Geography
What natural barrier protects the Egyptian people from invaders on both sides of the Nile River?
desert
They style of government in which government and religion are combined. The Pharaoh was thought to be divine.
theocracy
The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.
polytheistic
Who were the top of the social pyramid in Ancient Egypt?
Pharoahs
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
The Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead bodies for the afterlife. What was this process called?
mummification
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
What is the term that means "belief in one god?"
monotheistic
A peasant is another word for an Egyptian ___________.
farmer
Large stone __________ were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
pyramids
What is an example of a natural barrier? What were the 3 that protected Egypt?
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
What would be buried with people and why?
Important items that their souls would need in the afterlife.
Which group of people on the social pyramid are chosen by the pharaoh to govern the nomes (states) of Egypt.
nobles/government officials
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 Sumerian civilizations similar in terms of where they settled?
near fresh water and fertile soil
1. The Egyptians traded goods for goods, a system called ____________.
Bartering
When mummifying a body what organ do you leave inside the body?
the heart
Which social class had the fewest rights?
slaves
The art and architecture of Ancient Egypt (pyramids, obelisks) were designed to emphasize the _________. a. value of artwork b. agricultural diversity c. religion and the afterlife
c. religion and the afterlife