Geography
Politics/Economics
Religion
Social Classes
Inventions/Arts
100
What natural barrier protects the Egyptian people from invaders on both sides of the Nile River?
desert
100

____________ was the Egyptian style of government in which government and religion are combined. The Pharaoh was thought to be divine.

theocracy/monarchy

100
The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.
polytheistic
100

The adviser to the pharaoh near the top of the social pyramid was called ____________.  These people were appointed mostly by being friendly with the pharaoh. 

the vizier/government officials

100
Canals were dug along the Nile River so that crops could receive water. This process is called ______________.
irrigation
200
The Nile flows ________ to _________ and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
south to north
200
The religious and political leader of Ancient Egypt was called the _______________.
pharaoh
200
The Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead bodies for the afterlife. What was this process called?
mummification
200
Who were the record keepers of Ancient Egypt?
scribes
200
___________ was the writing form of the Ancient Egyptians.
hieroglypics
300

This was the Northern part of Ancient Egypt.

Lower Egypt

300
In Ancient Egypt, the job you had as an adult was assigned to you at ___________.
birth
300
What is the term that means "belief in one god?"
monotheistic
300
A peasant is another word for an Egyptian ___________.
farmer
300
Large stone __________ were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
pyramids
400
What is a natural barrier? What were the 3 that protected Egypt?
desert, Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea
400
______ is a sequence of rulers from the same family. This is how Egypt was ruled for 3,000 years.
dynasty
400
If the Egyptian embalmer did not do a good job what would happen the the mummy's soul in the afterlife?
It would not recognize and reunite with its body
400

These people were captured by the soldiers and were placed in the slave grouping of the social pyramid.

Foreigners

400
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
500
How were the early Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations similar in terms of where they settled?
near fresh water and fertile soil
500
This leader led the greatest period in Ancient Egypt's reign and had statues everywhere of himself to get him closer to the After Life.

Ramses II

500
When mummifying a body what organ do you leave inside the body?
the heart
500
Which social class did not have any rights?
slaves
500
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
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