Geography
Religion
Inventions/Arts
Politics/Economics
Social Classes
100
What natural barrier protects the Egyptian people from invaders on both sides of the Nile River?
desert
100
The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.
polytheistic
100
Canals were dug along the Nile River so that crops could receive water. This process is called ______________.
irrigation
100

Theocratic monarchy was the Egyptian style of government in which ____________ are combined. 

government and religion

100

The advisers to the pharaoh near the top of the social pyramid were called ____________.

Government officials

200
The Nile flows ________ to _________ and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
south to north
200
The Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead bodies for the afterlife. What was this process called?
mummification
200

___________ was the writing form of the Ancient Egyptians.

hieroglyphics

200
The religious and political leader of Ancient Egypt was called the _______________.
pharaoh
200
Who were the record keepers of Ancient Egypt?
scribes
300

The Egyptians depended on the annual flooding of the Nile River to make the land _________.

rfertile

300
What is the term that means "belief in one god?"
monotheistic
300
Large stone __________ were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
pyramids
300

In Ancient Egypt, the job you had as an adult was determined by your _____________.

social class

300
A peasant is another word for an Egyptian ___________.
farmer
400

What civilization bordered Egypt from the south and became part of Egypt at one point?

Nubia

400
If the Egyptian embalmer did not do a good job what would happen the the mummy's soul in the afterlife?
It would not recognize and reunite with its body
400
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 ____________.
paper/papyrus clay tablets
400
______ is a sequence of rulers from the same family. This is how Egypt was ruled for 3,000 years.
dynasty
400

Which group of people on the social pyramid were responsible for designing important architecture in ancient Egypt?

artisans

500
How were the early Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations similar in terms of where they settled?
near fresh water and fertile soil
500

Who was the jealous brother of Osiris?

Set/Seth

500
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
500

The Egyptians traded goods for goods, a system called ____________.

bartering

500
Which social class did not have any rights?
slaves
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