Geography
What continent was Ancient Egypt located in?
Africa
What was the Old Kingdom?
Egypt's first great period of wealth and prosperity.
What type of social structure did Ancient Egypt have?
A hierarchy.
What did Egyptians believe Pharaohs were?
Gods
What is a mummy?
The preserved body of a pharaoh or powerful person.
What river ran through Ancient Egypt and made life possible?
The Nile River
What are the two major kingdoms we studied in Ancient Egypt?
The Old Kingdom and the New Kingdom.
What is a hierarchy?
A system where people belong to different social classes.
What is a Pharaoh?
The ruler of Ancient Egypt.
Which organ did Egyptians leave inside the body during mummification?
The heart
What natural feature helped protect Ancient Egypt from invaders?
Natural barriers
-Mountains
-Sea
-Desert
-River
What was special about the Great Pyramid of Khufu for over 4,500 years?
It was the tallest structure on Earth.
Who was at the very top of Egypt's social pyramid?
The Pharaoh.
Who did Pharaohs appoint to collect taxes and watch over the land?
Governors.
According to Egyptian beliefs, what body part was weighed against a feather in the afterlife?
The heart
What is a delta?
An area where a river fans out into branches before flowing into a larger body of water.
Who was buried deep inside a pyramid?
The Pharaoh (King).
Who was at the very bottom of Egypt's social pyramid?
Slaves.
The name of one pharaoh we learned this lesson!
King Tut
Neferititi
Hatshepsut
Ramses
What is a hieroglyph?
A picture representing an object, sound, or idea.
Why was the Nile River so important to Ancient Egyptian farmers?
It provided rich, fertile soil and water for crops.
True or False: The Statue of Liberty is taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza.
False
True or False: Farmers' wives often helped their husbands work in the fields.
True
True or False: Egyptians believed in more than 15 gods.
True
Besides mathematics, what field did Ancient Egyptians help advance?
Medicine