Geography of the Nile
Why did ancient Egyptians call their land Kemet, "the black land"?
The soil left by the Nile's flood is dark.
According to legend, who untied Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt?
Menes
A life after death is?
afterlife
Paper was made of?
Papyrus strips
Around 6000 BC, which of the following appeared in Nubia?
Hunting and fishing communities.
What are the two main sources of the Nile River?
The Blue Nile and and the White Nile
The title of the kings of ancient Egypt?
Pharaoh
How did the ancient Egyptians demonstrate their beliefs in life after death?
They preserved the bodies of their dead.
A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky is?
Astronomer
What happened when Nubians took control of trade routes by using iron weapons?
Meroe became rich.
What did the "red land" beyond the river bank do?
Protected Egypt and Nubia from foreign attacks.
What happened after civil war weakened the New Kingdom?
Egypt fell to the Macedonians.
A huge building with four sloping triangular-shaped walls is?
Pyramid
The lives of the Egyptian peasants were greatly influence by?
The planting season
Because of Nubia's location between Egypt and Central America, it was?
A center of trade.
What is the plain at the mouth of a river?
Delta
The Egyptians pharaohs ruled with absolute power over who?
All Egyptians
In ancient Egypt, a very important religious practice was to?
Prepare the dead for the afterlife.
To keep track of the kingdom's growing wealth, ancient Egyptians began to?
Use hieroglyphs
What was the source of of Meroe's wealth?
Trade
Nubia developed trade routes over land because?
The cataracts prevented river travel in Nubia.
Toward the end of the Old Kingdom, the government became?
Religion played an important part in Egyptian life by?
Explaining natural events to the people.
In ancient Egypt, most of the people belonged to the social class of?
Peasants
The first pharaohs of the New Kingdom expanded Egypt's?
armies