pyramids of Giza, the second saw the reunification of Upper and Lower Egypt and established the capital as Thebes, and the third saw some of Egypt's greatest pharaohs and expanded Egyptian territory. (3 answers)
What is the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom.
This ancient Egyptian innovation allowed for doctors to exist. Egyptians had specialized surgeons for eyes, stomach, and teeth and doctors to preserve mummies.
What is medicine?
This is the goddess of justice, truth, and order in ancient Egypt. She decided if people had lived good lives by weighing their hearts on scales. She is symbolized by the scale.
Who is Ma'at?
This is the name for the ruler of ancient Egypt. They were considered a representative and servant of the gods and were believed to be the communicator between gods and humans.
What is a pharaoh?
These are the main crops grown around the Nile River. (5 answers)
What is wheat, barley, flax, vegetables, and papyrus?
These two groups make up the lower classes of the Egyptian social pyramid. The first group lived off and tended to the land. Sometimes they could own the land they worked on. The second groups main job was as house servants or field laborers. This group was usually prisoners of war or peasants who sold their freedom to pay debts. (2 answers)
What is farmers and enslaved people?
This artifact, found in 1799 was written in Greek and two forms of Egyptian language including hieroglyphics. It allowed historians to read and translate hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
This is the goddess of fertility and motherhood. She is the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, a sky god.
Who is Isis?
This is a form of economy where the government controls the means of production such as land, labor, and machinery. It allows government officials to make economic decisions such as what goods are produced, how they are produced, and for who.
What is a command economy?
These are the Nile flooding seasons.
What is Akhet (mid June-mid October)(flooded), Peret (mid October-mid February)(water recedes), and Shomu (mid February-mid June)(dry)?
These groups make up the third and fourth level of the Egyptian social pyramid. The first group were very well trained and fought in wars. The second group acted as the government record keepers, recording court cases, calculating taxes, writing letters between government officials, and keeping history. They wrote in hieroglyphics. (2 answers)
What is soldiers and scribes?
This is a form of art used by Egyptians daily. It was used to keep the sun out of their eyes and was mainly made by women.
What is kohl?
This is the Egyptian god of death. He guided souls to the underworld.
Who is Anubis?
This is a series of rulers in a particular kingdom or empire. The rulers are usually a series of family members. Egypt had over 30 of these.
What is a dynasty?
These are the four geographic regions of Egypt. (4 answers)
What is the Nile and its delta, Western Desert, Eastern Desert, and the Sanai Peninsula?
These are the second highest level of Egypt's social pyramid. One group advised the pharaoh and would collect taxes, serve as judges, and oversaw building projects. This group would also usually be from the wealthiest families. The second group was appointed by the pharaoh to perform rituals. This job was usually passed through families. (2 answers)
What is government officials and priests?
This is an innovation that everyone in ancient Egypt used. It was created by craftsmen using lapiz lazuli, gold, and other precious gemstones that were imported from other civilizations.
What is jewelry?
This is the god of the desert and violence. He is the brother of Osiris.
Who is Seth?