Name one of the groups at the top of Egyptian Social Classes
Priests, Government Officials, Pharaohs, Military Commanders
Lower Egypt is ___(N/S)____ of Upper Egypt
North
The Egyptian calendar was ____________ days long
365
Pictures used to represent words and ideas
Hieroglyphics
These were built as giant tombs for the Pharaohs
Pyramids
The area of land created by a river depositing sediments into the sea.
A Delta
Heart
Polytheistic is belief in
Multiple Gods
"H" word for when something is passed down from one generation to the next
Hereditary
What Natural Features protected Egypt from foreign invasion
Deserts on either side of the Nile River
What was a Shadoof used for?
To water crops (Irrigation)
Egyptian and Mesopotamian Social Classes were different because in Egypt you could
Move up/change classes
The job of a scribe in Ancient Egypt
To write
Where is the Old Kingdom mostly located
Lower Egypt
Akhenaten was disliked by many Egyptians because
He forced them to be Monotheistic/He changed their religion
Egyptians buried their dead with things they used in their life because __________
They believed they would need them in the afterlife.
How were women treated differently in Egyptian Society than in Mesopotamia?
In Egyptian society and women could hold powerful positions and had rights
The name of the grasslands in Nubia which provided Nubians grass to feed their livestock.
Savanna
King Tut is one of the most famous pharaohs because
Archaeologists found his tomb mostly intact.
The name of the Sun God
Re or Ra