Geography
Name the pharaoh who was a woman
Hatshepsut
True or False.
Women were allowed to become priestesses.
True
True or False, scribes had lower social status than artisans.
False.
What is papyrus?
A plant that skilled scribes wrote on
Why is the Dead sea called "dead"?
It was too salty for any form of life
What activity was only permitted to men?
working as a scribe
Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies?
To preserve dead bodies of the pharaohs
Who build the giant temples of pharaohs?
Peasant farmers
Which season came after the flooding season?
the planting season
A river valley is considered a part of the ___________ of ancient Egypt.
Topography
Egypt's Middle Kingdom was most famous for doing what?
Reunification
Why did Egyptians build pyramids?
They were tombs for pharaohs when they died.
What shape is the diagram of Egypt's social classes? And why?
Pyramid because most people were in the bottom class, and fewer people were at the top.
Why did some Egyptians bury food and drinks with their dead?
To feed them in the afterlife.
List two examples of vegetation along the Nile River.
Reeds and Papyrus
What did King Piye of Kush achieve?
conquering Egypt
Who was the most important god to Ancient Egyptians?
The Sun God, Re/Ra
Farmers used grain as a form of...
paying their taxes
For what main event led to Kushites adopting Egyptians way of life?
Egyptian Pharaohs conquered Kush
Which civilization was formed in the far southern part of the Nile River valley?
Kush
What did Egypt and the Hittites do?
Signed the world's first peace treaty
Egyptians believed pharaohs were...
living gods
Which class of Egyptian society was made up of traders, artisans, and scribes?
Middle Class
How did the Assyrians defeat Kush?
They used iron weapons