Egypt Geography
What is Egypt protected by on the East and West?
Eastern/ Western Desert
Egyptians were polytheistic. What does that mean?
They had many deities or gods
What is the name when there are a series of rulers from the same family?
DYNASTY
Who was at the top of the Egyptian Social Structure?
Pharaoh and Priests
Who did Ancient Egypt trade with?
Egypt traded with Mesopotamia Mediterranean Sea, and Red Sea, Nubia
What percent of Egyptians live within 20 miles of the Nile?
75%
What did the Egyptians believe in after death?
People's bodies were connected to their soul, so for the soul to exist their body had to exist.
Who ruled Egypt and what did they believe he was
Pharaoh; they believed he was a God.
What shape does the social structure of Egypt make?
A triangle with the powerful people being very few at the top and the bottom being farmers and unskilled worker and making up most of the Egyptians.
What did Ramses II accomplish during his time as Pharaoh?
Military conquests and construction projects
What river is the longest river in the world and which direction does it flow?
the Nile and it flows North
What did Egyptians believe the Pharaoh was?
A god on Earth, Son of Ra
Who was the first woman Pharaoh of Egypt and was very successful during her reign?
Hatshepsut
Who was in the middle of the social structure of Egypt?
Merchants, Traders and artisans?
How did Cleopatra die?
She killed herself by allowing a venomous snake to bite her
What is southern Egypt also called?
Upper Egypt
What was the name of the Egyptian god of the afterlife or underworld?
Who is Osiris?
How many years was it from the start of the New Kingdom to the End of the Old Kingdom?
17 years, 170 years or 1700 years?
1700 years
Who was at the bottom of the social structure of Egypt?
Farmers and unskilled workers
What did most Egyptians do for work?
Farmers
What is the name for the fan shaped region formed where the river joined the Mediterranean Sea?
Nile River Delta
What was the name of the Egyptian sun god who created the world?
Who is Amun-Ra?
How did Egyptian royals keep the Pharaoh bloodline pure?
Had children with relatives
What does it mean when we say Egyptians did not have social mobility?
This means that Egyptians could not move from farmers to scribes or merchants to Kings. They were stuck in the class structure they were born into.
What was the Pharaoh seen as in Egypt?
a god
What type of rocks did Egyptians mine from their quarries to build their pyramids?
Granite and Limestone
Describe the process of Mummification.
Body is dried out in Natron, organ are taken and placed into canopic jars, Body is wrapped in Linen, then placed into a sarcophagus.
Who finally conquered Egypt around the year 0?
the Romans
Why were farmers, unskilled workers, and slaves the largest working class in ancient Egypt?
Farming and other industries in Ancient Egypt were labor intensive. Many of the labor saving devices upon which we have become dependent did not yet exist.
Who was Cleopatra involved with?
Mark Antony and Julius Ceasar