GEOGRAPHY & NATURAL FEATURES
This river supported Egyptian civilization and is the longest in the world.
What is the Nile River?
The title for the rulers of ancient Egypt.
Who is the pharaoh?
A plant Egyptians used to make paper.
What is papyrus?
The pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt around 3100 B.C.
Who is Narmer?
The Egyptian sun god believed to be the father of the pharaoh.
Who is Re (or Ra)?
The fertile area at the mouth of the Nile River, where it branches out. (Think fan shape)
What is a delta?
This group made up the largest part of the population in ancient Egypt.
Who are farmers?
The tool used to lift water from the Nile into basins.
What is a shadoof?
The time period when Egypt built the Great Pyramid and grew strong.
What is the Old Kingdom?
What did Egyptians call their preserved, wrapped bodies?
What is a mummy?
These dry, vast areas protected Egypt from invaders.
What are deserts?
These skilled workers made pottery, jewelry, and goods.
Who are artisans?
What type of calendar did Egyptians develop using astronomy?
What is a 365-day calendar?
This pharaoh expanded Egypt’s empire through trade, not war.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This collection of spells helped Egyptians reach the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead?
These strong river rapids in the Nile made it hard for boats to travel.
What are cataracts?
What group was just below the pharaoh in Egyptian society?
Who are priests and nobles?
What technology helped Egyptians measure land after floods?
What is geometry?
He ruled for 66 years and built massive temples like Abu Simbel.
Who is Ramses II?
Why did Egyptians embalm the dead?
What is to preserve the body for the afterlife?
Name two ways the Nile River helped Egyptian civilization grow.
What are farming (fertile land), transportation, or trade?
Describe how the social pyramid of ancient Egypt was structured from top to bottom.
What is pharaoh, priests/nobles, traders/artisans/scribes, farmers/herders, unskilled workers?
Explain how irrigation worked in ancient Egypt.
What is digging basins and canals to bring Nile water to crops?
Name all three main time periods of ancient Egyptian history in order.
What are the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom?
Name at least three gods or goddesses Egyptians worshipped and what they represented.
Who are Re (sun), Osiris (afterlife), Isis (motherhood), Hapi (Nile), Anubis (mummification)?