Geography
What natural barrier protects the Egyptian people from invaders on both sides of the Nile River?
desert
____________ was created based on the yearly flooding of the Nile.
365 day calendar
The adviser to the pharaoh near the top of the social pyramid was called ____________.
the vizier
Canals were dug along the Nile River so that crops could receive water. This process is called ______________.
irrigation
The Nile flows ________ to _________ and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
south to north
The religious and political leader of Ancient Egypt was called the _______________.
pharaoh
Who were the record keepers of Ancient Egypt?
scribes
___________ was the writing form of the Ancient Egyptians.
hieroglypics
The Egyptians depended on the annual flooding of the Nile River to make the land _________.
rich and fertile
In Ancient Egypt, the job you had as an adult was assigned to you at ___________.
birth
When mummifying a body what organ do you leave inside the body?
the heart
A peasant is another word for an Egyptian ___________.
farmer
Large stone __________ were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
pyramids
What is a natural barrier? What were the 3 that protected Egypt?
Sahara desert, Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea
______ is a sequence of rulers from the same family. This is how Egypt was ruled for 3,000 years.
dynasty
Which group of people on the social pyramid who were in the upper class of society.
nobles
The Egyptians and the Sumerians both had a system of writing that used pictures or symbols. However, the Egyptians wrote hieroglyphics on ________ and the Sumerians wrote Cuneiform on ____________.
paper/papyrus clay tablets
How were the early Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations similar in terms of where they settled?
both settled along a river
____________ was the name of the group of people who invaded/conquered Egypt using advanced weapons and ruled for 100 years.
The Hyksos
What is the term that means "belief in one god?"
monotheistic
Which social class did not have any rights?
slaves
The art and architecture of Ancient Egypt (pyramids, obelisks) were designed to emphasize the _________.
the afterlife