Geography
The natural barrier was the center of Egyptian civilization and provided water, transportation, and fertile soil?
What is the Nile?
Egyptians believed in _______, which is the term for life after death
What is the afterlife?
Egyptian writing system used pictures and symbols to represent sounds and ideas?
What are Hieroglyphics?
The title given to the rulers of ancient Egypt
What is a Pharaoh?
The most common job in ancient Egypt?
What is a farmer?
The name of the fan-shaped area of rich soil formed where a river spreads out and empties into a larger body of water?
What is a Delta?
What is to preserve the body so that the soul may continue to the afterlife?
Material did Egyptians make from reeds along the Nile to write on?
What is Papyrus?
The Egyptians view the pharaoh as a King and a ______
What is a God?
The Nile river flooded ____ a year
What is twice?
The Nile River flows in which direction?
What is South to North?
Name for a stone tomb with triangular sides
What is a pyramid?
The artifact helped historians decode Egyptian hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
This word describes the belief in balance, order, and harmony in the universe that Egyptians tried to maintain?
What is ma'at?
Gold and valuables placed inside pyramids and tombs for this reason
This term describes the rocky, rapid-filled sections of the Nile River that made travel difficult
What are Cataracts?
Ra was the Egyptian god of
What is the sun (and creator of the world and people)?
The group of people in Egyptian society were trained to read and write
What are scribes?
This word describes a series of rulers in the same family
What is a dynasty?
This pharaoh's tomb was discovered nearly intact with many treasures
Who is Tutankhamen (King Tut)
The modern day country that contained the Kingdom of Kush
What is Sudan?
This Egyptian god was believed to rule the underworld and judge the dead?
Who is Osiris?
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for this pharaoh
Who is Khufu?
This pharaoh tried to replace Egypt’s traditional many gods with the worship of one god called Aten
Who is Akhenaten?
The name of the mineral rich soil and rock that Nile flood waters left behind
What is silt?