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The continent where Ancient Egypt was located
What is Africa?
This word means a long, long time ago
What is ancient?
Worshipping multiple gods
What is polytheistic?
Mummies were placed in these
What is a tomb?
This is the habitat of Egypt
What is desert?
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
What is the Nile?
This word means king
What is Pharaoh?
The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians
What is it provided rich soil for growing food; it provided water for growing food; the Egyptians used boats on the Nile to carry food from place to place?
True or False: All ancient Egyptians knew how to read and write
What is False?
This word is what happens when there was too much water for the Nile to hold
What is flood?
_______ became the capital of Kush about 590 B.C.E.
What is Meroë?
True of False: The Nile floods every year
What is True?
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing
What are Hieroglyphics?
During this Kingdom period, Egypt conquered Kush.
What is the New Kingdom?
Queen Amanirenas helped protect Kush by destroying _________.
What is several Roman forts?
She was the first female pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut?
Although this social group was extremely skilled and creative, they didn't often get recognition and were viewed as common laborers.
Who are artisans?
These were built by hand with no machines
What are pyramids?
This social class group inherited their positions from family members.
Who are Government Officials?
The Nile River flows into the _____ sea
What is the Mediterranean?
This pharaoh was a skilled military leader, and responsible for building many monuments such as the temple at Abu Simbel
Who is Ramses II (Ramses the Great)?
This was made out of papyrus and sometimes made into scrolls
What is paper?
This is how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead
What is mummification?
This ruler of the Old Kingdom is responsible for the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza.
Who is Khufu?
Name two of the three important environmental factors that greatly affected where ancient people settled.
What are water, topography, and vegetation?