Geography
This is fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water.
What is a delta?
This is a gigantic statue with the head of a man and the body of a lion believed to protect the pyramids behind it.
What is the Sphinx?
The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.
What is polytheistic?
The group of people at the very top of the social pyramid was called ____________.
What are the Pharaohs?
This process of digging canals along the Nile River so that crops could receive water.
What is irrigation?
The Nile flows ________ to _________ and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
south to north
The Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead bodies for the afterlife. What was this process called?
What is mummification?
The record keepers of Ancient Egypt were called __________.
What are scribes?
The writing form of the Ancient Egyptians.
What is hieroglypics?
The annual flooding of the Nile River was known as ______________.
What is inundation?
The Nile River flooded each spring. This was known as ______________.
What is inundation?
This is the belief in one god.
What is monotheism?
This group of people worked on the farm but did not own the land.
Who are farmers/peasants?
This structure was created with the tomb of the Pharaohs inside and as a way to get to the afterlife.
What are pyramids?
These are three natural barriers that protected Egypt from invaders.
What are the Sahara desert, Mediterranean Sea, and mountains?
The Great Pyramid was said to be built for __________.
Who is Khufu?
If the Egyptian embalmer did not do a good job, what would happen to the mummy's soul in the afterlife?
What is it would not recognize and reunite with its body?
Which group of people on the social pyramid are chosen by the pharaoh to govern the nomes (states) of Egypt.
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 clay tablets.
What is papyrus?
This was the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.
What is Nubia?
This discovery unlocked the secrets to the Egyptian civilization.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
This organ was weighed on a scale as one of the requirements to get to the afterlife.
What is the heart?
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