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
What resources did Egyptians have to trade?
Papyrus and Linen
100
The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.
polytheistic
100
Who held the most power in the social pyramid?
the pharoah
100
Canals were dug along the Nile River so that crops could receive water. Egyptians also used shadoofs and levees. This process is called ______________.
irrigation
200
The Nile flows south to north and empties into the ____________ Sea.
Mediterranean
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
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
300
Large stone __________ were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
pyramids
400
Fertile, flat shaped land is called...
(Lower Egypt)
Delta
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
What jobs did soldiers have?
Protect Egypt and move stones for building
400
What did Egyptians make paper out of?
papyrus
500
Where was the most fertile land? (Upper, Central, or Lower Egypt?
Lower Egypt
500
The Egyptians traded goods for goods, a system called ____________.
How did they trade with them?
bartering
by boat
500
Why were Pyramids built?
as tombs for the pharoahs
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