Miscellaneous
This river was the life source for ancient Egypt
What is the Nile
Pharaoh is an example of what type of government?
What is a monarch?
This was ancient Egyptian writing used to record information like crop totals, building measurements, and population data.
What is hieroglyphics?
Egyptian religion was this type of religion, meaning belief in many gods.
What is polytheistic?
_____________________ was used in Ancient Egypt to organize social classes.
What is occupation?
This word means a line of rulers in the same family for a period of time
What is dynasty?
This pharaoh encouraged relationships and trading with far away lands.
Queen Hatshepsut
This was created using astronomy, recorded the seasons and helped the Egyptians know when to plant their crops and harvest the grain.
What is the calendar?
These were built as tombs for Egyptian pharaohs after they died.
What are pyramids?
Vizier, nobles, and priests make up this social class.
What is the ruling class?
These three time periods were characterized by different ways of life for the Egyptian rulers and the Egyptian people.
Old, Middle, and New Kingdom
This pharaoh was concerned with Egypt's military conquest and reclaiming lands once controlled by Egypt.
Who is Ramses II or Ramses the Great?
Egyptians created a paper-like material from a reed plant called ______________.
What is papyrus?
Egyptians believed that when a person died, his or her spirit continued living.
What is the afterlife?
This group provided manual labor for the middle and ruling class. In most cases they were prisoners of war or working to pay off a debt.
Who were the slaves?
Group that adopted many aspects of the Egyptian culture including language, clothing, politics, and religion.
Who were the Nubians?
This person found King Tutankhamun tomb undisturbed in 1922. The artifacts inside told complete stories of the Ancient Egyptians and King Tut.
Who is Howard Carter?
These represent the pharaohs’ supreme historical, social, and political role in ancient Egypt.
What are pyramids?
The process of preserving a deceased person's body from decaying.
What is mummification?
This group organized irrigation systems, owned all land in Egypt, established governments, values for trading grains.
Who was the pharaoh?
The ancient Egyptians made many innovations in the areas of science and math that they applied to all areas of their daily lives.
What are 3 specific examples?
Geometry, Astronomy, and Medicine
This pharaoh gained control of Egypt as an infant whrn his father died. Queen Hatshepsut acted as regent for the young king.
Who was Thutmose III?
Historians and other scholars are not entirely sure as to why it was created or its purpose.
What is the Sphinx of Giza?
The mummified body and canopic jars were placed inside this to protect the body from decaying.
What is a sarcophagus?
This group worked to provide goods and services to the ruling class. They lived in modest homes and were educated only in their trade.
What is the middle class?