Some Vocab
Pharaoh
Leader of a united Egypt
Main river in Egypt AND which way it flows
The Nile, South to North
What are luxury goods?
Things we want, not things we need (Jewelry, phones, tv, PlayStation)
Name 3 Egyptian Pharaohs
Answers may vary
What feature made it virtually impossible to travel along the Nile?
Cataracts
Artisans
skilled workers
What kind of people were able to be mummified?
Rich and important people
True or False: Kush added many Egyptian practices to their culture
True
How were the Pharaohs treated in ancient Egypt?
Answers may vary: (Like gods, highly respected, etc.)
The Egyptians needed to be very skilled at what to build the pyramids?
Mathematics/stone cutters
Mummy
Preserved body using a special process (embalming, use of cloth, removing organs)
What is the study of the structure of the body and its organs?
Anatomy
A fancy word for trade that Egypt and Kush engaged in regularly?
Commerce
How long is the Nile?
Around 3,500 miles
What kind of government did the ancient Egyptians practice (the other one, not theocracy)
Bureaucracy
Papyrus
Paper like material made from the papyrus plant
Who was the first Pharaoh?
Narmer
What was Kush's main resource that Egypt didn't have a lot of?
Gold/Wood
The Egyptians created a calendar with exactly how many days?
365 days
Why were the tombs filled with art, weapons, literature, food, etc.?
The dead would use these items in the afterlife
Meroitic Script
one of the worlds first alphabets similar to cuneiform and hieroglyphs
Who is the most well known Pharaoh?
King Tut
Who conquered who first?
Egypt conquered Kush first
How did the use of Hieroglyphs and Papyrus help advance society?
Made it possible for Egyptians to share knowledge and create literature.
How did the Egyptians create a food surplus (more than they needed)?
They used irrigation, like building earthen walls to trap floodwaters, to make the soil more fertile and increase their crop yields.