Geography
An area of land in the middle of the desert that has a natural water source.
What is an oasis?
Rich, fertile soil deposited by the flooding of a river
What is silt?
A kind of picture writing used to communicate
What are hieroglyphics?
The title of a king in ancient Egypt
What is a pharaoh?
Name the pharaoh who had the largest pyramid in Egypt
Who is Khufu?
The continent that Egypt is located on
What is Africa?
You can find this reed in the marshy delta of the Nile.
What is papyrus?
Who was the pharaoh that used hieroglyphs to remain in power?
Who was Ahmenhotep III?
A political leader is the same as the religious leader.
What is theocracy?
What is a pyramid used for?
What is a to bury a pharaoh in a tomb?
The two main sources of the Nile.
What is the Blue Nile and the White Nile?
Why does the Nile not flood anymore?
What is the Aswan dam?
Where are we able to see hieroglyphs today?
What are temples, pyramids or museums?
Which pharaoh built the most temples?
Who is Rameses II
In what modern city is the great pyramid located?
What is Cairo?
What are the three bodies of water in or around Egypt?
What are the Nile, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea?
What direction does the Nile flow?
What is north?
How are we able to read/understand hieroglyphs today?
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Who united the two kingdoms of Egypt and wore the double crown?
Who is Menes?
How many pyramids are in Giza?
What is three?
Name one of the ways the physical geography of ancient Egypt shape the development of its civilization? (3 possible answers)
1) The Nile River provided necessary water
2) The desert in and around Egypt protected the people from invaders
3) Connections to the Mediterranean Sea so Egyptians could trade
What are three examples of how the ancient Egyptians used the Nile?
1) To fertilize crops (black silt)
2) For hunting and fishing animals
3) Trade route to the Mediterranean Sea
4. water for drinking and bathing
What other material did the scribes write on other than papyrus?
What is stone?
Who became pharaoh after Akhenaton?
Who is King Tut?
Name the 3 Kings who have pyramids in Giza.
Who are Khufu, Khafre and Menkare?