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 type of Government that made up Kingdoms of rulers in Ancient Egypt

Dynasty

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

_________________ were a skilled and highly respected job. They could read and write hierogyphics.

scribe
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. This is also why Lower Egypt is at the top of the map.

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 keepers of temples?

preists
200
___________ was the writing form of the Ancient Egyptians.
hieroglypics
300

The Egyptians depended on the annual flooding of the Nile River to make the land _________.

rich and fertile

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 or commoner

300
Large stone __________ were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
pyramids
400

What is a natural barrier? Name one specific landform 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

During embalming, which organ was considered useless and thrown away?

The Brain

400

Which group of people on the social pyramid are chosen by the pharaoh to govern the states of Egypt.

nobles

400

The Egyptians and the Mesopotamians (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

Who was remembered as "the great" pharaoh in Egypt because of the messages and drawings that he made of himself winning many battles.

Ramses ("The Great")/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

This artifact is a large, stone tablet with writing on it. It helped historians decode Hieroglyphics!

The Rosetta Stone

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