Geography
The sea north of the Nile.
What is the Mediterranean?
Pharaohs were buried in these.
What are pyramids?
The natural source of prosperity for Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
The name of the Egyptian monarch/king.
What is pharoah?
Egyptians wrote on this substance.
What is papyrus?
The triangular-shaped outlet at the mouth of the Nile River.
What is a delta?
The time when Senusret I encouraged growth in culture (architecture, literature, and art).
What is the Middle Kingdom?
The substance that made Egyptian land fertile for farming.
What is silt?
These writers kept track of EVERYTHING going on in Egypt.
What are scribes?
Belief in many gods/goddesses.
What is polytheism?
The Nubian, Libyan, and Arabian Deserts helped the Egyptians in this way.
What is providing a natural barrier from enemies?
Pharaoh Khufu created this type of government (one person controlled the officials and they did his bidding).
What is a centralized government?
This mathematical creation helped Egyptians figure out the flooding, planting, and harvesting seasons.
What is a calendar?
These highly-skilled workers had little social status.
Who were artisans?
The gender of most musicians.
What are women?
Emeralds, sandstone, and gold are examples of these.
What are natural resources>
The pharaoh married to Nefertari and father of over 100 children.
Who was Ramses II?
A severe shortage (scarcity of food).
What is famine?
What is farming?
The place of Egyptian worship.
What is a temple?
Directing water sources to control them. Examples include dams, canals, and levies.
What is irrigation?
The item that pharaohs were buried in.
What is a sarcophagus?
This pharaoh believed in trading with other countries.
Who was Hatshepsut?
The assistant to the pharaoh.
What is a vizier?
Five details about Egyptian priests.
What is: Advised the pharaoh, Oversaw religious ceremonies, Oversaw music and dancing in the temple, Took care of god (statue), Couldn't eat fish, wore linen, couldn't wear leather/wool (unclean), had to shave off body hair, bathed at least 4 times a day, mummified bodies.