Geography
Where was Ancient Egypt located?
To preserve the body in a way to prevent it from decomposing.
What is mummification.
A stone tomb with triangle-shaped sides that come together to form a point on top.
What is a Pyramid.
Type of government where a king or queen have complete control of the government.
What is a Monarchy.
The majority of Egypt's population who were often laborers on building projects during the flood season or soldiers in the army during wartime.
What is farmers.
Where was the Ancient kingdom of Kush located?
What is along the Nile River and south of Ancient Egypt in a land called Nubia.
The most important leader in ancient Egyptian religion was the...
What is Pharaoh.
One of the first writing systems in the world which used symbols to communicate sounds, words, and ideas.
What is hieroglyphics.
System of government ruled by religious leaders.
Top of the social hierarchy in Ancient Egypt since they were both a monarch and god.
What is Pharaoh.
What is a tributary?
What is a small river that flows into a larger river.
Ancient Egypt mostly believed in many gods which is the practice of what...
What is Polytheism.
The burial sites for many pharaohs along with all of their possessions that would help them live comfortably in the afterlife.
What is a Pyramid.
Group of rulers from the same family.
What is a Dynasty.
Caretakers of the temples who at times competed with the pharaoh for religious authority.
What is priests.
Name the two tributaries make up the Nile River?
What is the Blue Nile and the White Nile
Ancient Egyptian god of the sun.
Tall pillars with four sides and a point at the top that were also used to tell the time of the day.
What is an Obelisk.
What were the main two items that Egypt traded for?
What is gold and ivory.
second in command whose responsibilities included supervising the courts, tax collections, pyramid construction, and government officials.
What is vizier.
What is the name of this part of the Nile river that acted as a natural boundary between Egypt and Nubia?
What is the First Cataract.
These individuals managed the temples across Egypt and had several tasks such as performing rituals, conducting funerals, and caring for the statue of a specific god who was believed to line in each temple.
What is the priests.
Large stone slab discovered in 1799 CE that was used to decode hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone.
Ancient Egypt Kingdom Period when the famous Pyramids of Giza were built.
What is Old Kingdom.
What is scribes.
Northern boundary of Egypt which the Nile river empties into.
What is the Mediterranean Sea.
Ancient Egyptian goddess of truth, justice and harmony.
What is Ma'at.
Paper-like material made from the reeds of a plant that grew along the Nile River.
What is Papyrus.
Ancient Egypt was divided into 3 different "Kingdom Periods". Which one is not listed.
Old Kingdom, ________________, and New Kingdom
What is Middle Kingdom.
Social class above farmers, servants, and enslaved people in the Social Pyramid. Examples given: painters, stonecutters, builders, traders.
What is artisans and merchants.
Fan-shaped region created when soil is deposited at the end of a river.
What is a Delta.
The concept and idea of a cosmic harmony and balance that existed on Earth and across the universe.
What is Ma'at.
Method of measuring years based on the time it takes for Earth to complete one orbit around the Sun. (365 days)
One of a few of the woman pharaohs in Egyptian history who authorized several building projects and greatly increased Egypt's wealth through trade with other civilizations.
What is Hatshepsut.
True or False
Women had less legal rights in Egypt than most other civilizations at the time.
What is False.
Women in Egypt could own property, make contracts, and even divorce their husbands.
Name the two regions of Ancient Egpyt.
What is Upper and Lower Egypt.
Pharaoh is a greek word that translates into...
What is "Great House".
Unit of measurement that equals the length between the elbow and fingers, which was used for planning the pyramids.
What is Cubit.
Policy during the Middle Kingdom period where some Pharaohs would choose a successor and govern together to ensure a smooth transition of power.
What is co-regency.
Fill in the missing class in Egypts Social Hierarchy from the list that starts from the top. Pharaoh, Nobles, _________ , Merchants and Artisans, Farmers Servants and Enslaved People.
What is Scribes.